Pub. 15 2018 Issue 2

10 O V E R A C E N T U R Y : B U I L D I N G B E T T E R B A N K S - H E L P I N G N E W M E X I C O R E A L I Z E D R E A M S So for those who might be thinking that S. 2155’s enactment means fewer trips to Washington to plead your case, think again. Your engagement remains vital to improving the policy environment for banks — the focus just shifts from lawmakers to rule makers. WASHINGTON UPDATE ROB NICHOLS, PRESIDENT AND CEO American Bankers Association S. 2155: Now for the Just-as-Hard Part P rior to May 24, 2018, bankers may have had a hard time remembering what a big win in Congress looked like. It’s true that in the past year we saw important progress with the enactment of historic tax reform and the overturning of the Consumer F i nanc i a l Protec t ion Bureau’s a rbi t rat ion r u le . But substantial regulatory reform had been elusive for a decade.