Biden’s pick to head OCC favors tighter regulation of FinTech
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Aaron Nicodemus2021-09-24T20:02:00
President Joe Biden’s nominee for Comptroller of the Currency, Cornell law professor Saule Omarova, continues a Democratic pattern of choosing potential regulators who believe in stricter control of the markets.
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