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Scott Bessent: “The reason 50% of small and community banks have disappeared…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Fitzgerald Questions Sec. Bessent on Reducing Risk in Financial Sector & Supporting Community Banks

Published | Video Starts at 02:29

The control of the currency and the fdic, we have tried to get them aligned in what they are doing and for tailoring and to understand that The reason 50% of small and community banks have disappeared over the past 15 years has been because of a one size fits all regulatory strategy. which clearly it does not. Very good. Keep up the good work and thank you for being here today and I yield back. Chairman. (02:29–02:41)

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Asserts that a one-size-fits-all regulatory strategy led to the disappearance of 50% of small and community banks over 15 years.

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