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OCC Staffing Crunch Tests Bank Charter Push

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is shifting bank examiners to manage a surge in bank-charter applications. This move creates gaps in examination teams while the regulator operates with a workforce over 30% smaller than before previous staffing reductions.

Key facts

  • The OCC is shifting bank examiners to review charter and merger applications amid a surge in filings.
  • The regulator is operating with a workforce more than 30% smaller than it had prior to the Trump administration's staffing cuts.
  • Reallocating staff to charter reviews has created gaps in examination teams.

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is shifting bank examiners to help process a surge in bank-charter applications, leaving gaps in examination teams as the regulator operates with a workforce more than 30% smaller than it had before the Trump administration’s staffing reductions. Examiners have been asked to review charter and merger […] The post OCC Staffing Crunch Tests Bank Ch…