Ken Sweet

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Ken Sweet is the Banking Reporter for the Associated Press, delivering authoritative coverage of the nations largest financial institutions, credit card companies, fintech innovations, and consumer banking developments. His beat encompasses major banks, credit unions, credit card issuers, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, payday lending, and emerging financial technology disrupting traditional banking. Sweet brings focused attention to issues of financial access for underserved populations, discrimination in banking systems, and privacy and security challenges facing consumers. With previous experience at The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and Columbia University, Sweet combines financial markets expertise with consumer advocacy sensitivity.

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Ken Sweet has been covering regulatory and consumer finance issues, including Treasury directives to banks regarding immigration enforcement and a congressional probe of "rent now, pay later" companies.