Populist on the Trail, Trump Pivots Toward the Banking Industry

After a campaign spent railing against his opponent’s connections to Wall Street banks and promising to stand up for ordinary Americans against the moneyed interests holding them back, President Trump is preparing to take major regulatory action in the financial services field. On Friday, Trump is expected to sign an executive order launching an effort to roll back regulations associated with the Dodd-Frank Act, a post-financial crisis law that created mechanisms to prevent the sort of out