What Banking Organizations Need To Know About The Trump Executive Orders

Since taking office on January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump has signed a staggering number of Executive Orders¹ and Memoranda,² and more continue to be issued each day. These executive actions signal President Trump's aggressive agenda to significantly redefine federal policy in a range of areas. This Advisory addresses the executive actions issued so far that are most likely to affect banking organizations, including those concerning digital assets, a regulatory freeze, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

The executive actions issued to date do not cover a number of the specific regulatory issue areas that banking organizations have been expecting from the Trump administration, such as an increased appetite toward mergers and acquisitions or bank charters. Nonetheless, there is much that banking organizations need to pay attention to already, from strategic, compliance, operational, or personnel perspectives.