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American Banker

U.S. business trade press (financial-industry focus)

American Banker is a banking and fintech trade publication owned by Arizent, which is backed by the private equity firm Observer Capital. Its audience is bank executives and industry professionals. Its coverage of the Trump administration centers on financial regulation, and it generally reports on policy as it affects the industry rather than taking a political side.

Owned byOwned by Arizent (formerly SourceMedia), a business-to-business media company that also publishes The Bond Buyer. Arizent is owned by Observer Capital, a private equity firm that bought it from Investcorp in 2014.

LeaningU.S. business trade press (financial-industry focus)

On the administrationmostly neutral

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2.8average bias score across 5 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

3 North Carolina Joins 40-State, $694 Million Settlement With Auto Lender Credit Acceptance
4 WARN Notices Show 253 Job Cuts at Truist Affiliate Regional Acceptance in Pitt County, N.C.
2 EverBank and WaFd Agree to $3.9 Billion Reverse Merger, Creating a Bank With About $75 Billion in Assets
3 New York Regulator Approves Western Union's $500 Million Purchase of Intermex; California Suspends Its Own Approval Extension
2 First Hawaiian Agrees to Buy California's TriCo Bancshares in All-Stock Deal Worth About $2 Billion