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Ken Sweet

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As seen in: Associated Press, CNN, CNN Business, MSN, MSN Ireland, Yahoo Life, Business Insider, Daily Mail, Forbes, Fox News, HuffPost and
Covers:  banks, banking, checking accounts, credit cards, payday loans, credit unions, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CFPB, fintech, unbanked, underbanked, redlining issues
Doesn't Cover: blockchain, mergers and acquisitions, foreign banks, bitcoin,
I’m the banking reporter for The Associated Press. I was a @Bagehot fellow at @Columbia from 2024-2025. I am writing a book.

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I'm the AP's banking reporter, which means I cover the nation's largest banks, credit card companies and other financial services.

I generally spend my time writing about big topics that involve banks, not individual bank news (unless warranted like Wells Fargo's sales practices problems).

Topics I'm particularly interested in: access to financial services for the poor/disenfranchised, discrimination issues in banking, privacy and security (aka Equifax), payday loans and other types of financ…

Ken Sweet’s Journalist Portfolio

Alexa, I can trust you with my checkbook, right?

Alexa, I can trust you with my checkbook, right?

Big banks and financial companies have started to offer banking through virtual assistants - Amazon's Alexa, …

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Mulvaney dissolves group that advised consumer watchdog

Mulvaney dissolves group that advised consumer watchdog

The head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dissolved a group of outside experts that acts as a soun…

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Big banks saved $3.6B in taxes last quarter under new law

Big banks saved $3.6B in taxes last quarter under new law

NEW YORK (AP) - The nation's six big Wall Street banks posted record, or near record, profits in the first qu…

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Cell phones, biometrics fuel jump in bank account ownership

Cell phones, biometrics fuel jump in bank account ownership

NEW YORK (AP) - Roughly seven out of every 10 adults worldwide now have some form of bank account, the World …

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AP Exclusive: Flood insurance policies plunged before Harvey

AP Exclusive: Flood insurance policies plunged before Harvey

WASHINGTON (AP) - Houston's population is growing quickly, but when Harvey hit last weekend there were far fe…

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JPMorgan Chase promotes Petno, Rohrbaugh to copresidents, setting up two more successors for Dimon

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By Ken Sweet Verified
| The Morning Call Verified
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By KEN SWEET NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase promoted investment bankers Doug Petno and Troy Rohrbaugh to copresidents of the bank, elevating two additional potential contenders to succeed Jamie Dimon whenever the longtime CEO step downs from running the nation’s largest bank.
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JPMorgan Chase plans to expand Community Center program, doubling branches in low-income areas

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By Ken Sweet Verified
| Killeen Daily Herald Verified
NEW YORK (AP) - JPMorgan Chase will significantly expand its national "Community Center" program, the bank said Thursday, with plans to double the number of these specialized branches the bank operates particularly in low-income neighborhoods. Along with doubling the number of Community Center branches, the bank plans to hire an additional 150 employees, known as community managers, and provide additional programming at these locations. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Bloomberg News in Hong Kong

Have you ever used a typewriter?

The one in my house is broken

How is social media changing news?

Oh god, I'm not opening up this Pandora's Box.
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