Ken Sweet
Verified
(He/Him)
As seen in:
Associated Press,
CNN,
CNN Business,
Forbes,
MSN,
MSN Ireland,
MSN Money Canada,
MSN Philippines,
MSN UK,
Yahoo Life,
Business Insider
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,
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Ken Sweet’s Biography
Read Full Bio →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
Interview
See all 13 answers →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.