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,
Ken Sweet’s Biography
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 financing.
I also cover the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.