Does the FDIC maintain a list of politically connected banks that get special treatment? The FDIC says no. The Washington Post says yes:
A Washington Post review of documents and interviews with many involved in the decisions show that regulators flagged [OneUnited Bank] early on for its “highly visible” connection – in OneUnited’s case, a former board member who is married to Waters, the chairman of an important banking subcommittee. The alert was part of a previously undisclosed practice at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. of trying to identify banks that might cause “unnecessary press or public relations” problems, according to testimony a top FDIC official gave to House ethics investigators.
Then, the bank won a rare chance to make its case for help to top Treasury Department officials.
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