5 policy challenges awaiting next OCC chief.

Many have blamed the White House for leaving the agency on autopilot since Trump appointee Brian Brooks stepped down at the end of the prior administration and the baton shifted to Blake Paulson, an OCC career veteran. Under former acting Comptroller Brian Brooks, the agency advanced applications for the OCC's preexisting trust charter by cryptocurrency firms, and Brooks proposed a charter option that would be tailored to payments-focused firms. [Extracted from the article]

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