Is Debanking the New Immigration Policy?
Financial regulators are the latest agents to be recruited in the Trump administration’s war on immigration.
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EagleBank Fraud Shows Failure of Bank Secrecy Act
At some point, we have to ask, “What is the Bank Secrecy Act even doing?”
Postal Banking Has Died With Zero Customers in Years
The program didn’t have a single customer from April 2022 to September 2025.
CBDC Banned in United States Until 2031
Given the risks of CBDCs, this marks a great win for financial freedom.
Supreme Court Fights for Privacy, Just Not Financial Privacy
It's time to recognize that the Bank Secrecy Act and warrantless surveillance of financial activity are an unjustified intrusion into people’s privacy.
The Fed Is Working on a CBDC, Despite Executive Order
Both Congress and the president should get answers here.
Authoritarians Weaponize American Financial Laws
Human rights activists have been increasingly attacked through the system created under the Bank Secrecy Act in what has come to be known as transnational repression.
Financial Surveillance Is Expanding Before Our Eyes
Although many legislative expansions have not passed, the wheel keeps turning.
What Congress Asked Me About the Bank Secrecy Act
Testifying before Congress is never an easy matter. Time is limited, and tempers flare.
Freedom Tech Provides Hope Amidst CBDCs
Tracking CBDCs is only half the battle. It’s up to you to keep freedom tech alive.
28.7 Million Reports, 275 Investigations—the Bank Secrecy Act Doesn’t Work
If this report is the best the agency can do, it’s time to end the Bank Secrecy Act.
Rep. Davidson Calls Bank Secrecy Act “Bloated,” Warns of CBDCs
Speaking at a congressional hearing, Representative Warren Davidson (R‑OH) didn’t pull any punches when describing the Bank Secrecy Act. He said, “Over the decades, [the Bank Secrecy Act] has become a bloated surveillance machine demanding endless reports without delivering proportional results.”
Reputational Risk Is Still Here
All signs were pointing to the end of reputational risk regulation. Yet, the fine print in one of those new rules suggests that the end is not quite here.
Bank Secrecy Act Testimony: Thunder and Lightning
It’s time for Americans to know that the Bank Secrecy Act is really the Bank Surveillance Act—and it is time for Congress to fix it.
Banks Are Not Immigration Enforcement, Mr. President
America is celebrating its 250th anniversary, but President Trump has forgotten the Constitution.
What Spirit Airlines' End Signals for Financial Services
Considering that the Trump administration has also been flirting with price controls and playing politics with several potential mergers, it would be wise to consider Spirit’s experience as a cautiona
What Is the Bank Secrecy Act?
Financial privacy has largely disappeared under the Bank Secrecy Act. Worse yet, most Americans have no idea this system exists.
How the State Keeps Watch on Your Wallet
If you are thinking this invasion of your privacy sounds unconstitutional, you’re not alone.
ECB Denies Digital Euro Public Records Request
The European Central Bank would rather control the flow of information than let the public see what’s happening for themselves.
Compliance Kills the High: Why Banks Sit Out 4/20
Something needs to change.