★ Sector
Financial Services
January 2017 – May 2026
- Orgs
- 46
- People
- 27
- Actions
- 140
- Topics
- 39
Banks, consumer lenders, credit bureaus, brokerages, retail trading platforms, and the financial regulators (CFPB, SEC, DOL) governing consumer finance, securities, and retirement assets. Covers CFPB enforcement dismissals and 401(k) alternative-asset rule changes.
Organizations
- AF Holdco LLCBusiness
- Bank Of AmericaBusiness
- Bank OZKBusiness
BinanceBusiness- Blackrock Financial ManagementBusiness
Cantor FitzgeraldBusiness- Capital Institutional Services Inc.Business
Capital OneBusiness- Capital One ServicesBusiness
- Citadel SecuritiesBusiness
CoinbaseBusiness
Commodity Futures Trading CommissionGovernment Body
Consumer Financial Protection BureauGovernment Body- Crypto.comBusiness
Deloitte LLPBusiness
Department of LaborGovernment Body- DraftkingsBusiness
- Electronic Payments CoalitionAdvocacy Group
- First Premier BankBusiness
- Franklin Credit ManagementBusiness
- Freedom Holding CorpBusiness
Goldman SachsBusiness- Heights Finance Holding CompanyBusiness
- Hillwood DevelopmentBusiness
Interactive Brokers GroupBusiness- Intercontinental ExchangeBusiness
JPMorgan Chase & CoBusiness
KalshiBusiness- M&M RealtyBusiness
- New York Stock ExchangeBusiness
- PayPalBusiness
- Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance AgencyGovernment Body
PolymarketBusiness
RobinhoodBusiness
Rocket HomesBusiness
Securities and Exchange CommissionGovernment Body- Shift4 PaymentsBusiness
- Stephens IncBusiness
- StripeBusiness
- TD AmeritradeBusiness
- Tether AmericaBusiness
TransUnionBusiness- Vanderbilt Mortgage and FinanceBusiness
- Winklevoss Capital ManagementBusiness
- Wipfli LLP (Alexander Karp/Palantir)Business
- Woodforest Financial GroupBusiness
Actions
Actions involving organizations in this sector, players affiliated with them, or sector-wide benefits.
- DOJ settles Trump IRS suit with $1.8B anti-weaponization fund$1.8BGovernment ActionMay 2026
- Trump sons anchor Dominari's $1B American Ventures portfolio$1.04BPrivate ActionMay 2026
- U.S. Air Force orders drones from Trump-tied Dominari portfolio firmGovernment ActionApril 2026
- Moroun lobbies Lutnick before Trump threatens Gordie Howe BridgeGovernment ActionFebruary 2026
- Trump threatens to block Gordie Howe Bridge opening to punish CanadaGovernment ActionFebruary 2026
- Trump's EPA eliminates climate endangerment finding and emission rulesGovernment ActionFebruary 2026
- ByteDance TikTok U.S. spin-out names MGX, Oracle, Silver LakePrivate ActionJanuary 2026
- Trump's commodities regulator scraps its proposed ban on betting contractsGovernment ActionJanuary 2026
- Trump's two top market regulators launch joint 'Project Crypto'Government ActionJanuary 2026
- Trump pardons Tina Peters, Colorado clerk in stop-the-steal caseGovernment ActionDecember 2025
- Trump admin releases 35,000 Nvidia AI chips to Saudi Arabia's HumainGovernment ActionNovember 2025
- Trump pledges F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia, calls MBS 'phenomenal' on rightsGovernment ActionNovember 2025
- U.S. agencies pledge $1.6B to Kazakhstan mine of Trump-orbit firm$1.6BGovernment ActionNovember 2025
- Interior reopens 1.56-million-acre ANWR Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasingGovernment ActionOctober 2025
- Trump approves Ambler Road across Alaska wilderness for critical-minerals accessGovernment ActionOctober 2025
- Corporations pledge funding for Trump's $300M White House ballroomPrivate ActionOctober 2025
- Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao after BSA convictionGovernment ActionOctober 2025
- Truth Social launches prediction market with Crypto.com affiliatePrivate ActionOctober 2025
- Dar Global launches $1B Trump Plaza Jeddah, second Saudi collaboration$1BPrivate ActionSeptember 2025
- Greg and Anna Brockman donate $25M to AI PAC Leading the Future$25MPrivate ActionSeptember 2025
- Greg and Anna Brockman donate $25M to MAGA Inc.$25MPrivate ActionSeptember 2025
- Trump TikTok deal names Tahnoon's MGX as U.S. operatorGovernment ActionSeptember 2025
- 1789 Capital invests in Polymarket, places partner Trump Jr. on boardPrivate ActionAugust 2025
- Apple adds $100B to U.S. manufacturing pledge, total $600B$100BPrivate ActionAugust 2025
- Tim Cook gifts Trump gold souvenir during Apple tariff lobbyingPrivate ActionAugust 2025
- Trump deal makes Nvidia, AMD pay 15% of China chip revenue to U.S.Government ActionAugust 2025
- Trump doubles India tariffs to 50% on day of Apple investment eventGovernment ActionAugust 2025
- Trump exempts Apple and other tech investors from 100% chip tariffsGovernment ActionAugust 2025
- Trump orders Labor Department to allow alternative assets in 401(k)sGovernment ActionBeneficiaryAugust 2025
Easing ERISA fiduciary guidance on alternative assets in 401(k) plans opens trillions in defined-contribution capital to private equity, hedge fund, real estate, and infrastructure managers across the alternative-asset industry.
- Trump's SEC ends Biden-era Ripple Labs crypto enforcement case$125MGovernment ActionAugust 2025
- DOJ drops Polymarket probe, clearing path for US reentryGovernment ActionJuly 2025
- Qatar donates luxury Boeing 747 to U.S. defense departmentGovernment ActionJuly 2025
- Rolex gifts Trump a desk clock during Swiss tariff lobbyingPrivate ActionJuly 2025
- Trump cuts Swiss tariffs 39% to 15% after Rolex lobbyingGovernment ActionJuly 2025
- Trump order expedites federal permits for AI data centersGovernment ActionJuly 2025
- Trump's commodities regulator closes Polymarket betting probeGovernment ActionJuly 2025
- Air Force pulls Qatar jet retrofit funds from Sentinel ICBM programGovernment ActionJune 2025
- Trump commutes donor Imaad Zuberi's foreign-lobbying sentenceGovernment ActionMay 2025
- Crypto blogger Christensen buys $TRUMP for dinner invitePrivate ActionMay 2025
- Justin Sun becomes top $TRUMP holder to secure dinner invite$19MPrivate ActionMay 2025
- MemeCore buys $TRUMP memecoin for top-25 dinner receptionPrivate ActionMay 2025
- Trump hosts golf-club dinner for memecoin holders after $148M buy-in$148MPrivate ActionMay 2025
- Treasury launches fast-track CFIUS review UAE lobbied forGovernment ActionMay 2025
- Fr8Tech buys $20M in $TRUMP memecoin as trade advocacy$20MPrivate ActionMay 2025
- Trump International Hotel Dubai launches $1B 80-story project$1BPrivate ActionMay 2025
- Trump order targets U.S. drug prices to match other developed nationsGovernment ActionMay 2025
- UAE firm uses $2B Trump-Witkoff stablecoin for Binance stake$2BPrivate ActionMay 2025
- White House grants UAE access to advanced AI chips for G42Government ActionMay 2025
- Dar Global signs Qatar government deal for Trump-branded golf and villasPrivate ActionApril 2025
- Serbia approves Trump-Kushner hotel on government-owned landPrivate ActionApril 2025
- Trump Jr. runs paid speaking tour across Eastern Europe and BalkansPrivate ActionApril 2025
- Trump pardons Paul Walczak weeks after mother's $1M Mar-a-Lago dinnerGovernment ActionApril 2025
- Russian-linked DWF Labs buys $25M in Trump crypto tokens$25MPrivate ActionApril 2025
- Elizabeth Fago attends $1M MAGA Inc. dinner before son's pardon$1MPrivate ActionApril 2025
- SEC approves JBS NYSE listing after Pilgrim's $5M Trump donationGovernment ActionApril 2025
- Trump Jr. and Witkoff sons launch $500K-per-member DC clubPrivate ActionApril 2025
- Trump's SEC pauses Gemini Trust enforcement lawsuitGovernment ActionApril 2025
- Trump commutes Galanis, second Biden-inquiry witness given clemencyGovernment ActionMarch 2025
- Trump pardons Nikola founder Milton, wiping $676M restitutionGovernment ActionMarch 2025
- Trump pardons Devon Archer, first Biden-inquiry witness given clemencyGovernment ActionMarch 2025
- Senate confirms Trump's personal lawyer Blanche as Deputy AGGovernment ActionMarch 2025
- Senate confirms WWE co-founder McMahon as Education SecretaryGovernment ActionMarch 2025
- Polymarket CEO attends Trump White House crypto summit while under federal investigationGovernment ActionMarch 2025
- Tahnoon pledges $1.4T UAE investment in Oval Office meeting with Trump$1,400BPrivate ActionMarch 2025
- Trump pardons BitMEX co-founders for Bank Secrecy Act violationsGovernment ActionMarch 2025
- Senate confirms top MAGA donor Lutnick as Commerce SecretaryGovernment ActionFebruary 2025
- Trump creates National Energy Dominance Council chaired by BurgumGovernment ActionFebruary 2025
- Senate confirms Trump endorser Kennedy as HHS SecretaryGovernment ActionFebruary 2025
- CFPB drops enforcement case against TransUnion and John DanaherGovernment ActionFebruary 2025
- SEC pauses Justin Sun securities fraud lawsuitGovernment ActionFebruary 2025
- Trump's CFPB drops Capital One consumer-protection lawsuit$2BGovernment ActionFebruary 2025
- Trump's CFPB drops four more enforcement lawsuits in same-day sweepGovernment ActionFebruary 2025
- Trump's SEC closes Robinhood crypto investigation with no actionGovernment ActionFebruary 2025
- Trump's SEC dismisses civil enforcement case against CoinbaseGovernment ActionFebruary 2025
- X pays Trump $10M to settle 2021 Twitter suspension suit$10MPrivate ActionFebruary 2025
- Senate confirms Zeldin as EPA chief despite no climate backgroundGovernment ActionJanuary 2025
- Senate confirms hedge fund founder Bessent as Treasury SecretaryGovernment ActionJanuary 2025
- Senate confirms Hegseth as Defense Secretary on Vance tiebreakerGovernment ActionJanuary 2025
- Trump restarts stalled natural gas export approvals paused by BidenGovernment ActionJanuary 2025
- Trump committees paid Dhillon Law $13.9M before founders joined admin$13.85MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Trump PAC paid Blanche Law $9.3M before Blanche became Deputy AG$9.27MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Trump PAC paid Otis Law $2M before Sauer became Solicitor General$2.02MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Trump PACs paid Habba's firm $8.9M before Habba joined White House$8.92MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Trump launches $TRUMP memecoin days before inaugurationPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- UAE-backed Aryam buys 49% of Trump crypto venture four days before inauguration$500MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Af Holdco LLC donates $500K to Trump-Vance inaugural$500KPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Bank Of America donates $500K to Trump-Vance inaugural$500KPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Bank OZK donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Blackrock Financial Management donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Cantor Fitzgerald donates $1.05M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1.05MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Capital One Services donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Coinbase donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Crypto.com donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Deloitte LLP donates $500K to Trump-Vance inaugural$500KPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Draftkings donates $502K to Trump-Vance inaugural$502KPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Electronic Payments Coalition donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Frederick Ehrsam donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Freedom Holding Corp donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Goldman Sachs donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Hillwood Development donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Jared Isaacman donates $2M to Trump-Vance inaugural$2MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Jeffrey Sprecher donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- John/Marlene Ricketts donates $1.10M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1.1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- JPMorgan Chase & Co donates $1.03M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1.03MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Kalshi names Trump Jr. strategic advisor week before father's inaugurationPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Keith Rabois donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Ken Howery donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Kenneth Griffin donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- M&M Realty donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Meta donates $1M to Trump inauguration amid admin outreach$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Meta pays $22M to Trump library to settle Facebook ban suit$25MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Robinhood donates $2M to Trump-Vance inaugural$2MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht on Day OneGovernment ActionJanuary 2025
- Trump order ends EV mandates and state emissions waiversGovernment ActionJanuary 2025
- Trump order scraps the rules behind federal environmental reviewsGovernment ActionJanuary 2025
- Trump order directs agencies to rescind energy-burdening regulationsGovernment ActionJanuary 2025
- Trump order directs EPA to reconsider 2009 endangerment findingGovernment ActionJanuary 2025
- Trump revokes twelve Biden climate and environmental ordersGovernment ActionJanuary 2025
- Trump's SEC crypto enforcement falls 60% in first year$142MGovernment ActionJanuary 2025
- Warren Stephens donates $4M to Trump-Vance inaugural$4MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Wipfli LLP (Alexander Karp/Palantir) donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Dar Global and Trump Org launch $533M Trump Tower Jeddah$533MPrivate ActionDecember 2024
- Justin Sun anchors Trump DeFi token sale with $30M buy$30MPrivate ActionNovember 2024
- Donald Trump Jr. joins venture firm 1789 CapitalPrivate ActionNovember 2024
- Capital Institutional Services Inc. donates $8.07M to MAGA Inc.$8.07MPrivate ActionOctober 2024
- Robert Marling donates $925K to Trump 47 Committee$924.6KPrivate ActionOctober 2024
- Warren Stephens donates $3M to MAGA Inc.$3MPrivate ActionOctober 2024
- Coinbase Exchange donates $750K to Trump 47 Committee$750KPrivate ActionSeptember 2024
- Trump family launches World Liberty Financial crypto platformPrivate ActionSeptember 2024
- Howard Lutnick donates $8.75M to MAGA Inc.$8.75MPrivate ActionAugust 2024
- T. Denny Sanford donates $845K to Trump 47 Committee$844.6KPrivate ActionAugust 2024
- Thomas Peterffy donates $845K to Trump 47 Committee$844.6KPrivate ActionAugust 2024
- Cameron Winklevoss donates $1.01M to Trump 47 Committee$1.01MPrivate ActionJune 2024
- Jeffrey Sprecher donates $1M to MAGA Inc.$1MPrivate ActionJune 2024
- Thomas Axon donates $500K to MAGA Inc.$500KPrivate ActionJune 2024
- Tyler Winklevoss donates $1.01M to Trump 47 Committee$1.01MPrivate ActionJune 2024
- Thomas Axon donates $750K to Trump 47 Committee$750KPrivate ActionApril 2024
- Jeffrey Sprecher donates $825K to Trump 47 Committee$824.6KPrivate ActionMarch 2024
- Joe Ricketts donates $825K to Trump 47 Committee$824.6KPrivate ActionMarch 2024
- Imaad Zuberi routes $900K to Trump inaugural via shell company$900KPrivate ActionJanuary 2017
People
Derived from affiliations to organizations in this sector.
Cameron WinklevossCo-founder, Winklevoss Capital Management · Private Sector Figure
Changpeng ZhaoCEO, Binance · Private Sector Figure
David SacksCOO, PayPal · Government Official
Donald TrumpChief Executive, Department of Labor · Government Official
Donald Trump Jr.Senior Advisor, Kalshi · Private Sector Figure- Frederick EhrsamCo-founder, Coinbase · Private Sector Figure
Greg BrockmanCTO, Stripe · Private Sector Figure
Howard LutnickCEO, Cantor Fitzgerald · Government Official- Jared IsaacmanFounder, Shift4 Payments · Private Sector Figure
- Jeffrey SprecherExecutive, Intercontinental Exchange · Private Sector Figure
Joe RickettsChair, TD Ameritrade · Private Sector Figure- John DanaherPresident, TransUnion · Private Sector Figure
John RickettsFounder, TD Ameritrade · Private Sector Figure- Keith RaboisExecutive, PayPal · Private Sector Figure
Ken GriffinOwner, Citadel Securities · Private Sector Figure- Ken HoweryCo-founder, PayPal · Private Sector Figure
Mark T. UyedaCommissioner, Securities and Exchange Commission · Government Official
Michael SeligChair, Commodity Futures Trading Commission · Government Official
Paul AtkinsChair, Securities and Exchange Commission · Government Official- Robert MarlingCEO, Woodforest Financial Group · Private Sector Figure
Russell VoughtDirector, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Government Official- Shayne CoplanCEO, Polymarket · Private Sector Figure
- T. Denny SanfordExecutive, First Premier Bank · Private Sector Figure
- Thomas AxonChair, Franklin Credit Management · Private Sector Figure
- Thomas PeterffyChair, Interactive Brokers Group · Private Sector Figure
Tyler WinklevossCo-founder, Winklevoss Capital Management · Private Sector Figure
Warren StephensCEO, Stephens Inc · Private Sector Figure
Topics
- AI Chip Export Policy
- AI Industry Deregulation
- AI Industry Political Spending
- Canada-US Trade Relations
- CFPB Dismantling
- Climate Policy Rollback
- Conservative Donor Networks
- Corporate Favors
- Corporate Gifts to Trump
- Crypto Deregulation
- Deregulation
- DOJ Political Interference
- Donor Influence and Access
- Drug Pricing Policy
- Elon Musk / DOGE Conflicts
- Federal Lands Giveaways
- Fossil Fuel Deregulation
- JBS/Pilgrim's Pride Inaugural Donation
- Libertarian Political Influence
- Lutnick Commerce Department
- MAGA Inc. Pay-to-Play
- Media Settlements
- Prediction Markets
- Presidential Self-Dealing
- Private Equity & Alternative Assets
- Qatar Jet Gift
- Saudi-Trump Nexus
- Tariff Pressure
- Tech Export Controls
- Trump 2024 Outside Spending
- Trump Cabinet
- Trump Crypto Conflicts
- Trump Family Business Dealings
- Trump Pardons
- Trump Presidential Library
- Trump-Vance Inaugural Fund
- UAE-Trump Nexus
- White House Ballroom Donors
- White-Collar Enforcement Erosion