Banking

Issue Code: BAN

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AI Overview

Banking is one of the 79 issue categories tracked under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. With $511.4M in total lobbying spend across 18.8K filings, it ranks among the most heavily lobbied policy areas in Washington. The money flowing into this issue reflects how much is at stake for the industries involved.

$511.4M
Total Lobbying Spend
18.8K
Filings
50
Top Clients

Spending by Year

YearSpendingFilings
2018$52.1M1,925
2019$53.6M2,100
2020$61.3M2,448
2021$54.6M2,255
2022$66.0M2,550
2023$70.2M2,624
2024$59.7M2,322
2025$93.9M2,557

Biggest Spenders

#ClientSpending
1State of Loc Nation Global Public Benefit Corporation$20.0M
2American Bankers Association$8.8M
3Wells Fargo & Company$8.2M
4Online Lenders Alliance$5.9M
5Electronic Payments Coalition$5.5M
6Independent Community Bankers of America$5.3M
7National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation$4.3M
8Jpmorgan Chase Holdings LLC$4.3M
9National Cannabis Roundtable$3.6M
10Financial Oversight & Management Board of Puerto Rico$3.4M
11Electronic Payments Coalition ("epc")$3.3M
12Mortgage Bankers Association$3.1M
13American Investment Council$3.0M
14Credit Union National Association, INC. DBA Americas Credit Unions$3.0M
15Mastercard$3.0M
16Deutsche Bank USA (FKA Deutsche Bank Securities INC.)$2.9M
17Cbc National Bank Mortgage$2.9M
18Captial Funding Group INC$2.8M
19Capital One Financial Corporation$2.8M
20Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Sifma)$2.7M
21Blackrock Funds Services Group LLC (Formerly Blackrock Capital Management INC.)$2.6M
22The Geo Group, INC.$2.6M
23Mastercard International Incorporated$2.5M
24Consumer Bankers Association$2.5M
25Western Union$2.5M

Top Firms

Rich Feuer Anderson$29.8M
Loc Community Association$20.0M
Porterfield, Fettig & Sears, LLC$13.0M
Mindset Advocacy, LLC$12.9M
Invariant LLC$11.6M
Capitol Counsel LLC$11.6M
Tiber Creek Group$11.4M
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld$10.8M
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP$10.6M
Holland & Knight LLP$9.6M
Cgcn Group, LLC$9.6M
Mercury Public Affairs, LLC$8.7M
Harbinger Strategies, LLC$8.0M
Allon Advocacy, LLC$7.7M
Fs Vector$7.3M

What They Lobby For

  • Revise US Code sections 59A, 59B, 4491, 6038 A, C, and E establishing "base erosion anti-abuse tax" to relieve corporations covered by the tax from nullifying the effect of tax credits and deductions
  • Issues related to accounting, financial services, tax, and appropriations.
  • H.R.1 Tax cuts and Jobs Act H.R.4092 AG Act H.R.4513 Farmers of Tomorrow Act S.21 Chesapeake Bay Farm Bill Enhancement Act S.1603 H.R. 3266 S.1776 H.R.3354 H.R.3353 H.R.2886 S.1752 H.R.424 H.R.3040 H
  • Farm Bill 2018, Medical Cannabis
  • The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, business tax provisions, regulatory issues related to financial services technology,technology innovation for the financial services industry, cybersecurity regulations fo
  • Small Dollar Lending, Dodd-Frank Act, FinTech, "Operation Chokepoint"
  • Support Reauthorization of Export-Import Bank; Support Federal Funding of key military installations in South Louisiana; Support reauthorization of NFIP
  • Dodd-Frank Reform; Banking Issues in the Appropriations process; CHOICE Act
  • Educating congressional and administration officials on data analytics and federal programs.
  • Issues related to financial technology, online lending, and banking partnerships with technology service providers.

Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings

Last updated: February 2026

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