American Banker media bias and reliability
American Banker is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 12 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is American Banker biased?
American Banker is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is American Banker left or right?
American Banker is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum.
Is American Banker reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for American Banker. A political-leaning label would not answer that question on its own, so we do not infer reliability from left, centre or right.
What American Banker has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with American Banker’s own report linked underneath.
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
American Banker reported it asThe credit market is strained but growing; crypto's historic hack (opens American Banker in a new tab)
A U.S. banking regulator found that nine of the nation's largest banks denied services to customers based on political, religious, or social views. The report, spanning 2020 to September 2025, was based on 100,000 complaints and hundreds of individual bank decisions.
American Banker reported it asPublic perceptions shaped banks' client decisions: OCC report (opens American Banker in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has established a committee of inquiry to investigate Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. The committee, comprising three executive branch officials, will examine allegations that Cook made false statements related to mortgages. This action is part of Trump's ongoing efforts concerning Cook's position on the Fed's board.
American Banker reported it asTrump establishes committee to investigate Fed's Cook (opens American Banker in a new tab)
President Donald Trump announced the completion of automatic enrollment for all eligible children under 18 into "Trump Accounts." He stated the initiative aims to boost private ownership and counter socialist ideologies among young Americans.
American Banker reported it asTrump accounts expand to nearly 70M kids as stock proposal draws questions (opens American Banker in a new tab)
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed a new federal framework for cryptocurrency exchanges that offer leveraged digital asset trading. The proposal creates a new registration category called 'crypto asset market' and opens a 60-day public comment period.
American Banker reported it asCFTC seeks input on leveraged crypto trading rules (opens American Banker in a new tab)
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate has risen to 7.28%, the highest in almost three years. September saw a significant slowdown in job creation, with only 29,000 new jobs added, and the unemployment rate edged up to 4.2%. Consumer confidence has also dropped to its lowest level since April 2014.
American Banker reported it asHiring slows down significantly in September (opens American Banker in a new tab)
Global stock exchanges saw increases on Monday while oil prices declined. This trend emerged as concerns about inflation lessened, with investors expecting the US Federal Reserve to hold interest rates steady. Weaker than expected US job creation data contributed to these expectations.
American Banker reported it asHiring slows down significantly in September (opens American Banker in a new tab)
The Federal Reserve's inspector general found management and oversight failures contributed to significant cost overruns in the central bank's headquarters renovation. However, the report stated there were no reasonable grounds to believe a federal crime occurred requiring referral to the U.S. Attorney General.
American Banker reported it asFed watchdog finds no criminal violations in HQ project (opens American Banker in a new tab)
U.S. Senate Republicans have released a revised draft of the Clarity Act, a major cryptocurrency bill, incorporating new ethics language that President Donald Trump has agreed to. The bill includes provisions on affiliate trading, consumer protection, and software developer protections. A procedural vote is scheduled for Tuesday.
American Banker reported it asNew crypto bill looks at stablecoin yield, but passage still unlikely (opens American Banker in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump signed a bill on 2 September 2026 extending federal government funding until 11 December, avoiding a shutdown before the midterm elections. The House and Senate passed the measure with overwhelming majorities, though no left-rated outlet reported the story.
American Banker reported it asTrump signs bill funding the government through December (opens American Banker in a new tab)
A US Senate report led by Senator Ron Wyden alleges three major banks ignored evidence of sex trafficking and money laundering linked to Jeffrey Epstein and Leon Black. The banks deny wrongdoing, while Wyden calls for federal investigations and stricter banking regulations.
American Banker reported it asSenate report: Three big banks ignored red flags on Epstein (opens American Banker in a new tab)
A Senate Finance Committee report, led by Sen. Ron Wyden, found that more than a dozen bankers at three major banks were aware of suspicious transactions by Jeffrey Epstein as early as 2002 but failed to report them until after his arrest. The banks deny wrongdoing or express regret.
American Banker reported it asSenate report: Three big banks ignored red flags on Epstein (opens American Banker in a new tab)
Who says so
No rating organisation we draw on has placed American Banker. We asked on 8 October 2026.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
We hold no factual-reliability rating for this outlet.
Who owns it
- ArizentPrivate Equitydirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- New York, New York, United States
- Official site
- americanbanker.com
- Seen publishing on
- americanbanker.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 12
- Reports listed
- 12
- We could read
- 2
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
10 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 2 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. American Banker has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 11 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of American Banker: its report arrived a median of 28 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 November 2026. Ratings pulled 8 October 2026.
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