Biden to nominate big-bank critic Omarova to head OCC -White House

[September 24, 2021]    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to nominate Cornell University law professor Saule Omarova, who has criticized cryptocurrencies and advocated for the government to have a much bigger role in banking, to run the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the White House said on Thursday.

(Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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