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Consumer Bankers Association

Corporate PAC FEC C00035535

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$89K
Company lobbying, all issues $7.0M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the company’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the company’s employees; the company itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

Method

Consumer Bankers Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 3 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Banking8 of 88/8
  • Bankruptcy8 of 88/8
  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Education8 of 88/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities8 of 88/8

Bills named in the filings 53 bills, this period

48 more, 20 named in only one filing · Show all 53

From the filings

“Monitoring and advocacy on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and related issues. Monitoring proposals in FY 2025 Financial and Services and General Government Appropriations legislation (H.R.8773/S. 4928) that impact consumer banking products.”
Q4 2024 filing · Budget/Appropriations
“Issues related to student loan data sharing and private student loans.”
Q3 2026 filing · Banking

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Consumer Financial Protection BureauCFPB
  • DefenseDOD
  • Federal Communications CommissionFCC
  • Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationFDIC
  • Federal Reserve System
  • Federal Trade CommissionFTC
  • Housing & Urban DevelopmentHUD
  • Internal Revenue ServiceIRS
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • Office of the Comptroller of the CurrencyOCC
  • 2 more

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Consumer Bankers Association, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 34 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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