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Bank Policy Institute

Trade association PAC FEC C00193177

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$67K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $5.2M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the trade association’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 trade association’s employees or members; the trade association itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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Bank Policy Institute 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
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities8 of 88/8
  • Science/Technology8 of 88/8
  • Copyright/Patent/Trademark1 of 81/8
  • Small Business1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 31 bills, this period

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From the filings

“Issues relating to: Anti Money Laundering; Beneficial Ownership; FinTech Policy, Data Breaches, Privacy Protection; Real Time payments; Charters; and Comprehensive Capital Analysis & Review (CCAR). S.2251, Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2023 (FISMA).”
Q3 2026 filing · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
“Cyber Security related issues as relating to new technology; and Data Aggregation issues.”
Q3 2026 filing · Science/Technology

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Consumer Financial Protection BureauCFPB
  • Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationFDIC
  • Federal Reserve System
  • Office of the Comptroller of the CurrencyOCC
  • Treasury
  • White House Office
  • Federal Trade CommissionFTC
  • Patent & Trademark OfficePTO

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 Bank Policy Institute, 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 25 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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