09:31 AM EDT, 09/02/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates to add US Federal Reserve's response in fourth paragraph.)

US regulators have postponed, scaled back or cancelled certain bank exams and the use of confidential disciplinary notices, reducing the focus on non-core banking issues like reputational risk, climate change risks, diversity and inclusion, Reuters said Tuesday, citing industry executives.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are also limiting the scope of such exams, including some related to critical banking issues, by using more specific language to explain what is being assessed, the report said.

The changes are part of a broader Trump administration effort to focus on supervising financial metrics that measure lenders' safety and soundness, the sources said, adding that recent layoffs have contributed to the cancellation of some exams, Reuters reported.

A spokesperson from the Federal Reserve declined to comment, while the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau did not immediately respond to MT Newswires' request for comment.

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