Top Trumps Banks

After a flurry of executive orders taking action on a range of campaign pledges - including building a wall with Mexico and enacting a travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries - President Donald Trump has finally turned his attention to the banks.

Mr Trump is today expected to announce a review of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, sweeping aside legislation that was designed to overhaul the financial industry in the wake of the last crisis. It would mark yet another move by Mr Trump to tear down centrepiece legislation pushed through by his predecessor, President Obama.

What is Dodd-Frank?

Named after Barney Frank, the former chairman of the US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, and Chris Dodd, the former chairman of Senate Banking Committee, the legislation was signed into law by Mr Obama in 2010.