Jonathan Gould, the head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, has launched a direct and unusually explicit critique of the post-crisis resolution planning regime. Speaking in Washington at an American Bar Association banking law event, Gould questioned whether mandatory resolution plans for large banks have meaningfully improved
OCC’s Gould calls for fundamental rethink of bank resolution planning
Gould’s critique aligns with the OCC’s broader recalibration toward narrower supervision and renewed focus on core regulatory functions.