bank examiner

American  

noun

1. a public official appointed under U.S. state or federal laws to inspect and audit the operations and accounts of banks in the examiner's jurisdiction.

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Etymology

Origin of bank examiner

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

He began his career as a bank examiner at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in 1981, until becoming president of American National Bank in Omaha in 1989.

From Seattle Times

It also promised to provide training to its bank examiners to better assess those risks.

From Los Angeles Times

A team of 20 bank examiners at the San Francisco Federal Reserve took over day-to-day supervision of the bank in the second half of 2021.

From Reuters

And he acknowledged that the Fed would look into whether its bank examiners had taken reasonable actions to address problems at the bank.

From New York Times

Federal Reserve bank examiners had called out problems at Silicon Valley Bank as long ago as 2019.

From Reuters