In a new executive order, the US president has called on federal regulators to investigate and punish banks for alleged discrimination against conservatives, Christians and certain types of business.

President Trump signed a pair of executive orders Thursday intended to reshape the world of banking and high finance—some in ways Wall Street likes, and others it feared.One order seeks to make it easier for everyday Americans to invest their retirement savings in assets that lie outside public markets,

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at stopping banks from barring customers for what he says are political or religious reasons, an attempt to appease conservatives and cryptocurrency types who have complained about their treatment by Wall Street.