US Treasury appoints Hood as acting comptroller of the currency

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department has appointed Rodney Hood to serve as the acting comptroller of the currency from February 10, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said in a statement on Friday.

The Treasury Department, separately, said Secretary Scott Bessent also intends to appoint Hood as a deputy comptroller and to designate him the first deputy comptroller of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

(Reporting by Pete Schroeder and Ismail Shakil; Editing by Chris Reese)