By Kate Berry
John Ryan, a passionate defender of the dual banking system and a driving force as the president and chief executive of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, where he worked for 30 years, died unexpectedly late Monday night at his home in Washington.
He was 58 and died of natural causes, said Laura Fisher, a CSBS spokeswoman.
Ryan played a critical role in representing states’ interests in some of the most important banking policy debates of recent decades including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Dodd-Frank Act, and Safe Act that for the first time allowed states to create a uniform system for licensing and oversight of the mortgage industry.
