Profiles · Lobbyists
- Type
- Person
- Role
- Lobbyist
- Programs
- PPP
- Updated
The profile
Large-bank policy advocate on regulation, supervision, AML/BSA, payments, fintech, and financial stability.
Identity and role
Greg Baer is president and CEO of the Bank Policy Institute. BPI describes itself as a public-policy, research, and advocacy group representing large banks.
Pandemic-relief / PPP-EIDL role
Baer is not a PPP operator. On September 1, 2021, BPI published "With FinTechs, Money Moves Fast. So Does Fraud," which said, citing an August 2021 study from the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business, that fintech lenders were "almost five times more likely than traditional lenders to be involved with potentially fraudulent PPP loans" and that fintechs offering banking services "should be subject to the same supervisory and regulatory standards" as banks.
Peer trade groups
Baer's BPI is the large-bank counterpart to Rob Nichols's ABA (commercial/community banks) and Richard Hunt's CBA (consumer banks). On the fintech side, Scott G. Stewart's ILPA pressed the access-gap argument.
Legal status / controversies
We found no personal enforcement action, relief loan, or company-side PPP conduct.
Where they are now (2025–2026)
BPI continues to list Baer as president and CEO. Georgetown Law also identifies him as CEO and president of BPI and describes his regulatory-policy background.
Sources
- BPI profile, Greg Baer — original: https://bpi.com/people/greg-baer/
- BPI About Us — original: https://bpi.com/about-us/
- Georgetown Law faculty profile, Gregory Baer — original: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/gregory-baer/
- American Banker author profile, Greg Baer — original: https://www.americanbanker.com/author/greg-baer
- Bank Policy Institute, "With FinTechs, Money Moves Fast. So Does Fraud" (Sept. 1, 2021): https://bpi.com/with-fintechs-money-moves-fast-so-does-fraud/