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Friday Q and A: This week some 1,400 members of the American Bankers Association descended on Washington to flex their lobbying muscle – an annual event that came at a paradoxical time. At a broad level, the “tsunami” of new rules the industry has long complained about has become a deregulatory wave. Yet lenders are finding themselves in heated battles …