New Comptroller to Banks: `We Exist to Serve You'

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No matter that Rodney Hood’s tenure as acting comptroller looks to be relatively short-lived. Making his first public appearance before an industry group, the new head of the OCC made clear that he is primed to make as much impact as he can – starting with a big shift in tone at the top.

“We exist to serve you,” Hood told executives gathered in Arizona a…