WASHINGTON: US senators agreed Monday on legislation to reduce the regulatory burden on small banks, reforming rules established in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, while also improving protections for consumers.

In a show of bipartisanship rarely seen in the first year of President Donald Trump’s administration, Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee clinched a deal to roll back rules that subject small community banks to the same standards as huge financial institutions.

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