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Trump May Have a $300 Million Conflict of Interest With Deutsche Bank

Concern about conflict of interest given bank’s federal probes
Deutsche Bank faces huge potential fines from U.S. government

Bloomberg business news — Deutsche Bank Reworks Trump Loan as Inauguration Looms

By

Greg Farrell and

Sarah Mulholland

December 22, 2016, 10:01 AM UTCUpdated onDecember 22, 2016, 3:35 PM UTC

For years, Donald Trump has used a powerful tool when dealing with bankers: his personal guarantee.

Now that guarantee -- employed to extract better terms on hundreds of millions of dollars of loans to the Trump Organization -- is at the center of a delicate loan-restructuring discussion at Deutsche Bank AG, which is under investigation on several fronts by the U.S. Department of Justice.