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What do you get when you put two boring, safe industries together with one super-exciting, possibly dangerous industry? We're apparently going to find out.
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Fincen just proposed the most significant reform to AML compliance in a generation, but its reporting forms are still broken. A handful of key changes would meaningfully reduce compliance burden without reducing investigative value.
May 6
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Market mavens love to wax poetic about the so-called resilient consumer, but the reality is consumer spending is largely underwritten with credit, so it makes sense to keep an eye on credit trends.
May 6
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Mainstream financial services firms moving into the crypto realm are rightly skittish about consolidating trading, custody, lending, staking and settlement in a single provider. The crypto industry is, instead, entering a world of "co-opetition."
May 5
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The debate over how to define yield in terms of stablecoin rewards feels like the debate over how to define usury in medieval Europe.
May 5American Banker
Miami's Ocean Bank appointed Yuni Navarro to its board of directors; Indiana-based Interra Credit Union announced it will acquire The Hicksville Bank in Ohio; JPMorganChase hired Chris Mihok from Keefe Bruyette and Woods; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
Rodney Hood, former acting Comptroller of the Currency and former chair of the National Credit Union Administration, says the credit scoring system is broken and AI can fix it.
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