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As governors prepare to designate new "opportunity zones," lenders and investors should take advantage of the chance to target capital to communities where it will both do good and generate strong returns.
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Banks can price in risk and manage their way around both left-wing and right-wing administrations. But the kind of uncertainty that arises from today's brand of politics is impossible to model.
July 23
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As the regulatory landscape for digital assets becomes clearer, it is vital that stablecoin reserves, custody and settlement services, and the provision of liquidity not be concentrated within a small number of companies.
July 22
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Efforts by individual states to rewrite existing rules governing interstate bank lending risk throwing the entire system into chaos. Only Congress has the ability to reestablish a workable set of national rules.
July 21
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The new law's reciprocal and custodial deposit provisions recognize what the evidence has shown for two decades. They should spur, not substitute for, the broader work of protecting America's depositors.
July 20
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BNY's Robin Vince and Nubank's David Velez have joined the boards of the OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group Public Benefit Corporation; Old National Bancorp has revamped its top leadership teams; City National Bank appointed Lindsay Dunn executive vice president and head of personal and business banking; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
Three former senior enforcement officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have launched Halperin Petersen & Mikkilineni LLP, a new public interest law firm; Ally Financial taps Mark Mathewson as chief information and data officer; Provident Bank names Anthony Petrazzuoli SVP, deposits & payments operations director; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
Anthropic appoints Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke to its long-term benefit trust, JPMorganChase signs a multiyear agreement to be the official jersey patch and banking partner of the Dallas Mavericks, Brazil-based Nubank receives full regulatory approval to open Nu Mexico, and more in this week's banking news roundup.
JD Power's closely watched survey of financial advisors' satisfaction with employee and independent brokerages crowned its perennial winners, with one interesting exception.
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