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Deven Sanghavi has completed his bachelor's in accounting from the University of Mumbai and a master's in finance from CUNY Baruch College. He brings strong experience in the field of public accounting by having worked at a Big Four firm. He currently is working in an investment firm.

House Financial Services Committee ranking member Maxine Waters, D-Calif., led a group of Democrats in challenging Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over the current state of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.

As the user experience becomes fundamentally more digital, the separation of banking and commerce washes out. It all starts to look like data processing.

The group, along with partners Avalanche, B2C2, Galaxy Digital, U.S. Bank and Wintermute created Lynq, a real-time, yield-bearing settlement network.

Global Payments' agreement to divest its issuer unit is the latest in a series of changes in a complex ownership strategy.

Lexi Clarke is the Chief People Officer for Payscale, a SaaS technology firm focusing on compensation management solutions. She has partnered with business leaders on HR and compensation projects at companies like Redfin, Convoy, Boeing and more. Lexi has extensive experience in people-first HR leadership, effectively supporting the growth and scale of the organizations she has been a part of to better attract, develop and retain talent. As the Chief People Officer, she is responsible for integrating compensation, rewards, HR, communication and more. She speaks on behalf of Payscale as both a practitioner and fair pay advocate. Lexi graduated from Muhlenberg College with a bachelor's degree in psychology.

MainStreet Bancshares in Fairfax has closed its banking-as-a-service subsidiary after the unit fell far short of meeting its revenue and deposit targets.

Shift Technology CEO and Co-founder Jeremy Jawish became acutely aware that fraud detection was one area of the insurance industry that was ripe for disruption while working with a leading global insurance company. There, the seed was planted related to how artificial intelligence and advanced data science could be used to help insurers make better policy and claims decisions, driving positive business outcomes and greater customer satisfaction. Jawish, along with co-founders Eric Sibony and David Durrleman transformed the idea into reality and now insurers around the world trust Shift's AI-native solutions to help them solve some of their biggest challenges.

The agency is offering buyouts and early retirement incentives for employees, with layoffs possible if targets aren't met, as part of the Trump administration's overall downsizing of the federal government.

The National Credit Union Administration insists it can still function with one board member, but legal experts and industry groups say any substantive regulatory actions could face serious challenges.