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Ed Hardy is a partner and serves as the U.S. finance services leader at
Deloitte , where he helps CFOs and finance leaders prepare for what's next and navigate change. He has been with the firm and serving clients for more than 30 years, working across industries, services, risk management capabilities and innovations.March 6
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JPMorganChase's Alfredo Porretti has left the firm; two junior Goldman Sachs bankers took part in a controversial fashion shoot; Societe Generale appointed Selina Cheung head of equity capital markets in Asia Pacific; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
March 6
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Chief economists at large and regional banks predicted ongoing inflation, in part because of the anticipated surge in oil prices as a result of the Iran war. The forecast from the American Bankers Association's Economic Advisory Committee did not account for the disappointing U.S. jobs report on Friday.
March 6
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Janet King is Senior Vice President of Content Strategy at Arizent, where she leads custom research and thought leadership initiatives serving the financial services industry. She specializes in translating audience insights into data driven storytelling that helps firms strengthen strategy, engage advisors and drive measurable business impact. Janet has held senior research and insights roles at Arizent, IDG and HIMSS.
March 6
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Ryan Frazier is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Arrived, a financial technology platform that empowers investors with the opportunity to build wealth through modern real estate investing.
March 6
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The credit union closed three of its overseas locations in response to the conflict. Military-focused financial institutions are instead offering digital banking to deployed service members.
March 6
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Fintechs and the technology behind cryptocurrency are becoming popular, putting trillions in transaction value at risk for banks, according to Accenture.
March 6
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Stripe has expanded its Shared Payment Tokens, a foundational building block to protect agentic commerce, to work with Visa and Mastercard's tokens. It's also added Affirm and Klarna.
March 6
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy lost 92,000 jobs in February while unemployment held steady at 4.4%, a development that could spur the Federal Reserve to question whether interest rates are truly in balance.
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