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Caitlin Long, president and chairman of Symbiont

Coordinators of a blockchain project backed by the financial industry say they have successfully demonstrated that the distributed ledger technology can be used to syndicate, trade and make payments on leveraged loans.

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AI in a car can be fatal. What could go wrong with AI in a bank? A new council established by BofA and Harvard hopes to minimize unintended consequences that could jeopardize consumers' financial well-being or discriminate against them.

Earnings season

Loan growth and laxer capital requirements figure to be hot topics during second-quarter earnings season, which starts Tuesday. It's a turnaround from three months ago, when tariff worries were rampant.

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It's not just Capital One Cafés; banks all over the country are repurposing branches and offices. Marketing experts call it innovative, but critics say some lenders are crossing a legal boundary between banking and commerce.

Federal Reserve Board Meeting

Under a proposed rule, the agency would let most nationally chartered firms off the hook for heightened regulatory standards. The rule would raise the bar from $50 billion to $700 billion of assets and leave only eight firms subject to heightened regulation.