John O'Connell is founder and CEO of The Oasis Group, a consultancy for the wealth management industry.

November 11
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The Most Powerful Women in Banking Conference
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The founder and CEO of the buy now pay later giant spoke with American Banker about how agentic AI will soon revolutionize the way consumers shop, make purchases and manage their personal finances. That will be accretive for Affirm, especially in a world where agents are making payments on behalf of consumers.

November 11
8 Min Read
Web Seminar
Search behavior is evolving faster than ever. With AI-generated answers, voice assistants, and conversational interfaces becoming the new front doors to financial information, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is giving way to Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)—where visibility depends on how well your content can be understood, trusted, and surfaced by intelligent systems.
Russell Vought, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget

The Department of Justice told a court that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cannot legally request funding from the Federal Reserve System, arguing that the Fed has not turned a profit since 2022 and thus cannot fund the CFPB.

November 11
5 Min Read
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John O'Connell is founder and CEO of The Oasis Group, a consultancy for the wealth management industry.

The Allen & Co. Media And Technology Conference

The company appears to be the first nationally chartered bank to offer crypto trading and traditional banking in the same app.

November 11
7 Min Read
Russell Vought

The House is slated to vote on a resolution to fund the government Wednesday morning, setting off the resumption of programs that are important — particularly for the smallest banks.

November 11
4 Min Read
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The founder and CEO of the buy now pay later giant spoke with American Banker about how agentic AI will soon revolutionize the way consumers shop, make purchases and manage their personal finances. That will be accretive for Affirm, especially in a world where agents are making payments on behalf of consumers.

November 11
8 Min Read
Web Seminar
Search behavior is evolving faster than ever. With AI-generated answers, voice assistants, and conversational interfaces becoming the new front doors to financial information, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is giving way to Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)—where visibility depends on how well your content can be understood, trusted, and surfaced by intelligent systems.
Russell Vought, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget

The Department of Justice told a court that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cannot legally request funding from the Federal Reserve System, arguing that the Fed has not turned a profit since 2022 and thus cannot fund the CFPB.

November 11
5 Min Read
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John O'Connell is founder and CEO of The Oasis Group, a consultancy for the wealth management industry.

Top Performing Banks
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Big banks with the strongest financial performance varied in asset size, geographies and services.

August 14
1 Min Read
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Each of the top-performing banks with more than $50 billion of assets used their own mix of revenue streams to drive performance.

August 14
4 Min Read
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Growing loans was a tall order in 2024, but banks that could do just that were able to outperform their peers.

July 24
1 Min Read
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Web Seminar
Search behavior is evolving faster than ever. With AI-generated answers, voice assistants, and conversational interfaces becoming the new front doors to financial information, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is giving way to Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)—where visibility depends on how well your content can be understood, trusted, and surfaced by intelligent systems.
Russell Vought, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget

The Department of Justice told a court that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cannot legally request funding from the Federal Reserve System, arguing that the Fed has not turned a profit since 2022 and thus cannot fund the CFPB.

November 11
5 Min Read
JohnO'ConnellHeadshot.jpg

John O'Connell is founder and CEO of The Oasis Group, a consultancy for the wealth management industry.

Max Levchin Affirm Nadsaq.jpg

The founder and CEO of the buy now pay later giant spoke with American Banker about how agentic AI will soon revolutionize the way consumers shop, make purchases and manage their personal finances. That will be accretive for Affirm, especially in a world where agents are making payments on behalf of consumers.

November 11
8 Min Read
Web Seminar
Search behavior is evolving faster than ever. With AI-generated answers, voice assistants, and conversational interfaces becoming the new front doors to financial information, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is giving way to Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)—where visibility depends on how well your content can be understood, trusted, and surfaced by intelligent systems.
Russell Vought, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget

The Department of Justice told a court that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cannot legally request funding from the Federal Reserve System, arguing that the Fed has not turned a profit since 2022 and thus cannot fund the CFPB.

November 11
5 Min Read
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John O'Connell is founder and CEO of The Oasis Group, a consultancy for the wealth management industry.

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New Federal Reserve research reveals that identity theft victims who use extended fraud alerts often see significant and lasting credit improvements.

October 8
4 Min Read

Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr is warning small banks about the growing threat from fraudsters' use of AI-generated deepfakes. But he also says AI may be able to help community banks fight fraud more effectively.

October 8
3 Min Read
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A new report links a surge in consumer complaints to two financial influencers selling dubious advice and products to millions of followers online.

October 7
5 Min Read
Eva Reda, American Express

After a three-decade climb up the corporate ladder, Reda took on her most daunting task yet: launching the card network's new consumer banking unit.

March 7
4 Min Read
Mary Ann Francis, IBM

Associate partner Mary Ann Francis is a risk taker — the kind who jumps off a waterfall without a parachute. She brings this same boldness to her work at IBM, where her decades of banking experience help the tech giant find new opportunities for artificial intelligence and quantum computing.

March 7
5 Min Read
Women in Payments 2023 OVERRIDE ONLY

This year's Most Influential Women in Payments honorees are uniquely positioned to make the most of disruptive factors such as the advancement of artificial intelligence, central bank digital currencies and real-time payments. 

March 7
1 Min Read
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