-  Bridge will join a number of digital asset firms vying for the coveted charter, seizing on the crypto-friendly environment in the second Trump term. October 14
-  Treasury laid off all of its Community Development Financial Institution Fund staff on Friday, with the reduction in force notices saying that the department plans on abolishing the fund. October 14
-  After a quarter in which Goldman Sachs beat Wall Street's expectations, CEO David Solomon said he was seeing a "meaningful improvement" in the macroeconomic environment. October 14
-  The San Francisco-based banking giant reported a 9% annual jump in quarterly profits. It also made official its appointment of CEO Charlie Scharf as chairman. October 14
-  The megabank's multiyear effort to simplify its business model and improve its risk management is starting to pay off in the form of more consistent profitability and improved returns, CEO Jane Fraser told analysts. October 14
-  The credit infrastructure and analytics company secured $35 million in a Series D funding round, led by Socium Ventures, the venture capital division at Cox Enterprises, to expand cash-flow underwriting into auto lending and personal loans. October 14
-  Lebda, who died over the weekend in an ATV accident, built one of the first online financial marketplaces in 1998. October 14
-  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged skepticism around the central banks large-scale asset purchases during the pandemic, noting the Fed likely "should have stopped" sooner, but fell short of admitting that the purchase of MBS' contributed to housing disparities. October 14
-  JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon said that his bank can improve its procedures to guard against fraud. October 14
-  The bank is the custodian for Anchorage's stablecoin platform, it's thinking of issuing its own and it's relaunching bitcoin custody, among other efforts. October 14









