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Machine learning and innovations such as voice assistants can give the newly mature e-commerce industry an extra push, says Qualpay's Penny Townsend.

The expected nomination of Michael S. Barr has disappointed many progressives; the Morgan Stanley boss got a 22% raise to $33 million, while JPMorgan CEO held steady at $31.5 million.

Helping corporates manage cash and liquidity through automated data-based actions can start to ease serious headaches for treasurers, says Icon Solutions' Simon Wilson.

Consumers have gotten used to mobile order, pay and delivery, and will require even greater innovation, says OnFleet's Khaled Naim.

It would force national banks to make loans to high-risk industries that often pose dangers to vulnerable communities. The next comptroller of the currency should instead promote equal credit availability for consumers who need it most.

Consumer banking may do better this year, while the investment banking boom is unlikely to repeat; several prominent investors likely took losses betting on Fannie, Freddie privatization.

Many financial institutions have made initial moves into real-time payments via P2P services, and the use cases will jump over time, says Fiserv's Matt Wilcox.

When life turns upside down, customers and employees need help with finding swift solutions to problems they may have never faced or even considered—and companies require innovation guided by more than a slide deck, says Western Union's Nicole Vogrin.

The Wall Street bank’s 51% jump in net income caps a strong earnings season for the biggest banks; President Biden is expected to nominate Michael Barr, a former assistant treasury secretary who helped write the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, as comptroller.

There’s a dynamic balance between the innovation and resiliency benefits of the messy, creative ferment of many smaller competitors, and an oligopoly or monopoly’s scale economies, says Intrepid Ventures' Eric Grover.