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Public-sector development of a speedier settlement service, to operate alongside the one being developed by The Clearing House, is crucial for seeing that institutions of all sizes are able to take advantage of this technology.

If Libra becomes a major financial force, the stability of global finance is on the line.

The bank believes its U.S. unit will pass this year’s stress test but Fed restrictions will stay; COO is the second member of CEO’s inner circle to leave.

Scientific techniques can help credit unions better understand how consumers are likely to behave in certain instances, allowing CUs to shape their tactics and responses to a variety of situations.

Facebook’s Libra shows technology companies are a far greater threat to a bank than other banks, argues Token.io’s Marten Nelson.

Amazon’s move pressures other merchants to add speed to e-commerce delivery while adding a few more steps to vet payments, writes Monica Eaton-Cardone, COO of Chargebacks911 and CIO of its parent company Global Risk Technologies

Credit unions have not invested enough in analytics. But changing that would help the industry compete with big banks and improve efficiencies.

Regulators could collaborate on a superagency to streamline laws.

Banks shouldn’t have trouble this year, but the rules may change next year; U.S. authorities are probing possible AML compliance violations at the German bank.

Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, refuses to attend any meetings in which she would be the only woman; Sallie Krawcheck says the fact that women still are paid less than men is partly the fault of society at large; and more in this week's WIB Scan.