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Minority depository institutions are well-placed to direct money from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to high-impact projects in underserved communities.

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Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the Senate Banking Committee's ranking Republican, said that Democrats create a "culture of grievance" that the "truth of my life" belies.

The decrease in long-term interest rates this year has helped banks' bond portfolios recover a bit. Some of them may consider restructuring their securities portfolios in the short run, and longer-term changes are also possible as the fallout from last month's crisis continues.

All eyes will be on the minutes from the March meeting, set to be released Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Washington, for details about the debate over bank failures and how to respond.

Evan Daniels serves on the advisory board of Monitaur, an AI/ML governance  software company committed to working with the insurance industry and regulators towards the responsible and effective integration of AI/ML. Formerly Director of the Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions and served as the 2022 Co-Vice Chair of the NAIC Committee on Innovation, Cybersecurity and Technology, which oversees the NAIC's Big Data and Artificial Intelligence workstreams, Evan also is Counsel at Mitchell Sandler LLC, a boutique financial services law firm, where he advises insurance companies, insurtechs, fintechs, and financial institutions on regulatory matters. For more information on Monitaur, please visit www.monitaur.ai, and follow the company on LinkedIn.

Despite growing concerns about fraud, bankers and credit union lenders say PPP provided a crucial source of capital, backstopping the economy as it faced an unprecedented challenge from the pandemic.

Marqeta's new CEO faces steep challenges in dismantling the fintech's heavy dependence on Square and finding alternative sources of revenue as consumer spending slows.

Banks and credit unions compete head-to-head in many markets, so credit union CEOs take advantage of bank earnings season to gain a little extra intel. But many will scour first-quarter results as closely as ever to determine the impact of the banking crisis on deposits flows, lending and the overall economy.

Banks could be in for a long, slow trickle of bank failures and consolidation in the coming months and years, particularly if inflation persists and interest rates keep rising. A downturn in commercial real estate could add to banks' problems.