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Paying for items with your palm or face isn't commonplace yet, but it's coming. What banks need to know.

Well-regulated stablecoins will open the door to a wide range of financial activities, including 24/7 global markets for any asset class imaginable. Traditional banks should take note.

The growing use of generative and agentic AI in banks is setting off some alarms.

The 2021 executive order had called on bank regulators to apply more scrutiny to bank deals. Trump-era regulators have already started rolling back those policies.

The GENIUS Act would allow Special Purpose Depository Institutions, which are state-chartered uninsured banks, to expand to other states without the approval of state bank regulators, a provision that's now drawing criticism from consumer advocates and banking lobbyists.

Stablecoin issuers often use Treasury bills as backing reserves. That could put pressure on other parts of the financial system if the industry continues at its current growth trajectory.

Connie Hougland is vice president of Charity Experience and Market Strategy at National Christian Foundation (NCF) and the founder of WidowRISE, a newly launched platform created to support widows in grief, healing and legacy.

Diogo Mónica is a general partner at Haun Ventures and co-founder of Anchorage Digital.

Bank trade groups have asked a federal court to halt enforcement and extend compliance dates for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's open banking rule that was enacted during the Biden administration. The move comes as the lobbying fight over how the rule will be rewritten intensifies.

Citigroup's new treasury partnership with Payoneer and JPMorganChase's deposit token are pressuring banks to quickly come up with a "vision," according to payment experts.