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A bipartisan group of ex-inspectors general is pushing Senate leaders to quickly confirm Christy Goldsmith Romero to chair the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. despite scheduling delays and the upcoming election.

Greg D. Adams is senior vice president and chief financial officer at American Management Association International. He is the author of Green Shade$: Accountants Aren't Supposed to Die This Way, available on Amazon.

Pandemic era changes to credit reporting have dangerously distorted credit scores for mortgage borrowers. The market is in worse shape than we realize, writes a former Federal Housing Finance Agency director.

Republican State Treasurer John Fleming said he had concerns about big banks limiting business with firearms entities and Christian organizations, but has few options: "Only a small number, relatively speaking, of banks actually qualify to do the level of business that a state treasurer requires."

Over the weekend Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, said setting interest rates should be a "political decision" with input from elected officials.

Morten Unneberg is CEO of Insurope SC/CV, Insurope Services, Inc., and Insurope Business Services Co., Ltd. Morten has more than 30 years of experience with employee benefits and has been involved in international operations for the last 25 years. Prior to joining Insurope in 2012, he was a Senior Executive with Storebrand in Norway, one of the leading insurance companies in the Nordics. He has also held various sales and sales management positions in Norway and in the USA.

The bank partnered with fintech PopID for biometric payments at fast-food retailer Whataburger, but widespread adoption from consumers and merchants could be an uphill battle.

Minneapolis-based buy now/pay later fintech Sezzle has partnered with the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association to have its brand represented on uniforms until 2027.

Berkley Charlton is the VP of Product Management at Smarty, a leader in address data intelligence. Prior to Smarty, Charlton worked at Pitney Bowes Software as their managing director of product management. He led the global data business and geocoding business in creating an entire suite of location intelligence, geocoding and data products with their enterprise location intelligence portfolio. Charlton also worked as the VP of strategy and business development at Gadberry Group, where he managed product strategy for geocoding and data products.

A judge postponed to Aug. 19 the scheduled sentencing date for Shan Hanes, the ex-CEO of Heartland Tri-State Bank who admitted to embezzling $47 million from the lender, leading to its downfall.