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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has conditionally approved several national trust bank charters for crypto companies. Fabian Dori at Sygnum Bank, which has operated as crypto bank for six years, shares what happens after the charter.

Households are cutting back on spending and buying fewer big ticket items, according to a key consumer confidence report. Higher inflation expectations and recession concerns are driving the pullback.

An automated alert system auto-closed "a very high percentage" of suspicious-activity flags at the bank, the OCC said.

The CEOs of JPMorganChase, Goldman Sachs and Standard Chartered said they're reducing some roles due to advances in AI, the same week the Pope spoke of the need to protect workers.  

The Department of Justice said that Birmingham, Alabama-based Regions sought forgiveness from the Small Business Administration for a Paycheck Protection Program loan that the bank should have known did not qualify.

Tokenization is being adopted from within the system, not alongside it. It's improving how markets operate by making settlements faster, increasing their mobility, boosting transparency and expanding access.

Jim Gold of Steward Partners thinks impending advisor retirements will continue driving smaller RIAs into M&A deals with big acquirers — even as AI turns many investors into "do-it-yourselfers."

The streamlining is designed to further expedite a process which allows mortgage companies to get a case number for loans on single units even if the building they're in doesn't have one.

Berkshire Hathaway is narrowing its bank exposure, and sitting on a mountain of money. That says something about the market.

The latest acquisition activity points to the importance of decisions lenders make regarding their MSRs in 2026 and some considerations unique to each company.