In|Vest 2018 Direct

Legal experts say the underlying economics of stablecoins mean that banning yield payments — banks' top priority in upcoming crypto market structure legislation — may not be as simple as banks had hoped.

Rebecca Niehus is a Strategic Analytics Advisor at Truven by Merative. She has over 15 years of experience working with healthcare data in data management, product management, and analytics. She has worked extensively with employers to identify population health and savings opportunities, measure outcomes, and recommend future strategy.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said recent data suggests less tension between the employment and inflation sides of the central bank's dual mandate, reducing the need for an immediate policy change.

The Connecticut bank invited rival bankers, lawyers and regulators to share their experiences with and warnings on using AI.

The London-based fintech has launched a suite of financial services as its global expansion gains steam. That and more in the American Banker global payments and fintech roundup.

The e-commerce giant, which is in the midst of a corporate downsizing, is discontinuing its Go and Fresh stores and One palm checkout while it repurposes the underlying technology.

The Minneapolis-based company will return to its former governance structure when it installs CEO Gunjan Kedia as board chair. Andy Cecere had served as chair during his tenure as the company's chief executive, and then became executive chair when he stepped down as CEO last year.

The Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee kept its benchmark interest rate steady Wednesday amid an intensifying effort from the White House to gain a governing majority on the central bank's board.

Acquiring Stellar Bancorp will create the second-largest Texas-headquartered bank, with a No. 5 deposit share in the massive Houston marketplace.

Daniel Zahavi is CEO of Arito. He is a second-time founder and product builder with a PhD in information theory and deep expertise in data modeling and solving complex data problems. He previously founded a company focused on data infrastructure and analytics, which was successfully exited; its technology is now deployed widely across the United States. Today, he focuses on building AI-powered products and improving AI efficiency, translating cutting-edge models into reliable, scalable systems that automate workflows and deliver real business outcomes, drawing on years of hands-on experience defining, shipping and iterating products end-to-end.