In|Vest 2018 Direct

Nich Tremper is a senior economist at Gusto, researching entrepreneurship and the small-business life cycle in the modern economy. He has worked in research offices in the federal government and financial service industries, studying small-business outcomes and their roles in local economies. He holds a Master's degree from the University of Minnesota, where he researched local government business expansion efforts, and he currently lives in Winston-Salem, N.C.

BNY estimates the market for stablecoins, tokenized deposits and other assets will reach a combined value of $3.6 trillion in four years, while Standard Chartered says the entire banking industry will soon be "tokenized." The trend is creating pressure to update strategies and technology.

The payments fintech recently introduced AI agents to its lineup of products banks and credit unions can pick from and add to their existing technology stacks.

Haiqu's new encoding technique allows quantum computers to process high-dimensional financial data, showing improved performance in spotting anomalies.

The Virginia-based bank had been an example of what can go wrong when banks partner with fintechs. After being released from an OCC enforcement action, Blue Ridge is now focused on operating as a traditional community bank, said CEO Billy Beale.

The payments company is expanding the transfer app in an effort to entice more consumers to use the service as their primary banking relationship

Customers of fintechs like Yotta and Juno, who in some cases lost their life savings, may start to get reimbursed out of the agency's Civil Penalty Fund, but no timeline has been announced for repaying them.

MetroCity Bankshares in Doraville, Georgia, plans to finalize its acquisition of First IC Corp; Rockefeller Capital Management's Brian D. Riley will join BNY Wealth as global head; Blackstone appoints former Morgan Stanley rainmaker Franck Petitgas to a top role in Europe; and more in this week's banking news roundup.