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Gil Bean is a partner at ExitSmarts, Inc. Reach him at gil@exitsmarts.com or (484) 431-3181.

Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., the House Small Business Committee's ranking Democrat, said she'd like to see the Small Business Administration delay opening its flagship loan guarantee program to more nondepository lenders until it sorted out growing concerns about Paycheck Protection Program fraud.

Stablecoins are supposed to hold a constant value, typically $1, giving crypto investors a place to park funds as they navigate the highly volatile digital-asset market. An inflation protection overlay would tap into demand for a cushion against elevated post-pandemic price pressures.

Silicon Valley Bank and its customers favored the simplicity and convenience of eschewing deposit insurance coverage despite the risks. Some experts say regulators' decision to make depositors whole might be sending the industry the wrong message.

The beleaguered sector hopes machine learning will reduce the odds of defaults and delinquencies.

A researcher tested the prediction that banks will step in when payday lenders face restrictions. They didn't want his business.

The banks invested in bonds at a time when rates were low, and their value has since dropped substantially. While there appears to be very little risk that the banks will ever have to realize the losses, an American Banker data analysis raises questions about whether regulators should toughen their monitoring of interest rate risk.

First Citizens BancShares in North Carolina has entered into a purchase and assumption agreement for all deposits and loans of the failed bank, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. About $90 billion of securities and other assets will remain in receivership.

Gregory S. Dowell, CPA, MBA, is the managing partner of Dowell Group CPAs & Advisors, in Palatine, Illinois.

Leslie Winner Bolton is the director of channel partnerships at Paychex where she has spent the majority of her over 11-year career forming relationships with national brands as well as working closely with regional businesses.  This has included working with partners in the franchise industry, trade associations, integration and technology sector, banking institutions and accounting firms.  Before joining the Paychex leadership team, she was an entrepreneur and owned several small businesses in the Orlando area where she still resides.