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A technicality in the federal law enacted in July 2025 changed how deductions work for estates and trusts, creating uncertainty over how taxes are allocated after a person's death.
June 8 -
Segmenting the landscape: How legacy core, money service businesses and stablecoins divide cross-border value
June 8 -
An employee uploaded customer data to an unauthorized AI app. The bank says it reached the vendor before a model could train on the data.
June 8 -
Brian Moynihan spoke of the challenges of developing and maintaining Erica, the bank's main internal AI model, with precision.
June 8 -
Payment experts detail where banks are falling short in combating AI-driven crimes.
June 8 -
The Federal Reserve governor warned in a speech Saturday that lower capital requirements and lighter supervision could create a credit 'sugar high' that could spur excessive risk-taking, with potentially significant long-term consequences.
June 8 -
The coming mixed-martial-arts fight on the White House lawn is bound to get a lot of attention, but a far more consequential heavyweight fight between President Trump and former Fed Chair Jerome Powell has already been decided.
June 8
K.H. Thomas Associates -
Arbitrary financial regulation "cliffs," such as the one imposed by the Durbin Amendment, create incentives that distort decision making. Congress should step in and reform the various measures that rely on such imprecise triggers.
June 8
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A private credit fund got suckered into the Aspiration Partners fraud; is that an 'it could have happened to anybody,' or a sign that the industry has low standards?
June 8
American Banker -
A proposal from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council to reshape the CAMELS rating system, which, combined with other related policy moves, are teeing up a sea change in the way banks and their federal supervisors go about their respective businesses.
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