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If you are still thinking of blockchains as slow, clunky and expensive, do not feel badly. As is the story of many emerging technologies, they evolve quickly.
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The top five credit unions had more than $234 billion in loans and leases as of the end of Q4 2024.
May 29
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As the Canadian economy weakens in the face of US tariff uncertainty, Royal Bank of Canada and other large banks north of the border are putting aside more money for loans that are still in good standing.
May 29
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The Trump administration's plan to shift $1.6 trillion in student loans could include a sale to a private buyer. If that's the case, any potential purchaser has some serious due diligence to undertake.
May 29
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Growth in consumer spending was revised down, but estimates for imports and business investment were raised.
May 29
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Navy Federal Credit Union's partnership with Bloom Credit, a data breach at Coinbase and other tech news draw attention from bankers going into June.
May 29
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Analysts awaiting specifics on the "implicit guarantee" for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are split on whether mortgage rates and guarantee fees could rise.
May 29
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What if the guiding narrative of 2,000 years of human history was a slow march toward the worship of money? A new book by Paul Vigna argues that we could fix this problem if we declared an old-fashioned jubilee and simply erased all debts.
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Banks sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last year to stop the 1033 open banking rule from taking effect. Now the Trump administration plans to kill the rule.
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