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Top executives at the nation's largest bank spoke Tuesday about shifting dynamics in the credit card business, Federal Reserve independence, the bank's plan to increase spending in 2026 and its large portfolio of loans to nonbank financial institutions.
January 13
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Interest-rate swaps showed traders continued to all-but-fully price in a Fed rate cut by the June policy meeting, with some chance of an earlier move.
January 13
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President Donald Trump said that lawmakers should support legislation that would require credit cards issued by most large banks to offer merchants the choice between two unaffiliated card networks, one of which cannot be Visa or Mastercard.
January 13
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The Securities and Exchange Commission appears to have finally acknowledged that tokenized securities are still … securities. For broker-dealers seeking to offer tokenized securities custody, the path forward is now visible.
January 13
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday morning that consumer prices rose 0.3% in December, with annual inflation stuck at 2.7%, lending credence to the Federal Reserve's cautious stance toward interest rates heading into 2026.
January 13
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The largest bank in the country bulked up its reserves by $2.2 billion for potential credit hits from the Apple card portfolio, which JPMorgan is taking over from Goldman Sachs.
January 13
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Financial markets took a tumble Monday morning after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced that he was the subject of a Justice Department inquiry concerning the central bank's headquarters renovation. Lawmakers and former Fed officials decried the move as political intimidation.
January 13
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Jeff Corbin is a Principal in
Staffbase 's Strategic Communications Practice Group. For the better part of his 25+ year career, he was CEO of KCSA Strategic Communications, a New York City based consulting firm. He is better known for being one of the U.S. pioneers in the use of mobile technology for internal communications - he was the founder and CEO of APPrise Mobile and theEMPLOYEEapp which was sold to a private equity firm.January 12
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Coastal Financial in Washington State has acquired GreenFi, one of its fintech partners. The move is designed to buy time in order to figure out the best long-term strategy for the struggling neobank.
January 12
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Continuing to retreat from Biden-era rules, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Department of Justice withdrew a 2023 advisory opinion that had cautioned about denying credit to immigrants.
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