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The government shutdown is over, and Congress gets back to its regular business. For banks, the biggest-ticket issues are ongoing deliberations on raising deposit insurance and shaping a crypto market structure bill.

Peter Piotrowski is Hippo's Chief Claims Officer. He and his team provide Hippo customers with a technology-enabled, industry-leading claims experience. Pete is a key member of Hippo's executive team and possesses an intimate knowledge of claims management, loss prevention, and mitigation strategies essential to supporting customers when they need it the most. Pete previously served as Chief Claims Officer at Vault and held leadership roles at The Hanover Insurance Group, AIG, and Chubb. He earned a BS in Business Administration and Management from Montclair State University.

Donna Roughan is CEO of Accountests. A Chartered Accountant, she brings 22 years of accounting and business advisory experience, including as a director with PwC New Zealand and as a CFO.

Vitaliy Shtyrkin is the chief product officer of B2BINPAY, an all-in-one crypto ecosystem for business.

Of the 90 honorees on American Banker's 2025 Best Banks to Work For list, 28 had between $3 billion and $10 billion of assets.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. acting Chair Travis Hill said Thursday morning that the agency's first proposed rules under recently passed stablecoin legislation should be published by the end of the year.

Several of the Best Banks to Work For 2025 are using artificial intelligence in ways that help their workforces.

Fintechs and banks approach innovation from different starting points. Noelle Acheson points out that this can be seen in their approach to payments, and now also in the approach to stablecoins.

Fed Gov. Stephan Miran has spent his short tenure at the central bank arguing that disinflation in housing and immigration reforms will tamp down inflation in the near term. But other economists say the timing, degree and context of those effects is very much in question.