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New Jersey-based OceanFirst Financial slid in its planned $579 million acquisition of Flushing Financial just before the end of the year. The private equity firm Warburg Pincus is also participating in the transaction.

Chris Arnold is the Vice President of Contact Center Strategy at ASAPP, where he partners with leading insurance carriers to modernize claims, billing, and customer service operations with AI. With more than 15 years of experience in customer experience transformation and contact center innovation, he specializes in helping enterprises operationalize AI to drive measurable efficiency and improve policyholder satisfaction.

Credit unions hit new highs in membership, deposits and loans in 2025. But it was also a chaotic year for the industry's governing body, and the sector faced renewed attacks by banks.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the administration must request funds from the Federal Reserve, rejecting a Trump DOJ legal theory.

Jenny Small serves as regulatory counsel for the stablecoin issuance firm Rain. She is a former attorney at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and then spent time in private practice before joining Rain.

Chloé Dolsenhe is principal managing director of regulatory strategy at Vantro Advisors, where she advises financial institutions, stablecoin issuers, and technology companies on supervisory strategy and resilient product development. She formerly served as an enforcement attorney at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

The year was marked with six state regulations, new entrants, product and market expansion from existing EWA providers and buy-in from investors.

The fintech IPO drought ended this year with several large public exits by firms such as Chime, Klarna and Circle.

BJ Gardner is the director of IT Development & Operations forPennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company (PLM).

Ray Rogers is the property claims director for Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company (PLM).