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Travis Topp, managing director at
Stout , advises public and private companies on complex accounting and financial reporting matters, including capital transactions, IPOs, M&A, revenue recognition and new accounting standards. He founded Topp Advisory in 2021, where he built a practice focused on IPO readiness, SEC reporting and strategic transactions across industries such as technology, SaaS, consumer products, retail, and manufacturing. Previously, he held leadership roles at CNM LLP and KPMG, specializing in accounting and transaction advisory.March 2
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Fintech lenders are positioned to help businesses navigate the latest round of global tariffs announced by President Trump, even as the volatility causes overall decreases in loans.
March 2
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The responsible gathering of data on consumers is intrinsic to the verification tools that keep everyone safe from identity theft and other forms of fraud. Blanket attacks on "data brokers" will harm consumers, not help them.
March 2
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Markets were bracing for the chaos of a regional war; banks may be the target of sophisticated cyberattacks, experts warn.
March 1
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The financial advisory firm initially sought an industrial loan charter back in 2020. It's the third company to receive the necessary approvals this year, joining General Motors and Ford.
February 27
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Though changes to bank capital rules previewed by Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman in February are being viewed as welcome, experts say other more significant hurdles — not all of them regulatory — are keeping banks on the sidelines of mortgage servicing and lending.
February 27
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The proposed national trust charter company would be a wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. The application was filed on Feb. 18.
February 27
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Fulton Financial received the necessary approvals to acquire Blue Foundry Bancorp; JPMorgan hired two Bank of America health care veterans while shuffling leadership; Mizuho Financial Group has plans to replace about 5,000 administrative jobs with artificial intelligence over the next 10 years; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
February 27
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Preferred Bank moved a $115 million block of loans to nonaccrual status after the borrower, which is battling fraud charges leveled by other banks, began missing payments.
February 27
