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Rachel Anderika is chief operating officer and chief trust officer of Anchorage Digital Bank, the first federally chartered digital asset bank in the United States. She previously served as a national bank examiner at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. She was recognized in 2025 as one of American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking.

Paul Blowers is partner and CIO at Plante Moran, where he oversees the firm's strategic technology vision. His deep experience in all aspects of IT strategy and innovation enables him to advise on a wide range of issues, including data analytics, enterprise architecture and large-scale business technology transformation.

After encountering a rough patch in 2023, seller 1895 Bancorp in Greenfield, Wisconsin, hired an investment bank to consider strategic opportunities.

Loreene Kemperman, Product Owner at Apex HCM by IRIS, brings over a decade of expertise in payroll regulation and compliance across the U.S., making her a trusted advisor in navigating complex legislative environments and their impact on payroll systems. With a strong background in software validation, testing, and system compliance, she excels in ensuring that SaaS and SAP solutions meet regulatory and functional requirements through thorough testing, user acceptance validation, and traceability to key requirements. Loreene's ability to deliver effective training and documentation, combined with her exceptional technical communication skills, enables companies to remain agile and compliant as regulations and technologies rapidly evolve, particularly in today's dynamic regulatory landscape.

Kasisto developed one of the first conversational AI chatbots for banks, and the deal brings its technology to Backbase's new AI-based bank operating system.

As fintech firms rush to take advantage of a new regulatory attitude toward bank charter applications, their leaders are about to step into a very new compliance environment. They need to understand what they're getting themselves into.

The Federal Reserve's new chair wants to change the way the central bank communicates with markets and the public. What those changes ultimately amount to could represent a major shift in an agency that has made transparency a guiding light for decades.

The Senate passed a bipartisan housing package, which includes certain community bank provisions, in an 85-5 vote. The House is set to vote on the package Wednesday.

JPMorgan wants a judge to overturn the FINRA arbitration award it was hit with after firing one of its brokers over expenses stemming from a Super Bowl-timed client meeting.

The former New York governor will chair a new effort aimed at tokenizing financial products on chain and bringing 24/7 digital trading to NYSE-listed assets.