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Joey Reeve, CPA, is the founder of
Universal CPA Review . He works with CPA candidates, firms, universities and state CPA societies on CPA exam preparation, candidate support and accounting talent development.June 9 -
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The former crypto wunderkid added a presidential-pardon application to the long list of attempts to get his sentence reduced.
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Jasmine Ni is an editorial intern at American Banker in New York. She is the executive editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is entering her senior year.
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Citi, DTCC and others are quietly using Hyperledger Besu as a neutral, enterprise-grade blockchain for tokenized deposits and collateral. Daniela Barbosa, general manager of decentralized technologies at the Linux Foundation, explains why.
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The FDIC's recent analysis of the deposit flight that helped take down Silicon Valley, Signature and First Republic banks in 2023 is informative. However, it leaves unanswered some important questions about regulators' assumptions related to brokered deposits.
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Capital Community Bank is preparing to launch its fintech-focused rebrand by the end of this month.
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OceanFirst Financial and Hanover Bancorp are among the banks paring back their exposure to the rent-regulated multifamily loan market in New York City. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed six of the nine members of a board that's scheduled to vote later this month on a rent freeze.
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Daniel Stein, MD, MBA is the president and founder of Embold Health, a healthcare technology company redefining quality in healthcare. Previously Chief Medical Officer at Walmart Care Clinics, he has also held health policy roles in Washington, D.C. Stein earned his medical degree at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
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Cathy Bessant, who was Bank of America's vice chair of global strategy when she retired, is joining Truist's board of directors and will sit on the company's risk committee. Bessant was American Banker's Most Powerful Woman in Banking for three consecutive years.
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