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Beast Industries, owned by the YouTube star known as MrBeast, has acquired the Gen Z-oriented financial wellness app Step.
February 10
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The iOS technology enables payments without requiring merchants to add extra hardware. The card network is embedding the option into a broader suite of merchant technology to bolster its services strategy amid competition from Mastercard and fintechs like Block and Stripe.
February 10
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Financial Planning announces its 2026 class of the top 40 most productive employee wealth management brokers under the age of 40.
February 10
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In a future world where AI agents transacting in stablecoins are a major factor in the U.S. economy, the Fed's traditional metrics for identifying an economic downturn will leave policymakers dangerously behind the curve.
February 10
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A housing bill that already passed the Senate cleared the House Monday evening, but included bipartisan community banking provisions that have already raised objections in the upper chamber.
February 9
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Sally Breyley Parker is co-founder of TimeZero Enterprises, which helps organizations flourish as living systems by creating conditions for collective wisdom and adaptive capacity to emerge.
February 9
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Fifteen banks have failed since November 2019, with the most recent one occurring on Jan. 30.
February 9
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The Government Accountability Office was tasked with investigating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's stop-work order, but CFPB officials refused to meet with or provide information to Congress' investigative arm.
February 9
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Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said comments from banks and fintech firms reveal sharply different priorities in the creation of the central bank's proposed "skinny" master accounts.
February 9
