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Kathy Pattillo is a managing partner at executive search and leadership consulting firm Boyden, where she also serves as global practice leader of its financial officers practice. She has over 20 years of experience in executing searches for and consulting with finance-focused C-suite leaders, including CFOs, CAOs, CIOs and functional leaders in finance.

Stablecoins don't compete with payment platforms. They do, however, provide a turbo-powered springboard for new projects that will, just as incumbents are adapting to the new tools.

Acting CFPB Director Russ Vought has managed to neuter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau through a series of actions. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C., played a major role by cutting funding in half.

Nicky Brown is vice president of public policy and government affairs at HealthEquity. Her 20+ year career has focused predominantly on the benefits space in implementation, compliance, and advocacy.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said there was a "high degree of unity" among committee members during this week's Federal Open Market Committee vote. Out of 12 FOMC members, 11 voted for a 25 basis point cut.

The Federal Open Market Committee's decision to reduce interest rates for the first time in nine months lifted bank stocks Wednesday. The 25-basis-point reduction could lead to net interest income headwinds now, but loan growth later, analysts said.

Community Financial in Syracuse has made its biggest investment ever in an outside company, taking a $37.4 million equity stake in an insurance provider that focuses on the rental housing market.