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Artificial intelligence is bringing revenue increases and expense reductions throughout Bank of America, Hari Gopalkrishnan, chief technology and information officer, said at an event Monday.
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While the bank will no longer run the platform, it will continue providing mobility services to clients in the industry.
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The Department of Government Ethics on Saturday released financial disclosures for former Federal Reserve Gov. Adriana Kugler, showing she had executed several individual stock trades in 2024, including during Fed blackout periods, an apparent violation of Fed ethics rules. The Federal Reserve Inspector General has launched an investigation.
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From private credit to stablecoins, firms with scant oversight have been allowed to gobble up business that formerly went to regulated banks. Until balance is restored, the system is overburdened with risk.
November 17
Ludwig Advisors -
Nich Tremper is a senior economist at Gusto, researching entrepreneurship and the small-business life cycle in the modern economy. He has worked in research offices in the federal government and financial service industries, studying small-business outcomes and their roles in local economies. He holds a Master's degree from the University of Minnesota, where he researched local government business expansion efforts, and he currently lives in Winston-Salem, N.C.
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BNY estimates the market for stablecoins, tokenized deposits and other assets will reach a combined value of $3.6 trillion in four years, while Standard Chartered says the entire banking industry will soon be "tokenized." The trend is creating pressure to update strategies and technology.
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The payments fintech recently introduced AI agents to its lineup of products banks and credit unions can pick from and add to their existing technology stacks.
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