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Increased use of artificial intelligence led to revenue growth and productivity gains during the second quarter, the bank's leaders said.
July 15
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Russell Vought, testifying in front of the House Financial Services Committee for the first time in his tenure atop the bureau, was unapologetic about his attempts to cut the consumer protection agency and its regulation and supervision functions.
July 15
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The investment banking giant has a hefty amount of excess capital, some of which is being used to meet client demand. At the same time, the company is open to opportunities to do bolt-on acquisitions, CEO Ted Pick said.
July 15
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The ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee pressed the Federal Reserve chair for details on a Bank of America dinner that Gov. Michelle Bowman attended.
July 15
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Economists at the government-sponsored enterprise have been lowering their single-family origination volume estimates for several months.
July 15
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Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook said risks, including geopolitical tensions, are tilted toward higher inflation in the near term.
July 15
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The Buffalo-based company reported its first organic linked-quarter CRE loan growth since 2021, as well as a sharp increase in commercial-and-industrial lending activity.
July 15
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Brian Keller is vice president of AI and data science for LexisNexis Risk Solutions. In this role, Brian is responsible for driving AI strategy and execution for the insurance business, with a focus on workforce education, team enablement, and project execution that translates research and development into customer-facing capabilities.
Brian joined LexisNexis Risk Solutions in 2022 as part of the acquisition of Flyreel, where he led the software engineering and AI teams. During his tenure, Brian has developed and deployed AI and computer vision solutions, including aerial imagery and ground-level interior and exterior analysis, as well as 3D scene reconstruction for claims and underwriting use cases. He has also led the development of generative AI capabilities, including transcription, summarization, question answering, and agentic automation.
Brian holds a PhD in systems and industrial engineering and a master's degree in systems engineering from the University of Arizona, along with a bachelor's degree with majors in physics and business from the University of Mount Union.
July 15
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Coastal Financial, which has added Pliant as a client to support the German fintech's U.S. ambitions, says there's still a need for partners to ease compliance and automation.
July 15
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Adam Barbera is the CEO and founder of
Dost , a native-AI finance automation platform built for the way finance teams actually work. After years selling enterprise software to CFOs, he saw the same broken accounts payable processes repeated in every company he visited, and decided to fix it himself. He founded Dost in 2021 with two colleagues and closed a $7.8 million Series A in late 2025.July 15
