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The card network's AI Financial Assistant uses information from 257 billion yearly transactions to inform "conversational" advice embedded in banking apps.
July 14
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The only thing we know about the next financial crisis is that it won't look like the last one. But specific changes to bank safety and soundness requirements and clearer regulatory authorities would help us respond.
July 14
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The New Jersey bank has attributed a 60% reduction in document-related task time over the past three months to an AI agent from fintech provider nCino.
July 14
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The biggest core providers have each tied their security to a frontier AI developer. The guidance that would govern any of it excludes agentic AI.
July 14
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Michael Burry, a GSE investor and early predictor of the Great Financial Crisis, is eyeing the senior preferred liquidation preference and a 2028 deadline.
July 14
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Housing professionals say the ROAD Act provides a blueprint for addressing housing supply and affordability challenges, but what comes next will largely depend on funding decisions and whether states and local governments adopt the initiatives outlined in the law.
July 14
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A detailed look at bank merger-and-acquisition activity between January and June reveals a significant slowdown in announcements and a decline in deal value and pricing. The deceleration coincided with the start of U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran.
July 14
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The volume of bankruptcy filings has been climbing, particularly among small businesses. But analysts note that the numbers are still below pre-pandemic levels.
July 13
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Diwas KC is a professor at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, where his research focuses on healthcare delivery and pricing. He has been analyzing CMS-mandated hospital pricing data to build procedure-level benchmarks for the Georgia commercial market. Data source for article: CMS-mandated hospital machine-readable files (2026), Georgia hospitals, commercial payer rates. Facility fees only — excludes physician and anesthesia fees.
July 13
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America's fertility rate is at an all-time low, and the cost of treatment is climbing. Financial advisors discussed how to plan, both financially and emotionally, for the cost of becoming parents.
July 13
