The fintech's network lets banks and fintechs share results of KYC and KYB checks, known bad-actor lists and other customer information. A key use case: helping sponsor banks monitor their fintech partners' compliance with banking regulations.

The latest in a new breed of bank competitors is Zaria, a servicer of traditional and digital asset-backed loans for institutions, which has requested a national trust bank charter from the OCC.

A new Federal Reserve Bank of Boston report shows bank lending to private credit has grown over the past decade, though insight into the opaque lending market is limited.

Congress has little time to move on the CLARITY Act before it breaks for recess. But even that bill won't ensure the future for stablecoins.

Neither company would say how many patents the deal covers, whether either paid the other or whether USAA pressed its claims first.

Bond yields rose after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's second press conference last week, and bankers may have to accept higher rates as the price of a more parsimonious Fed.