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Crypto Ignite: Vegas Executive Night
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Crypto Ignite: Vegas Executive Night

Crypto Ignite: Vegas Executive Night is an invitation-only executive networking event hosted by ChainUp during Money20/20 USA 2026. The gathering will take place on October 19, from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM PDT, at Bottled Blonde Las Vegas, bringing together C-suite executives, commercial banking leaders, digital asset founders, and other industry decision-makers for focused business […]

U.S. Treasury Fines Bank of America $1.2 Billion for Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Violations
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U.S. Treasury Fines Bank of America $1.2 Billion for Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Violations

The U.S. Treasury Department announced a fine of more than $1.2 billion against Bank of America. 

SEC Introduces Five-Year Innovation Exemption for Tokenized Stocks
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SEC Introduces Five-Year Innovation Exemption for Tokenized Stocks

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a five-year temporary “Innovation Exemption” that allows tokenized shares of publicly traded companies to be traded on public blockchains.

Money20/20 USA 2026: The Agenda That Moves Money Forward
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Money20/20 USA 2026: The Agenda That Moves Money Forward

Industry titans convene October 18–21 navigating borderless infrastructure, AI  transformation, partnerships, and the regulatory guardrails reshaping finance 

Bradesco Completes First HKD Pilot Payment on BofA Cross-Border RTP
Fintech & Ecommerce

Bradesco Completes First HKD Pilot Payment on BofA Cross-Border RTP

Brazil’s Bradesco bank has completed the first pilot transaction on Bank of America’s new cross-border real-time payments (RTP) solution. International transfers remain one of the slowest and most cumbersome parts of the payments landscape, and the test is an early attempt to speed them up without changing how banks send them.

Revolut Wins Conditional US Bank Charter
Fintech & Ecommerce

Revolut Wins Conditional US Bank Charter

Revolut moves a step closer to becoming a bank in America. The London-based fintech’s pursuit of a Revolut US bank charter has passed a major regulatory milestone. 

Does the New York Scaffold Law Apply to Every Construction Site Fall?
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Does the New York Scaffold Law Apply to Every Construction Site Fall?

A fall at a construction site in New York can look simple from the outside, but the legal questions behind it may be far more detailed. A worker can fall from a ladder, scaffold, roof, platform, or even a level surface, yet each accident may raise different questions under the law. The Scaffold Law in […]

Meta Youth Trial 2026: What Fintech UX Designers Need to Know
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Meta Youth Trial 2026: What Fintech UX Designers Need to Know

Meta’s youth safety trial opened on August 18 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, putting Facebook and Instagram’s product design under unusually close legal scrutiny. Four states: California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey, are leading the bellwether case, part of a broader lawsuit brought by 29 states in 2023.

World Liberty Financial Wins OCC Conditional Bank Charter for $4B USD1 Stablecoin
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World Liberty Financial Wins OCC Conditional Bank Charter for $4B USD1 Stablecoin

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has given conditional approval to World Liberty Trust Co., clearing the way for the Trump family-linked crypto venture to operate as a national trust bank. The decision lets World Liberty Financial (WLF) bring management of its USD1 stablecoin in-house. For now, the company relies on third-party […]

Oil, CPI and the Hidden Cost of Inflation for Payments Firms Revealed
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Oil, CPI and the Hidden Cost of Inflation for Payments Firms Revealed

Financial markets are heading into one of the week’s most important economic releases with oil prices adding another layer of uncertainty. The U.S. Consumer Price Index for July is due today, while producer-price data follows on August 13. Economists surveyed by Reuters expect headline CPI to rise 3.4% from a year earlier.

Money20/20 USA
Fintech & Ecommerce

Money20/20 USA

Money20/20 USA is the world’s greatest most influential gathering of the global money ecosystem including banks, payments, tech, startups, retail, fintech, financial services, policy, and more.

CLARITY Act Vote Is Now Due September
Blockchain & Crypto

CLARITY Act Vote Is Now Due September

The CLARITY Act, Washington’s biggest attempt yet to write clear rules for crypto markets, missed its shot at finalizing in a vote before the Senate’s August recess. Nevertheless, the initiative is still very much alive. U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has opened the first procedural steps needed to bring the bill to a vote […]

July Jobs Report Lands Amid the Fed’s Most Divided Vote Since 2016
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July Jobs Report Lands Amid the Fed’s Most Divided Vote Since 2016

The US labor market just handed new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh an unwelcome test of his authority and the timing could not be worse.

Markets Digest the Fed’s Hawkish Hold as Fresh ISM Data Lands
Finance & Economics

Markets Digest the Fed’s Hawkish Hold as Fresh ISM Data Lands

The Federal Reserve’s July 29 decision to hold its benchmark rate at 3.50%–3.75% is still working its way through markets, and Monday’s ISM Manufacturing PMI report gave investors their first hard data point to test the central bank’s internal split. For payments and lending, the combination points to a stretch of elevated borrowing costs running […]

FOMC July 2026: Fed Holds Rates at 3.50%-3.75% in Warsh’s First Contested Vote
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FOMC July 2026: Fed Holds Rates at 3.50%-3.75% in Warsh’s First Contested Vote

On July 29, Federal Open Market Committee has voted on the federal funds rate with a ratio of 9-3 in favor of maintaining the rate within the 3.50%-3.75% range. This was the first time Federal Open Market Committee Chair Kevin Warsh had to face dissenters since he took office. The opposition has come from three […]

White House Nears Frontier AI Review Deal as OpenAI Pauses Advanced Model
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White House Nears Frontier AI Review Deal as OpenAI Pauses Advanced Model

The United States is moving closer to establishing a federal review process for frontier artificial intelligence models, a development that could reshape deployment timelines for financial institutions relying on cutting-edge AI. The reported policy discussions come as OpenAI has temporarily paused internal access to an unreleased frontier model following concerns that it repeatedly found ways […]