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The Daily Pulse – October 9, 2026
Enforcement and structure dominated the week: the OCC and Fed hit American Express with a $350…
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The Daily Pulse – October 8, 2026
Rates stayed the dominant story: FOMC minutes showed most Fed officials still see another hike as…
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The Daily Pulse – October 7, 2026
A regulation-heavy week: the Fed unveiled its biggest supervisory overhaul since 2023 and community banks sued…
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The Daily Pulse – October 6, 2026
Regulators and dealmakers drove the week: an Ohio bank struck a $728 million deal for a…
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The Daily Pulse – October 5, 2026
This week brought a lighter-touch turn in U.S. bank supervision and a quickening fintech-charter race, while…
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The Daily Pulse – October 2, 2026
A heavy week for financial-services M&A and infrastructure: Stripe bought embedded lender Parafin, Valley National agreed…
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The Daily Pulse – October 1, 2026
Regulators set the agenda this week: the Fed detailed how it will police stablecoins and signaled…
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The Daily Pulse – September 30, 2026
The Fed edged FedNow toward cross-border payments, a sixth U.S. bank failed in 2026, a regional…
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The Daily Pulse – September 29, 2026
Consolidations set the tone: Valley National agreed to buy fintech Bluevine largely for its deposits, Mission…
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The Daily Pulse – September 28, 2026
A constitutional challenge to the Visa–Mastercard interchange settlement, and a fresh FDIC charter-parity proposal headlined the…
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