Jagdeep Dayal

Washington dominated the week: the President renewed his pledge to cut credit-card swipe fees, federal regulators proposed new oversight of banks’ core technology providers, and prediction markets tilted toward a possible rate hike as the FOMC meets. Fiserv detailed a monetization overhaul, Block filed for a national trust charter, mortgage applications slipped as the 30-year rate hit 6.85%, and AI enabled platforms reshape auto lending.