The Daily Pulse is a weekday executive briefing on payments, banking, and lending: the deals, earnings, regulatory actions, and product moves that matter, and what they signal for the industry.
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The Daily Pulse – October 21, 2026
Bank M&A and the fight over fintech charters shaped the week: Michigan credit union DFCU struck…
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The Daily Pulse – October 20, 2026
Q3 earnings and regulators drove the week: Citigroup posted its best third-quarter revenue in a decade,…
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The Daily Pulse – October 19, 2026
Bank dealmaking stirred back to life as Regions and M&T signaled renewed appetite for acquisitions and…
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The Daily Pulse – October 16, 2026
Stablecoins and AI agents framed the week: Mastercard folded BVNK’s stablecoin rails into a new embeddable…
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The Daily Pulse – October 15, 2026
Big-bank earnings opened the third-quarter season with a split — JPMorgan stumbled on a securities loss…
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The Daily Pulse – October 14, 2026
Financial-crime enforcement dominated the week as Treasury and the OCC hit Bank of America with more…
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The Daily Pulse – October 13, 2026
Fintech Upgrade joined the rush for an ILC charter. In payments, interchange-settlement payouts topped $631M, the…
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The Daily Pulse – October 12, 2026
Regulation and supervision again led the week: HUD opened a fair-lending probe of Wells Fargo, and…
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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…
