Watch more: Government Disbursements Need to Move at the Speed of Need For a household waiting on food assistance or disaster relief, a payment that is somewhere between the government and a bank account isn’t money that can buy groceries or pay for a hotel...
The cost of a delayed government payment does not end when the money finally arrives. Every status inquiry, phone call, payment trace and reissued check represents additional work for both constituents and the agencies responsible for delivering public funds. Those administrative costs receive less attention...
Nature abhors a vacuum, and marketplaces do, too. After all, no industry exists in a vacuum. The digital asset space is finding that out in real time, as it enters into an apparent regulatory vacuum after the Sept. 15 failure of the Digital Asset Market...
Before 2008, new banks routinely entered the U.S. banking system by the dozens each year. Since 2010, they have appeared at a rate of fewer than six a year. From 1995 through 2007, the lowest annual number of new banks was 93, according to Federal...
October 01, 2026
Watch more: Government Disbursements Need to Move at the Speed of Need For a household waiting on food assistance or disaster relief, a payment that is somewhere between the government and a bank account isn’t money that can buy groceries or pay for a hotel room. The gap between issuing funds and getting them where […]
September 29, 2026
The cost of a delayed government payment does not end when the money finally arrives. Every status inquiry, phone call, payment trace and reissued check represents additional work for both...
September 02, 2026
House Republicans are proposing a rewrite of the statutory framework that governs how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau makes rules, supervises financial institutions and brings enforcement actions. The Consumer Financial...
August 18, 2026
A Fortune 500 treasurer considering whether to leave $100 million in stablecoins overnight would probably ask a different set of questions than a payments executive deciding whether to use them...
September 17, 2026
President Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly considering a plan to launch a government-led cybersecurity research incubator. This effort would invest in that research and help launch startups focused on building cybersecurity tools for the government to use, Bloomberg News reported Thursday (Sept. 17), citing sources familiar with the situation. The White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director has […]
September 16, 2026
House lawmakers passed legislation aimed at giving financial regulators in the United States better digital tools, FedScoop reported Wednesday (Sept. 16). The FUTURES Act cleared the House earlier this week...
September 11, 2026
Four federal agencies are seeking comment on proposed guidance to help financial institutions manage risk associated with third-party relationships. The proposed third-party risk management guidance and the request for comment...
September 10, 2026
Lawmakers in the United States are pushing for new rules to govern artificial intelligence, Reuters reported Thursday (Sept. 10). The effort follows an incident in which OpenAI’s agents hacked the...
