FDIC Says Guidance Reflects ‘New Approach’ to Banks and Crypto
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) provided new guidance Friday (March 28) saying that FDIC-supervised institutions can engage in crypto-related activities without receiving prior FDIC a...
Inflation’s Up and Sentiment’s Down as Consumers Pad Their Savings
The push and pull of various pressures — inflation, tariffs and worries about the general state of affairs — has shown up in several economic reports released Friday (March 28).
A connecting of th...
This Week in AI: OpenAI, State Laws and Google Gemini
This week in AI saw mega-fundraising as well as states shifting their regulations to focus more on growth than risk mitigation. Meanwhile, financial service firms remain cautious on agentic AI as Goog...
LatAm Spend Management Fintech Mendel Reports Series B Round
Mendel, Latin America’s enterprise spend management platform, announced the closing of a $35 million Series B round led by Base10 Partners with participation from PayPal Ventures, and “support fro...