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10 Threats America Will Meet Before 2026 Ends, And The Quiet Arithmetic Behind Every One Of Them - 10 Threats America Will Meet Before 2026 Ends, And The Quiet Arithmetic Behind Every One Of Them Authored by John Walter via Substack,Slack is what runs out first, and there is less of it now than at any point since 2008, with eight weeks left in the year. Both chambers of Congress changed hands four days ago while the executive kept the war. Borrowing authority expires around the ...

There's Something Suspicious About The Texas Midterm "Blue Wave" - There's Something Suspicious About The Texas Midterm "Blue Wave" On the night of the 2020 Presidential Elections most Americans recall going to bed feeling certain that Donald Trump had pulled off another solid victory.  With Joe Biden drawing mostly small crowds on the campaign trail and spending most of the cycle rarely engaging with the public, it seemed as if Trump was a lock. ...

Twelve Senators Call For US-Israel Military Integration To Be Removed From NDAA - Twelve Senators Call For US-Israel Military Integration To Be Removed From NDAA Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.comA group of 12 senators has written to congressional leadership urging the removal of provisions from the House and Senate versions of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would mandate increased US-Israeli military and intelligence cooperation.Th...

Kremlin Pours Cold Water On Europe Joining Talks Amid Kushner-Witkoff Visit - Kremlin Pours Cold Water On Europe Joining Talks Amid Kushner-Witkoff Visit This is not what the Trump administration wanted to see after this week's Abu Dhabi trilateral talks, and as the team of Kushner-Witkoff, Trump's special envoys, are in Moscow where they met with President Vladimir Putin.Putin's aide and representative to the talks, Yuri Ushakov, batted down Western efforts...

MAID Would Rank As Canada's Fourth-Leading Cause Of Death If Counted Separately - MAID Would Rank As Canada's Fourth-Leading Cause Of Death If Counted Separately Authored by James Yang via The Epoch Times,Medical assistance in dying (MAID) would rank as the fourth-leading cause of death in Canada if deaths involving the procedure were counted separately, figures from Health Canada and Statistics Canada show.MAID would rank behind only cancer, heart disease, and ...

Powerful Iranian Clerical Body Declares Exiting Nuclear Treaty A 'National Demand' - Powerful Iranian Clerical Body Declares Exiting Nuclear Treaty A 'National Demand' Iran is continuing to signal that it could at any point formally withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). If so this would certainly trigger alarm in the West, and might result in Israel launching a swift attack to 'prevent' the Islamic Republic from obtaining nukes.Iran's Assembly o...

US Budget Deficit Explodes: Worst October On Record On Historic Surge In Defense Spending; 28% Of All Taxes Go To Pay Interest - US Budget Deficit Explodes: Worst October On Record On Historic Surge In Defense Spending; 28% Of All Taxes Go To Pay Interest September was not a terrible month for the US budget deficit; well it wasn't great either, but at just a deficit of $27 billion in the last month of fiscal 2026, at a time when the US traditionally burns through 9 cash digits every month, it was relatively ...

Dems Eye Shutdown Showdown To Defund Trump's Iran War - Dems Eye Shutdown Showdown To Defund Trump's Iran War Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times,Some congressional Democrats say they will not vote for a government funding bill that pays for the war in Iran, weighing whether to use the Dec. 11 funding deadline to force an end to the conflict before their party takes control of Congress in January.Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) wr...

Asia's Fort Knox: First The World's Rich, Now Its Central Banks Are Sending Their Gold To Singapore - Asia's Fort Knox: First The World's Rich, Now Its Central Banks Are Sending Their Gold To Singapore For three years the gold story was about who was buying. In 2026 it has become a story about where the metal sleeps at night.On Tuesday the Monetary Authority of Singapore opened its national currency vault, with room for 500 tons of bullion, to foreign central banks and sovereign en...

"Stuff You See In The Movies": Democrat-Elect Goes Rogue, Reveals Shocking Threats From Party Leaders To Fall In Line - "Stuff You See In The Movies": Democrat-Elect Goes Rogue, Reveals Shocking Threats From Party Leaders To Fall In Line An incoming Democrat congressman is exposing the ugly consequences that he says party insiders warned him he could face if he refuses to fall in line behind House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).Rep.-elect Don Leonard (D-OH) said on Wednesday that senior Demo...

‘The thought of living to 100 terrifies me’: Is Social Security a giant Ponzi scheme? - There is already a demographic ‘run’ on Social Security.

Who can replace Jensen Huang as Nvidia CEO? These four names are buzzing in AI circles. - As Nvidia’s board seeks a new CEO, experts say that person will need a rare balance of tech vision and business savvy

Opening trading-card packs has become a $2 billion market - Pack-ripping apps are changing the way people buy and sell cards. But analysts say their “slot-like payoff” raises risks.

Bond yields just saw their biggest surge since 2022 as expectations grow for more Fed rate hikes - Fed Chair Warsh’s quiet style of communicating interest-rate policy has led to more volatile markets.

‘He calls my plans a fantasy’: My husband says we can’t afford our $200,000-a-year dream retirement. I think he’s cheap. - “We have $2 million saved in our retirement accounts and a house worth $1.3 million.”

Am I overpaying for health insurance? How to answer the key question this open-enrollment season. - More people want to understand the fine print on plans this year, financial planners say.

The 10 best stocks for a year-end momentum trade - Why December is the best month of the year for momentum strategies

I inherited $1.4 million from my father. Am I wrong to ask my husband of 25 years for a postnuptial agreement? - “He has always said he wants his daughter to inherit a chunk of his estate, and I’ve never objected to that.”

The S&P 500 is shrugging off Nvidia’s selloff this week. Here’s what’s keeping the rest of the market afloat. - Investors have been forced to look up from the poster child of the artificial-intelligence trade and remember the other stocks on the board.

The bond market now has an even bigger fear than AI fallout - Carnage in tech stocks made Treasurys look more attractive in recent weeks, but fears of more Fed rate hikes are now driving yields higher

Alice Huang tied to Nvidia’s biggest Chinese competitor - The woman with whom Jensen Huang reportedly had a relationship also owned stakes in companies that provided computing power to Huawei, a key Nvidia competitor.

Widespread Microsoft outage takes down Outlook and other 365 services - A Microsoft outage on Thursday affected users of services like Outlook, Teams and 365.

Nvidia on track for longest weekly losing streak since 2012 as market value sinks by $1.6 trillion - Jensen Huang's resignation added to Nvidia's market woes, with the stock already in a downward slide since early October.

Stock futures edge lower after markets slide amid Nvidia woes: Live updates - Major indexes sagged in Thursday's regular trading as Nvidia shares dove on Jensen Huang's exit.

Nvidia live updates: Trump calls Huang saga a 'horrible thing' and 'so sad to see' - Nvidia CFO Colette Kress has been named interim CEO during the search for Huang’s replacement.

UK economy expands 0.7% in third quarter as AI provides 'extra engine of growth' - The U.K. economy grew 0.7% in the third quarter of the year, in line with estimates.

Analysis: Nvidia’s leadership crisis tests the chipmaker’s role as the ‘central bank of AI’ - The tech giant's web of ties to other companies is raising the possibility that it could do far-reaching economic and financial damage.

Consumers are showing signs of strain even as they keep spending, CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor shows - Retail sales rose at their slowest pace in nearly a year in October as American consumers showed signs of strain from high prices.

Consumer prices rose 0.4% in October, more than expected, complicating Fed's inflation fight - The report comes at a critical juncture for the Federal Reserve as it considers its next move regarding interest rates.

China's goods surplus tops $1 trillion for a second year amid calls for Beijing to rebalance trade - China's trade surplus topped $1 trillion as of October, potentially intensifying complaints from trading partners already wary over the glut of cheap Chinese goods.

If GATA's work is worth something to you, please help us - 8:51p ET Thursday, November 12, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: GATA would like to think it has had a good couple of weeks. First we brought you and the New Orleans Investment Conference a comprehensive summary of the last year's international intrigue about gold, bringing the secret knowledge of the financial universe out into the open so people outside the financial elites might act on tha...

Netherlands lacks oversight of country's E70 billion gold reserve, watchdog says - From NL Times, AmsterdamWednesday, November 11, 2026 The Netherlands has no clear arrangements for how its gold reserves could be used in times of crisis. The Netherlands Court of Audit has said that the Dutch central bank (DNB) has not reached any agreements with the finance minister about the role the reserves should play in emergency situations. The Netherlands' gold reserves have grown seve...

Bipartisan SILVER Act gains momentum in Congress as lawmakers eye national defense bill - From the Sound Money Defense LeagueVia Money Metals Exchange, Eagle, IdahoThursday, November 12, 2026 WASHINGTON -- The bipartisan SILVER Act is gaining momentum with the addition of a dozen more House and Senate cosponsors as an effort gets underway to incorporate the common-sense legislation into the National Defense Authorization Act during the lame-duck session of Congress. ... Dispatch con...

Reserve managers say gold is politically toxic to manage - By Levente KoroesCentral Banking, LondonWednesday, November 11, 2026 https://www.centralbanking.com/central-banks/reserves/7977907/reserve-managers-say-gold-is-politically-toxic-to-manage Gold is a politically difficult asset to manage as it about the "only thing that local politicians think they understand from a central bank balance sheet," a European reserve manager has told Central Banking'...

Vince Lanci: Is gold being spoofed lower again? - 9:26a ET Wednesday, November 11, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: In his commentary today at VBLGoldFix, Vince Lanci picks up on GATA's report yesterday -- https://gata.org/node/25114 -- about the sharp increases in the gold swaps undertaken by the Bank for International Settlements in September and October. Lanci concurs that the BIS is the coordinator of central bank efforts to restrain the...

Sales of Existing Single-Family Homes Plunge to Lowest since 2010, Supply Hits 12-Year High, Condo Sales Plunge to Lowest in the Data, Supply Highest since 2011 - The housing market just keeps getting worse. Sales in the West collapsed to the lowest since the 1990s, in the Midwest to 2011 lows, in the South to 2012 lows.

Household Debts, Debt-to-Income Ratios, Delinquencies, Foreclosures, Collections & Bankruptcies in Q3 2026 - How Americans are handling their debts.

10-Year Treasury Yield Spikes as Inflation Spreads across Economy, Driven by Ugly Core Services CPI - Inflation refuses to go back into the bottle, especially non-housing services inflation. Prices of food and core goods also jumped. It was ugly all around.

Legal Tender Forces Gold Out - The government has many ways of forcing us to use their paper dollar as money. The tax on capital gains on gold (I wrote about this here) is one bullet in their gun. The legal tender law—U.S. Code ...

These Countries May Be Next To Accept Bitcoin as Legal Tender - One of the main knocks against cryptocurrency has always been that it will never gain universal adoption, meaning its usefulness will always be limited. This perhaps changed forever on September 7, ...

This Day In Market History: Legal Tender Act Of 1862 - What Happened? On this day in 1862, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Legal Tender Act into law. Where The Market Was: The Legal Tender Act predates both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones ...

Legal Tender - Legal tender is a medium of payment recognized by a legal system to be valid for meeting a financial obligation. Paper currency and coins are common forms of legal tender in many countries. Legal ...

Arizona Senator Introduces Bill To Make Bitcoin Legal Tender In The State - State Sen. Wendy Rogers (R-AZ) has introduced a set of bills aimed at making bitcoin legal tender in Arizona and allowing state agencies to accept bitcoin. The proposed legislation aims to recognize ...

Bitcoin firm Nakamoto owes Kraken $165 million, more than its entire market value - About 70% of the bitcoin treasury firm’s coins are pledged to the exchange, bought at roughly $118,000 each, and bitcoin now trades under $69,000.

Bitcoin ETFs are now down over $1.5 billion in net outflows for the year - Recent rapid redemptions explain the market swoon. Bitcoin's spot price fell below $70,000 on Friday, the lowest since August.

SpaceX-Tesla merger talks put 30,000 bitcoin back in focus - A deal could be announced as soon as December, putting $2.1 billion of bitcoin under one roof, a sliver of what the combined group would be worth.

Bitcoin dips below $70,000 as Dollar Index hits 19-month high - The crypto market selloff gathered pace early Friday. Bitcoin dropped below $70,000 and ether traded below $2,000, triggering large liquidations in futures market.

North Korea's Binance hack faces U.S. crackdown as DOJ targets $1.2 billion in stolen crypto - Federal authorities say they've taken infrastructure used in the FaceStealer scheme used to steal as much as $400 million in crypto assets.

U.S. President Trump names CFTC, SEC nominees for first time in a year - U.S. President Donald Trump has named two potential commissioners each to the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Kalshi ends Donald Trump Jr.’s advisory contract over 1789 Capital’s Polymarket investment - Trump Jr. joined Kalshi as a strategic adviser in January 2025, helping the prediction market expand its customer base and strengthen its market presence.

Illinois crypto tax is impossible to enforce as written, crypto industry tells court - The legal battle to head off the crypto transaction tax in Illinois has drawn up a hefty roster of industry opposition, and they're saying the tax won't work.

DTCC adds Solana to Wall Street tokenization plans, targeting 2027 rollout - The securities infrastructure giant plans to bring tokenized stocks, ETFs and U.S. Treasuries to Solana as it expands next year's roadmap beyond Stellar and Arc.

Crypto for Advisors: The blockchain built to run financial markets -

Bitcoin Price Crashes Below $68K as Crypto Liquidations Hit $1.6B - Bitcoin’s sell-off intensified as the cryptocurrency plunged to a nearly three-month low of $67,500, extending its November losses beyond 11%. Bitcoin Plunges to Three-Month Low Bitcoin’s sell-off, which began Wednesday, continued into Friday, with the world’s largest cryptocurrency plunging below $68,000 as fallout from former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s ouster kept financial markets rattled. Th...

Tether Builds $4.8B US Stock Portfolio Across 13 Companies - Tether has built an estimated $4.8 billion portfolio across 13 U.S.-listed companies, according to a Protos review of SEC filings. The holdings span bitcoin treasuries, video and AI infrastructure, gold royalties, agriculture, mining, and satellites. Tether Bets on Gold, Bitcoin and Artificial Intelligence Tether is no longer merely the company behind the world’s largest dollar […]

Brazil Regulator Warns That 30% of Crypto Exchanges Fail New Capital Rules - Nearly one-third of the 120 cryptocurrency exchanges that filed to continue operating in Brazil as VASPs fail to reach the share capital required to operate in compliance with Central Bank regulations, meaning they could have their applications rejected after review.   Central Bank of Brazil Warns That 30% of VASPs Fail to Comply With Capital […]

Peter Schiff Questions Strategy’s 12% Yield as Bitcoin Drops 19% This Year - Peter Schiff questioned whether expected bitcoin gains could sustain Strategy’s preferred-stock payments after losses he cited over two consecutive years. His criticism targeted Stretch, the bitcoin treasury giant’s income-paying security traded as STRC, which carries a variable dividend rate. Schiff Challenges the Bitcoin Growth Assumption Economist Peter Schiff challenged the bitcoin return a...

Visa Adds Western Union’s USDPT for Stablecoin Settlement via Anchorage - Anchorage Digital is partnering with Visa to allow select stablecoins issued by its federally regulated bank, starting with Western Union’s USDPT, to be used as native settlement assets on Visanet. Rapid Growth in Stablecoin Settlement Anchorage Digital announced Thursday, Nov. 12, that it is collaborating with Visa to support select stablecoins issued by its federally […]

At Large Circuit Nominees? - If the blue slip is abolished for district courts, it should be obliterated for circuit courts.

Back At The Mayflower - A recap of FedSoc NLC Day #1.

SpaceX's S42 Launch Is Named "Don't Panic" - Various sources report this, and include this picture as corroboration: Thanks to InstaPundit and @AaronGaalema for the pointer. And, while… The post SpaceX's S42 Launch Is Named "Don't Panic" appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Do Young Men Need $1 Million to Live a Middle-Class Lifestyle? - Not exactly, but politicians do need to take their concerns more seriously—it's expensive out there.

It Takes More Than 1 Activist To Kill a Data Center - The online roasting of anti–data center activist Taylor Frazier McCollum is letting the politicians who are actually blocking projects off the hook.

Jensen Huang, Russell Brand, and Left Libertarians - Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi take on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair scandal with an alleged Chinese spy in this week's episode of Freed Up.

J.D. Vance Used Peanut the Squirrel To Attack Government Overreach. So Why Has ICE Detained Peanut's Owner? - Peanut's killing became a symbol of what happens when government policy is controlled by a busybody spirit. His owner's detention offers a rather different illustration.

ICE Says It's Deporting More Immigrants Than Ever. Many Are Actually Leaving Voluntarily. - Immigrants facing poorly vetted agents and a lack of due process are choosing to leave the country on their own terms.

Living Today Without Email—Like Animals! - From the Stanford site; "degradation" indeed: Degradation (started 9:53 AM Nov 12, 2026) Vendor is reporting a service issue that… The post Living Today Without Email—Like Animals! appeared first on Reason Magazine.

A Maryland County Unconstitutionally Disarmed Jews Facing Antisemitic Threats, a Synagogue Says - The Silver Spring Jewish Center is asking the 4th Circuit to block Montgomery County rules that prevent congregants from exercising the right to bear arms.

This isn’t an Instruction Manual. It’s a Warning. How Empires Fall. - Collapse is self-inflicted: Benjamin Franklin knew the pattern all through history. In 1773, he wrote a masterpiece of biting satire - 20 rules for how a great empire destroys itself from within by making its own people see it as detestable. It was supposed to be a warning, but London completely ignored it and paid the price. Once you hear his “rules,” judge for yourself. Is this just another h...

Lost Cause: The Federal Government will Never Limit Itself - Going to the federal government to convince the federal government to limit its own power? That’s not just dumb strategy and a lost cause. It’s dangerous to the Constitution and liberty. On this episode, it’s James Madison’s blueprint for beating the feds without relying on the feds to magically limit their own power. Plus the right to keep and bear arms as the ultimate safeguard for freedom. T...

The Word “Emergency” Doesn’t Exist in the Constitution. That’s no Accident. - That means the rules of the constitution apply whether someone calls it an “emergency” or not. On this episode, it’s the founders’ long-forgotten warning about the oldest weapon in the book. Let politicians have extra power or funding because THEY declare an emergency? And you’ll get never-ending emergencies. The post The Word “Emergency” Doesn’t Exist in the Constitution. That’s no Accident. a...

🤕 Medicare's AI Experiment | EFFector 38.20 - When we need medical care, we expect decisions about our treatment to be made by our doctors, not a tech company's algorithm. But in January, the federal government launched a program that uses AI to evaluate Medicare beneficiaries' requests for certain procedures. EFF sued for records on WISeR, seeking badly needed transparency about Medicare's AI experiment. In our latest EFFector newsletter,...

We’re Asking an Appeals Court to Require a Warrant for ALPR Searches - Today, along with the ACLU, EFF filed an amicus brief in the Sixth Circuit court of appeals in United States v. Sturdivant, a case where police warrantlessly tracked a suspect’s movements using Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) data. Our brief details the vast, interconnected network of ALPRs that constantly track drivers around the country and argues that this tracking is a “search” under ...

Why Fewer People Are Challenging Bad Patents - The number of petitions being filed at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has collapsed. That’s not reason for celebration. The PTAB is an important line of defense against low-quality software patents being used in lawsuits against people and companies. The drop didn’t happen because suddenly patents have become higher quality. It’s simply because USPTO leadership is increasingly refusin...

Connecticut Couple to Resume Renting Trails to Hikers After Town Zoning Officials Fail to Respond to Request for Zoning Interpretation - ROXBURY, Conn.—Today, Roxbury couple, Charles and Eli Copley, and their attorneys from the Institute for Justice (IJ), sent a letter to town officials informing them […] The post Connecticut Couple to Resume Renting Trails to Hikers After Town Zoning Officials Fail to Respond to Request for Zoning Interpretation appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Idaho Supreme Court: Property Owners Cannot Challenge Meridian’s Ban on Tiny Homes on Wheels - Boise, Idaho.—Today, the Idaho Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that Chasidy Decker could not challenge Meridian’s ban on tiny homes on wheels because […] The post Idaho Supreme Court: Property Owners Cannot Challenge Meridian’s Ban on Tiny Homes on Wheels appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Institute for Justice Asks Federal Appeals Court to Make Clear that Using License Plate Readers to Track People is a Fourth Amendment Search - ARLINGTON, Va.—Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ) filed an amicus brief in United States v. Sturdivant, asking the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to […] The post Institute for Justice Asks Federal Appeals Court to Make Clear that Using License Plate Readers to Track People is a Fourth Amendment Search appeared first on Institute for Justice.

TAURUS RENEWS PLATINUM-LEVEL CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP - BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 24, 2025 — The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is pleased to announce that Taurus Holdings Inc. has renewed their commitment to the organization as a Platinum-level corporate partner. “At Taurus, we believe that the right to keep and bear arms is fundamental to the American way of life,” said Taurus USA The post TAURUS RENEWS PLATINUM-LEVEL CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP appear...

CA NON-RESIDENTS CAN APPLY FOR CARRY PERMIT STARTING APRIL 22 - BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 22, 2025 — Thanks to a preliminary injunction in the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) case CRPA v. LASD, starting Tuesday, April 22, non-resident SAF members can apply for a California carry permit.  The injunction requires that California accept permit applications from any United States resident outside the state who is a The post CA NON-RESIDENTS CAN APPLY FOR CARR...

SCOTUS DENIES CERT IN WORTH, SAF WIN IN EIGHTH CIRCUIT STANDS - BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 21, 2025 — In a case that could potentially have far-reaching implications for similar lawsuits across the nation, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied Minnesota’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Jacobson v. Worth, the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) challenge to the 18-20-year-old carry ban in the state. Minnesota asked the The post SCOTUS DENIES CERT IN WORTH, SAF ...

OH: SB 214 Heads to Governor DeWine’s Desk! - SB 214 Passes the Senate on a Concurrence Vote! It now heads to Governor Mike DeWine’s desk! The Ohio Senate just passed SB 214 on a concurrence vote 21-9! This means the bill is headed to the desk of Governor Mike DeWine for his signature. This has been a victorious day in Columbus, and we couldn’t have done it without … Read more

OH: Public Safety Committee Advances SB 214 with GOA’s Amendments - Urge Your Representative to VOTE YES on the Floor TODAY The House Public Safety Committee has passed Senate Bill 214 with our amendments! GOA sincerely thanks the committee for moving this bill forward and adopting the changes necessary to also de-regulate short barreled firearms. However, we aren’t done yet. SB 214 must also pass on the House floor, as well … Read more

GOA Celebrates 50 Years of No-Compromise Fighting for Gun Rights - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   November 9, 2026  GOA Celebrates 50 Years of No-Compromise Fighting for Gun Rights Springfield, VA – Gun Owners of America (GOA) is celebrating 50 years of standing for the Second Amendment with No Compromise. Founded in 1976 by the late California State Senator H.L. “Bill” Richardson, GOA was established to give gun owners a stronger voice against … Read more

Ex-PNC employee faces 5 charges in $86K theft - Jacqueline Clinton allegedly misused her position to make 10 false credit adjustments between May and August. Investigators flagged ATM withdrawals at casinos and gambling websites after transactions.

Hancock Whitney to buy Trustmark in $3.2B deal - The combination of Mississippi banks would create a $58 billion-asset lender with about 370 branches across six Southeastern states.

CSI arms community lenders for commercial banking fight - Fintech acquisitions have bolstered CSI’s capabilities so the company, in turn, can enable community bank clients to better compete with larger lenders, CEO Nancy Langer said.

BofA to settle fake-accounts lawsuit - The $3.4 trillion-asset lender allegedly opened thousands of unauthorized accounts from 2012 to 2023, according to plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit.

Black-owned M&F shareholders opt overwhelmingly to stay the course - Roughly 98.6% of voting investors supported a tie-up with fellow Black-owned Optus Bank despite a series of counterproposals. The deal, which needs regulator sign-off, is on track for a fourth-quarter close, M&F said.

Microsoft Struggles to Fix Outlook, Copilot, Hours Into Outage - Microsoft struggled to restore access to some of its workplace software hours after an outage began.

Exclusive research: Citi is redesigning 100 processes. What’s stopping others? - Only 13% of banking professionals say that their institutions most often redesign workflows end to end when adopting AI, according to the latest survey by American Banker’s Market Intelligence team. Why is it so difficult?

Hancock Whitney reaches for scale with deal for Miss. rival - Hancock Whitney announced plans to acquire Trustmark in a transaction that would create a $58 billion-asset bank with 370 branches across six Sun Belt states. It ranks as the third-largest U.S. bank deal announced this year.

Fighting Fraud Beyond Bank Boundaries -
Retailers file lawsuit against OCC, NCUA swipe fee rule - Merchant groups have filed suit against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and National Credit Union Administration, saying the agencies exceeded their authority in exempting banks and credit unions from Illinois’ interchange fee law.

Pushing the monetary frontier: stablecoins and tokenised deposits - Speech by Mr Pablo Hernández de Cos, General Manager of the BIS, at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, 28 August 2026.

BIS residential property price statistics, Q1 2026 - Real global house prices declined by 1.2% year on year (yoy) in the first quarter of 2026.

Effective resolution strategies and plans for insurers – Executive Summary - The Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions (Key Attributes) of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) require resolution plans to be developed for all financial institutions, including insurers, that could be systemically significant or critical upon failure.

Federal Reserve Board announces pricing, effective January 1, 2027, for payment services the Federal Reserve Banks provide to banks and credit unions, and changes to streamline and adjust their che... - Federal Reserve Board announces pricing, effective January 1, 2027, for payment services the Federal Reserve Banks provide to banks and credit unions, and changes to streamline and adjust their check services

Federal Reserve announces revised tentative schedule of Federal Open Market Committee meetings in 2027 - Federal Reserve announces revised tentative schedule of Federal Open Market Committee meetings in 2027

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of United Community Bank - Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of United Community Bank

Press Release: Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies Release 2025 Small Business, Small Farm, and Community Development Lending Data - PRESS RELEASE | NOVEMBER 5, 2026 Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies Release 2025 Small Business, Small Farm, and Community Development Lending Data ...

Press Release: FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance - PRESS RELEASE | NOVEMBER 5, 2026 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance WASHINGTON—The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDI...