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Midterm Election Incoherences, Misadventures, & Paradoxes - Midterm Election Incoherences, Misadventures, & Paradoxes Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness,The predicted blue wave may never materialize. And even if Democrats retake Congress, history suggests Trump could emerge stronger, not weaker, with the presidency's expansive powers.2022 vs. 2026In June 2022, the price of gasoline topped $5 a gallon and stayed around $4...

Seven Toss-Ups, A Decoy Candidate, & A 1AM Finish: Your Election Night Survival Guide - Seven Toss-Ups, A Decoy Candidate, & A 1AM Finish: Your Election Night Survival Guide The House is done. Or at least the market thinks so.Going into tonight, Polymarket traders give Democrats a 96% chance of taking the House and 74% for the Senate, the highest Democratic Senate odds since the market opened, and as of 7:17am ET this morning the Democratic sweep contract was trading ...

"Technical Glitch" Disrupts Westchester Voting, Potentially Affecting 250,000 Ballots - "Technical Glitch" Disrupts Westchester Voting, Potentially Affecting 250,000 Ballots Summary: Blamed on a "Technical Glitch" Westchester County Key House BattlegroundVoting Machines Reject Paper Ballots Across Westchester County"Technical Glitch" Impacts 250,000 Ballots In Westchester CountyWhat is now being called a "technical glitch" has prevented voting machines across Westches...

The Great Wealth Divide: Own The Right Assets... Or Fall Behind - The Great Wealth Divide: Own The Right Assets... Or Fall Behind Authored by Kelly Caro via Doug Casey's International Man,Let's start with three assumptions that I consider rock-solid.1. Government spending will continue to grow.2. The government will need more currency debasement to finance that spending.3. Wages will not keep up.If I had to distill this into a single point, it wo...

Leaving Las-Vega: Nomura Structured-Notes Head Says Banks Face 'Hedging Squeeze' Amid Booming Business - Leaving Las-Vega: Nomura Structured-Notes Head Says Banks Face 'Hedging Squeeze' Amid Booming Business Structured notes have been booming, with SEC-registered US notes on track to hit about $300 billion this year, up from roughly $200 billion last year. But the demand that had been levitating option premiums has gone, according to Alex Micalizzi, Nomura's international head of equi...

Iran Rejects Latest Draft Proposal To End War: US 'Must Act On 7 Conditions' To Reopen Hormuz - Iran Rejects Latest Draft Proposal To End War: US 'Must Act On 7 Conditions' To Reopen Hormuz SummaryIran Rejects US Draft Proposal: Tehran insists all seven conditions must be met before reopening the Strait Hormuz.Negotiations Remain Uncertain: Reports of US-Iran concessions raised hopes of a breakthrough, but Iran indicates a deal remains distant.Back to Headline Ping-Pong: Oil...

McHaggis? Court Green-Lights Lawsuit Alleging That The McRib Contains Non-Rib Meat - McHaggis? Court Green-Lights Lawsuit Alleging That The McRib Contains Non-Rib Meat Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org,Many were excited when McDonald's recently announced, "The McRib is back." The question is whether it is really back or really a McRib. In an interesting decision out of Chicago, U.S. District Judge April Perry ruled that McDonald's must go to trial ...

Inside The $250 Electric Bill: Dissecting The Midterms' Most Hated Piece Of Mail - Inside The $250 Electric Bill: Dissecting The Midterms' Most Hated Piece Of Mail Today, for perhaps the first time in modern American history, the monthly electric bill is on the ballot.Not literally, of course (although in nine states, utility commissioners literally are), but as Reuters put it on Friday, this could be "the first election to feature utilities and electricity, spec...

Berkeley Voters To Decide Whether To Initiate Public Bank With New Parcel Tax - Berkeley Voters To Decide Whether To Initiate Public Bank With New Parcel Tax Authored by Lear Zhou via The Epoch Times,Voters in Berkeley, California, will decide in the coming election whether to start a public bank using a new parcel tax as seed money in order to create long-term investments in affordable housing, green energy, and small businesses.Public banking is on the ballo...

Physical Oil Flips From Bidding War To Fire Sale As Gulf Barrels Flood Back - Physical Oil Flips From Bidding War To Fire Sale As Gulf Barrels Flood Back For much of the past two months, the most important oil price in the world was the one nobody saw on TV.While ICE Brent futures chopped around in a range, the price of actual, deliverable barrels went parabolic: as we noted at the time, Dated Brent refused to come down even as Gulf flows recovered, North Se...

Super Micro’s stock pops as earnings show booming demand for AI servers - Super Micro is building out a “high-quality customer base” that’s fueling revenue growth, CFO Mark Long told MarketWatch.

Anthropic’s IPO is a high-stakes referendum on Big Tech — and this chart proves it - Tech giants like Broadcom, Google and SpaceX have plenty of skin in the game as Anthropic heads for the public market.

The internet is ‘dying’: AI is eating it and obliterating these business models - “The internet as we’ve known it for the past 20-plus years is going away, and it’s going to completely change,” one CEO says.

‘It’s good to be old’: I’ve been invited to a dozen free meals that turn into annuity sales pitches. Should I stop going? - “Salespeople typically push annuities, Medicare plans and estate-planning services.”

An overlooked energy source could solve AI’s power crunch — and these 2 stocks are prime plays - Geothermal technology is in the early stages of its own shale revolution, Morgan Stanley says.

Medicare prescription drug costs will jump 50% in 2027. Doing nothing could cost you. - Don’t sit on the sidelines during open enrollment.

My wife and I have no kids and a 99% chance of outliving our life savings. Why not spend it all? - “I’m 68, she’s 74, and we’re both in good health.”

‘It seems bizarre’: We’re in our 80s with $950,000 in traditional IRAs. Why is our adviser pushing Roth conversions? - “Our basic living expenses are covered by $110,000 in annual pensions and Social Security.”

Once election results are in, here’s what investors should focus on next - It is important to separate your political preferences from your investment and trading decisions.

My father has Alzheimer’s and his caregiver is using his debit card for DoorDash. Should I intervene? - “I suspect the live-in caregiver is benefiting from my parent’s generosity.”

Midterm elections 2026 live updates: Economy, inflation and other voter concerns - Follow 2026 midterm elections live updates, including House and Senate races, Texas, Georgia, Ohio and Minnesota, and key results as polls close.

AMD stock jumps 7% on earnings as data center revenue nearly doubles - AMD reported better-than-expected third-quarter results, driven by booming sales of AI chips

Apple warns of risks related to AI agents behaving in 'unintended or unpredictable' ways - Apple’s annual filing warns that AI agents could exceed permissions, resist instructions or take actions that are difficult to reverse.

S&P 500 snaps 3-day skid on Election Day as chip stocks rebound - The Nasdaq Composite rose on Tuesday as investors moved back into key technology stocks after recent pressure and geared up for U.S. midterm election results.

Trump DOJ sends target letters to Democrats in Alaska Senate criminal probe: Reports - "There's no doubt that the threats are threats to our democracy," said John Cusick, assistant counsel at the Legal Defense Fund.

Job openings posted big September gain in positive sign for labor market ahead of payrolls report - The BLS reported job openings at 7.52 million, up 333,000 from August and well above the Dow Jones consensus outlook for 7.15 million

Australia hikes rates to 18-year high to fight inflation - The Reserve Bank of Australia's decision was in line with expectations from economists polled by Reuters, and marked its fifth rate increase this year.

South Korea targets 'world's highest performance' sovereign AI model in record new budget - The 2027 budget will rise 12.8% to 820.9 trillion won, and will include a 21.3 trillion won investment into semiconductors, physical AI and AI data centers.

Euro zone economy slows to 0.4% growth in Q3 as crisis-hit France contracts - The euro zone showed surprising resilience, but weak productivity, industrial competitiveness challenges and demographic pressures remain, analysts said.

European Central Bank keeps key interest rate on hold at 2.5% - Markets saw the decision as a hawkish pause and were last pricing in a 67% chance of a December rate hike.

Central banks accelerated gold buying in Q3, WGC says - By Giulia PetroniThe Wall Street JournalTuesday, November 3, 2026 Central banks stepped up gold buying in the third quarter to its fastest pace since late 2024, as geopolitical risks and concerns over fiscal discipline bolstered institutional demand for the precious metal. The institutions added a net 321 metric tons to their reserves in the period, driven by portfolio diversification and risk ...

India's tax hike drives illegal gold imports to three-year high - By Yihui Xie and Preeti SoniBloomberg NewsTuesday, November 3, 2026 India's illegal gold imports surged to the highest since 2023 in the third quarter as a government duty hike spurred use of unofficial channels, according to a report from the World Gold Council. Informal shipments for July to September jumped more than 1,500% to 50 metric tons from 3 tons a year earlier, the producer-funded gr...

Tokenized gold bars to advance Hong Kong's ambitions as digital, metal trading hub - By Xinmei ShenSouth China Morning Post, Hong KongTuesday, November 3, 2026 https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3373071/tokenised-gold-bar-advance-hong-kongs-ambitions-digital-metal-trading-hub Hong Kong's plan to start an interbank tokenized gold transaction project marks a crucial step in its quest to make itself a key global hub for the precious metal, according to analysts....

China's government calls meeting on supporting stock market, reports say - From Bloomberg NewsSunday, November 1, 2026 China's central bank and its securities regulator will hold a meeting on Monday to discuss the use of tools designed to support the country's capital market, according to local media. The People's Bank of China will meet with the National Financial Regulatory Administration, China Securities Regulatory Commission, and major banks to study how to impro...

Alasdair Macleod: Bullion banks preparing for higher gold and silver prices - By Alasdair MacleodGoldMoney, TorontoFriday, October 30, 2026 Despite extremely negative sentiment, large flows of bullion continue to leave Western markets, and bullion banks appear to be positioning themselves for higher prices. This week saw gold move sideways, while silver dips towards historic peaks at $50. But quietl, there appears to be a move of bullion into stronger hands. Silver’s ope...

Labor Market Churn Accelerates on Big Jump in Quits - Job Openings to fill those left-behind slots rose, hires jumped, layoffs & discharges fell and were low.

No Inflection Point Yet: Near-Exponential Data Center Boom Sends Shockwaves to Industrial Economy, Construction Hit by 2nd Wave of Inflation - They all spiked: Construction of data centers and power plants; orders for equipment at US manufacturers; and inflation in construction.

US Government Sold $907 Billion of Treasury Securities this Week. That’s a Lot of Paper. Yields Pulled Back - As AI & chip stocks tanked, investors shifted from the “AI trade” to the “safe-haven trade” and bid up Treasuries.

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, ...

Arkansas Passes Legal Tender Act, Removes Taxes on Gold and Silver - LITTLE ROCK, AR / ACCESSWIRE / April 20, 2023 / Sound money advocates are rejoicing as House Bill 1718, the Arkansas Legal Tender Act has become the law in the Natural State. Backed by the Sound Money ...

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 ...

What Is Considered Legal Tender in the US? - "Legal tender" means that the financial instrument in question legally serves to pay any public or private debt. Federal law guarantees its printed value regardless of its intrinsic convertible value, ...

Justin Sun seeks sanctions against Trump-linked World Liberty Financial over UAE ties - The Tron founder says World Liberty failed to disclose its UAE ties until months into his lawsuit over $45 million in WLFI tokens.

South Korea's president says country needs a ‘cybersecurity czar’ following $6.3 billion Binance hack - Lee Jae Myung said he wants a government-wide agency to tackle cyberattacks as AI raises security concerns across financial institutions and critical infrastructure.

Amazon, Tesla and SpaceX join OKX–ICE tokenized stock objections as deadline looms - Objections have reached 56 companies, with nearly 80% of the venture’s initial stock selection opting out.

Stablecoin governance group behind OUSD sets out management fee, offers equity earning pool - Governance group Open Standard will charge a 0.1 basis point management fee on payment volume, capped at at $0.01 per payment.

CFTC clears perpetual futures on stocks, bringing crypto trading model to Wall Street - CFTC Chair Michael Selig said the move gives U.S. traders a regulated alternative to “offshore, and often unregulated, venues.”

Binance's $6.3 billion hack began with a fake job interview, and a campaign 'built over many months' - North Korea-linked attackers spent months compromising Binance employees and internal systems before exploiting its hot-wallet signing infrastructure through Ethereum's EIP-7702 mechanism.

South Korea asks its biggest banks how a major crypto hack would hit them - In its first such survey, the BOK also asked about a crypto price crash, losses at another firm, and each firm’s crypto teams, budgets and investments.

CZ warns of more AI-driven hacks following Binance’s historic $6.3 billion heist - While investigators found no evidence that AI agents laundered the stolen Binance funds, Zhao stressed that automated tools are lowering the barrier for complex breaches.

LO:TECH raises $12 million to expand crypto trading into U.S. and Asia - LO:TECH is betting on round-the-clock tokenized stock trading but didn’t say if it trades them now; a WFE study found stock exchanges still set prices.

Binance net outflows reach $5.3 billion after record hack. CEO says recovery underway - Nearly $11 billion left the exchange over 46 hours, although CEO Richard Teng said hourly deposits were beginning to exceed withdrawals.

October’s Dormant Bitcoin Awakenings Cool as Transfers Plunge 81% From August - Dormant bitcoin wallets dating back to 2012 moved 2,159.15 BTC valued at $167.56 million last month, marking a second consecutive monthly slowdown. Despite the declining activity, wallets originating in 2013 dominated the month, while addresses from Bitcoin’s earliest years remained conspicuously absent. Dormant Bitcoin Activity Slows as 35 Transfers Move $167 Million October brought another […...

Tether’s Bitcoin Fortune Extends Beyond Its Publicly Identified Wallet - Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has disclosed a substantially larger bitcoin treasury than previously documented in the stablecoin issuer’s financial statements. His remarks at a Swiss cryptocurrency conference introduce new questions about the company’s investment activities, asset ownership, and the extent of its publicly reported financial holdings. Tether’s Bitcoin Fortune Tops $11 Billion as CEO ...

CFTC Breaks New Ground as Equity Perpetual Futures Get Green Light - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has cleared the way for perpetual futures tied to individual stocks to begin trading on regulated U.S. exchanges for the first time. CFTC Chairman Selig Hails New Era as Stock Perpetual Futures Enter US Markets A trading instrument that helped transform cryptocurrency speculation is crossing into America’s traditional stock […]

Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla Join Amazon in Opposing OKXICE Tokenized Stocks Plan - A total of 49 companies from OKXICE’s original list of 62 targeted firms have now objected to having their shares tokenized, while seven additional companies outside the proposed lineup have also registered opposition.   Amazon, Tesla, Netflix, SpaceX, SoFi Technologies, and Lam Research are the latest companies to oppose OKXICE’s plans to tokenize U.S. stocks, […]

Bitcoin Price Rebounds From $76K Amid Sizable ETF Outflows, Liquidations - Bitcoin experienced volatile trading Tuesday, falling to $76,268 before recovering above $77,700 as investors weighed the fallout from the Binance hack and U.S. midterm election uncertainty. Bitcoin endured a volatile trading session Tuesday as the leading cryptocurrency struggled to regain its footing days after a massive Binance hack triggered a marketwide sell-off. The choppy price […]

Trump's Dismissed Epstein Letter Lawsuit Is the Latest Example of His Failure To State Cognizable Claims - The president's defamation case against The Wall Street Journal fits a pattern of frivolous litigation aimed at punishing speech that irks him.

The Housing Ballot Initiatives To Watch - Across the country, voters will decide whether to shrink minimum lot sizes, roll back environmental review laws, and cut property taxes.

Court Orders Plaintiff to File Handwritten Opposition, - after noting that many of plaintiff's filings contained seeming AI hallucinations, despite assertions in plaintiff's filings that all the citations were valid.

The DSA's Coming-Out Party - Today begins the era when out-and-proud socialists will have real pull in Washington, D.C.

Will the Iran War Cost Republicans Control of the Senate? - In several key Senate races, GOP candidates broke against Trump's wildly unpopular war. But only after previously supporting it.

Americans Would Rather Win the Midterms Than a Sports Title. Here's Why That Might Be. - A government so large that it can threaten our lives and livelihoods can also threaten our favorite sports teams.

A Ken Paxton Moment - As Texas AG, Paxton's done a lot of controversial and in-my-opinion unwise things, but this is the one that sticks in my craw

On Election Day, We All Get to Be Haley Stevens and Pick the (Hopefully) Less Lousy Candidates - Once again, Americans will have to live with the consequences of their political choices.

California's Bond Issues Aren't 'Free' Money. Voters Should Tread Carefully. - Borrowing money for infrastructure projects can be a good idea, but it can often become a sinkhole for taxpayers.

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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...

Privacy's Defenders Podcast: The Secret Room - The government’s surveillance powers grew rapidly after Sept. 11, 2001, some in public view and some in secret. EFF suspected but couldn’t prove that the National Security Agency was spying on Americans' communications. The New York Times sat on a story about it for over a year, finally publishing it in December 2005. Then, in January 2006, a retired AT&T technician named Mark Klein walked into...

Independent Digital Media Is Not a Privilege Governments Can Revoke: The Fight to Save Egypt’s Mada Masr - On November 11, Lina Attalah, founder and editor-in-chief of the independent Egyptian news outlet Mada Masr, will face trial for the second time in just two weeks. This time, she faces charges of spreading false news, an accusation that has become one of the Egyptian government's most frequently used tools for prosecuting journalists.  The trial follows a conviction on October 27, when Attalah ...

Rewriting Copyright Law for Generative AI Would Hurt Everyone - In courts across the country, publishers and creators are suing large AI companies for training generative AI models on copyrighted works. It’s easy to see these cases as a David-and-Goliath showdown between authors and publishers fighting for a cut of Big Tech company profits. But this fight is actually much larger. It affects billions of people who aren’t represented in the case at all, inclu...

Institute for Justice Urges Clewiston to Scrap Protectionist Food Truck Restrictions - Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ) sent a letter to officials in Clewiston, Florida, warning that the city’s food truck ordinance violates the Florida Constitution.   […] The post Institute for Justice Urges Clewiston to Scrap Protectionist Food Truck Restrictions appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Swim Instructor Appeals to South Carolina Supreme Court After Columbia Banned Her Backyard Business - COLUMBIA, S.C.—Lifelong swim instructor Libby Souder is appealing to the South Carolina Supreme Court in her fight to resume offering her backyard swim lessons to […] The post Swim Instructor Appeals to South Carolina Supreme Court After Columbia Banned Her Backyard Business appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Public Interest Law Firm Calls on Nampa to Reconsider Unconstitutional Food Truck Crackdown - Two years after the Institute for Justice (IJ) first warned Nampa, Idaho, that its food truck rules were unconstitutional, the city is back with a […] The post Public Interest Law Firm Calls on Nampa to Reconsider Unconstitutional Food Truck Crackdown 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 ...

FL District 14: Vote for Mike Beltran—Send a Second Amendment Fighter to Congress. - Vote for Mike Beltran for Florida’s 14th Congressional District Gun Owners of America and Fuerza 2A proudly endorse Mike Beltran for Congress in Florida’s 14th Congressional District—and we’re asking you to vote for him on November 3. Washington needs representatives who will defend the Second Amendment when it counts. Mike Beltran has earned an A+ GOA rating and a 100% … Read more

FL District 13: Vote Anna Paulina Luna—GOA Endorsed. A+ Rated in Congress. - Vote for Anna Paulina Luna for Florida’s 13th Congressional District Gun Owners of America proudly endorses Anna Paulina Luna for reelection to Congress in Florida’s 13th Congressional District—and we’re asking you to vote for her on November 3. Luna has earned an A+ GOA rating for standing up for the Second Amendment. Congress makes decisions that affect your ability to … Read more

FL District 17: Vote Greg Steube—A Proven Second Amendment Champion in Congress. - Vote for Greg Steube for Florida’s 17th Congressional District Gun Owners of America proudly endorses Greg Steube for reelection to Congress in Florida’s 17th Congressional District—and we’re asking you to vote for him on November 3. Steube has earned an A+ GOA rating. His fight for the Second Amendment began long before he reached Washington. As a Florida state lawmaker, … Read more

Truist expands merchant tools to boost value - The super-regional is rolling out a faster onboarding experience and adding insights for business owners, said Chris Ward, head of enterprise payments.

Bilt tackles sports loyalty with $300M deal - The rent-rewards platform aims to stretch beyond housing payments and credit cards with an acquisition of Lava, a technology firm that focuses on sports loyalty.

Mortgage business expansion killed Tioga-Franklin: FDIC OIG - ”The bank’s condition deteriorated due to weak earnings which led to liquidity and capital issues,” the FDIC’s Office of the Inspector General said Friday.

FDIC amends directive against Old Glory Bank - The regulator deemed the bank “adequately capitalized” last week after applying a more severe label in August. A special-purpose acquisition of the bank had fallen apart earlier this summer.

Financial AI needs a reliable view of the customer - Continuous assurance of customer identity keeps AI decisions grounded in reality

Nonbank lender OppFi abandons plan to buy a bank - OppFi, a non-bank consumer lender based in Chicago, says it has scrapped its effort to buy North Dakota's BNC National Bank. The exact reasons were not immediately clear, but OppFi pointed to a lack of clarity from regulators.

Abrigo confirms 'data security incident' caused 3-day outage - The company told American Banker the access is contained but did not say whether Sageworks borrower data was taken. Borrower features remain offline.

Fiserv bets on payment tech, AI to drive recovery - The financial technology seller, which is looking to sell or sunset parts of its business, is recruiting banks to its agentic AI service while it upgrades its Clover point of sale system.

Crypto bet big again on the midterms. Will it pay off this time? - Crypto's midterm spending is testing whether the industry can sustain its political influence, while a Democratic takeover would reshape the legislative agenda.

RIA Leaders 2026: The custody fee conundrum - The lack of a uniform, publicly available listing of revenue collected by custodians has led to calls for a custody fee that would overhaul the industry's traditional business model and clarify how those relationships affect RIAs' fiduciary duty to their clients.

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 approval of application by The Bank of Nova Scotia - Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by The Bank of Nova Scotia

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement - Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement actions with Gardner Bancshares, Inc. and Small Business Bank - Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement actions with Gardner Bancshares, Inc. and Small Business Bank

FDIC Board of Directors Approve New Action - BOARD MEETING | OCTOBER 30, 2026 FDIC Board of Directors Approve New Action By notational vote, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Board...

Press Release: FDIC Publishes Enforcement Orders for September 2026 - PRESS RELEASE | OCTOBER 30, 2026 FDIC Publishes Enforcement Orders for September 2026 WASHINGTON—The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)...