What Hassett As Potential Fed Chair Would Mean For Interest Rates

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Kevin Hassett is now the lead candidate to be nominated as the next Federal Chair according to prediction markets and media reports. Prediction markets currently give Hassett a 7 in 10 chance of receiving the nomination to replace Jerome Powell from February 2026. According to Bloomberg reporting, Trump has made…

From Fintech’s Top Founders To Wall Street’s Best Dealmakers

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These entrepreneurs, traders and investors are making an outsized impact in fintech, crypto and traditional financial services.By Jeff Kauflin, Hank Tucker and Nina BambyshevaWhen she worked for Apple, Kalyani Ramadurgam’s job was to block anyone on terrorism watch lists from using Apple Pay. Even at one of the most sophisticated…

A Case Study In Process And Power

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Governance failures rarely announce themselves. They don’t begin with arguments, fines, or hearings. I didn’t expect to see these patterns in a small lakeside community governed by a Home Owners Association (HOA). Yet the familiar signs emerged. They start in the quiet corners where authority meets procedure and where small…

If Your Data EQ Is Low, Your AI Strategy Will Blow

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OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FINTECH SNARK TANKBankers wants to discuss AI strategy. They’re excited about chatbots, machine learning models, generative AI tools, and AI agents that promise to revolutionize everything from customer service to underwriting. What they don’t want to talk about, however, is their data mess.The Inconvenient Truth About AI…