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Oct 20, 2026

Bank of America’s Tests Found the Problem. The OCC Sent a $750 Million Bill.

The OCC assessed Bank of America $750 million, and Treasury says the bank missed or reported late more than $5 billion in suspicious activity. Schwab blocked unauthorized AI agents. The OCC named all nine of its largest banks for debanking policies. Upgrade filed for a Nevada industrial bank. Truist agreed to sell $7.7 billion of LightStream loans to Carlyle.

Stephen Bishop

Amex Gets a $350 Million Penalty for Watching the Wrong Book

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Oct 13, 2026

USDT faces an EU clock as stablecoins move toward SAP and Samsung

Tedd Huff

Oct 12, 2026

Stablecoin Payments: Why Banks Need a Unified Control Layer

Tedd Huff

Oct 7, 2026

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Valley Wants Bluevine's $2.1 Billion, and Coastal Held $447 Million of It

Bluevine's deposits cost 1.44 percent against Valley's 2.28 percent, Column takes the exclusive slot inside AppFolio, Stripe buys the lender whose loans Celtic already makes, and Old Glory is at 2.69 percent against a 14 percent floor.

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Oct 5, 2026

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A new dollar stablecoin, a MiCA split and a custody rewrite

OUSD became Stripe's default stablecoin on Tempo, while ESMA and Circle split on MiCA and banks sued the OCC.

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Payments, bank deposits and crypto custody: what changed

Sep 29, 2026

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Payments, bank deposits and crypto custody: what changed

SoFi starts settlement, the Fed proposes rules and Bitget reports $387.5M affected; Bitcoin ETFs record inflows.

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The OCC Letter Names Mission Lane's Exit Timetable

Sep 28, 2026

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The OCC Letter Names Mission Lane's Exit Timetable

The Bancorp is still down 21.7 percent two weeks on, digital-asset firms choose narrower charters, Core Bank moves into dealership software, and a creditor who paid one dollar for its claim asks Delaware to appoint a receiver over Synapse.

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CLARITY failed. Stablecoin rules got harder to avoid.

Sep 23, 2026

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CLARITY failed. Stablecoin rules got harder to avoid.

The Senate vote failed 49-50, then Circle launched Arc with USDC as its gas and settlement asset.

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The FDIC Proposes More Reach for State Banks While Enova Pulls Its Bank Applications

Sep 22, 2026

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The FDIC Proposes More Reach for State Banks While Enova Pulls Its Bank Applications

Avant applies for a national bank, Quill adds acquiring, a credit union enters the sponsor conversation, and Lineage changes its name with an FDIC order still attached.

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Chime Buys Stride and The Bancorp Loses a Fifth of Its Value in a Day

Sep 15, 2026

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Chime Buys Stride and The Bancorp Loses a Fifth of Its Value in a Day

Mercury clears FDIC insurance it still cannot use, Nu opens on Lead Bank with a charter it already has, and the agencies propose retiring the 2024 deposit guidance.

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Cash App Sponsor Bank Sells for $123.8 Million, TabaPay Buys a Charter, and the OCC Approves Three Banks With Three Price Tags

Sep 8, 2026

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Cash App Sponsor Bank Sells for $123.8 Million, TabaPay Buys a Charter, and the OCC Approves Three Banks With Three Price Tags

Equity buys Lincoln Savings Bank and FNBO buys InBank for the branches, TabaPay and OpenPayd buy their own way into the system, Revolut gets a charter with four products locked, and the Fed closes out two crypto-era orders.

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The bank stablecoin race just moved up a notch

Sep 7, 2026

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The bank stablecoin race just moved up a notch

21 institutions target a 2027 dollar coin, the SEC opens the shareholder record to blockchain, SoFiUSD lands on Kraken, and spot Bitcoin ETFs take in $986.7 million.

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Bank of America’s Tests Found the Problem. The OCC Sent a $750 Million Bill.

Amex Gets a $350 Million Penalty for Watching the Wrong Book

USDT faces an EU clock as stablecoins move toward SAP and Samsung

Stablecoin Payments: Why Banks Need a Unified Control Layer

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Valley Wants Bluevine's $2.1 Billion, and Coastal Held $447 Million of It

A new dollar stablecoin, a MiCA split and a custody rewrite

Payments, bank deposits and crypto custody: what changed

The OCC Letter Names Mission Lane's Exit Timetable

CLARITY failed. Stablecoin rules got harder to avoid.

The FDIC Proposes More Reach for State Banks While Enova Pulls Its Bank Applications

Chime Buys Stride and The Bancorp Loses a Fifth of Its Value in a Day

Cash App Sponsor Bank Sells for $123.8 Million, TabaPay Buys a Charter, and the OCC Approves Three Banks With Three Price Tags

The bank stablecoin race just moved up a notch

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