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Please enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser or access the information through the links provided below. July 16, 2026 Agencies issue joint statement on handling of highly sensitive information during bank examinations Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of the Comptroller of the Currency For release at 2:00 p.m. EDT The federal bank regulatory agencies today issued a joint statement describing enhanced security procedures for review of highly sensitive information in connection with examinations of supervised banks, such as reviewing materials…

Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). Don’t make this mistake when investing in the AI Revolution Can you guess which technology this quote from The Washington Post refers to? “The discovery and perfection of XXX is so important, so revolutionizing and so far-reaching in its effects that we need the perspective of time fully to realize the scientific situation.” That is a quote from the January 1, 1880, issue referring to the electric light bulb. One can only imagine how strange it all seemed. People had experienced light from candles, fires, and kerosene lamps. Some…

Knowing what to buy is only half of it. Here’s the other half. Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). Hello, Reader. Does the barcode below ring a bell? (Or, should I say, register?) Wherever you’ve shopped, you come across them. Billions of shoppers around the world encounter them every day.  It’s a technology many of us overlook, but it revolutionized the checkout process. After barcode technology was adopted, it basically halved transaction times. In 1988, Target Corp. (TGT) was among the first mass merchandisers to implement Universal Product Code (UPC) scanning, using barcodes to read…

I got the weirdest email on Monday: No, thanks. I absolutely do not want to start banking with a social media company. Elon Musk has been touting the idea of X Money since he took over Twitter back in 2022 and it is finally a reality… kind of. X Money is actually a payments feature built into the X app. Behind the scene it is a partnership with FDIC-backed Cross River Bank and Visa. On the surface, it looks like it wants to compete with Venmo, CashApp, or PayPal, which have already solidified their positions in this market. I am…

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed up by +0.43% on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up by +0.98%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up by +0.33%.  E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) rose +0.37%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) rose +0.27%.Stock indices settled higher on Friday as crude oil prices stabilized, temporarily easing inflation concerns.  Crude oil prices consolidated below Thursday’s 1-month high on Friday on comments from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who called for an end to the US-Iran war.  Markets await Monday’s press conference, when US Treasury Secretary Bessent said the administration would give details…

We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. Learn more. Personal finance guru Suze Orman has offered tons of advice to help people get out of debt, save money and pursue their retirement goals. However, during her long career, some of the rules have shifted with the times. Longer lifespans, a changing work landscape and volatile markets are some of the new factors that have governed how people save and invest money. Using the new money rules can put you…

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Key insight: Brazil-based Itaú Bank, Latin America’s largest bank, was granted a charter to operate in the United States by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Aug. 14. The approval was announced Friday afternoon. Forward look: Itaú’s U.S. subsidiary plans to serve high- and ultra-high-net-worth customers with connections to Brazil and Latin America from a single Miami location.What’s at stake: The charter approval comes as the OCC approves a number of new bank charters. WASHINGTON — The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has granted Itaú Bank a charter to operate in the United States. Processing ContentItaú Bank will operate…

Key TakeawaysAfter the failed BIP-110 fork, another hard fork is now barreling toward Bitcoin, this time creating a new crypto asset called ecash (ECX).Paul Sztorc, the developer behind Drivechains and BIP 300/301, crafted the idea.While nearly every BTC holder gets ECX 1:1, a slice of Satoshi’s addresses gets cut out. The launch comes from Layertwo Labs, founded and led by longtime Bitcoin developer Paul Sztorc, also known as Truthcoin. The play is not to rewrite Bitcoin itself. Instead, ECX will become a separate network that copies Bitcoin’s transaction ledger at designated snapshots and hands most bitcoin holders an equal number…

In brief Microsoft disclosed a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting its Entra ID cloud identity service. CVE-2026-69836 received a CVSS score of 10.0 and requires no existing privileges or user interaction to exploit. Microsoft said it fixed the vulnerability and confirmed it was not exploited in the wild. Microsoft disclosed a critical vulnerability in its Entra ID identity platform that could allow an unauthorized attacker to remotely execute code without existing privileges or user interaction.Tracked as CVE-2026-69836, the vulnerability received a CVSS score of 10.0, the highest possible rating. The flaw affects Microsoft Entra ID, the company’s cloud-based identity…