by Michael E. Dehn | Oct 15, 2026 | Banking and finance, Government impacts and rulings, News of the day, Stablecoins
Metro Pulse’s DataWeb is best understood not as a stablecoin issuer or tokenization platform, but as the hyperlocal trust, identity, engagement, and data layer that could make tokenized finance commercially useful at the community-banking level. In the “brave new...
by Michael E. Dehn | Oct 15, 2026 | AI and bank marketing and branding, Banking and finance, Banking and media considerations, Fintech insights, Mindset motivations
The Maverick Architecture: How Michael E. Dehn Built the Metro Pulse DataWeb Into an Adaptable Community Powerhouse Michael E. Dehn did not assemble the Metro Pulse DataWeb by following a conventional media playbook. He built it the way a true maverick does: by...
by Michael E. Dehn | Oct 9, 2026 | Banking and finance, Industry news, News of the day
The Credit Union Advantage: Making Stablecoin Education a Community Relationship Source credit: This commentary builds on Austin Payne’s “The Stablecoin Awareness Gap Is a Leadership Opportunity for Credit Unions,” published by Wide Open Ventures on October 7, 2026,...
by Michael E. Dehn | Oct 6, 2026 | Banking and finance, Government impacts and rulings, Industry news, News of the day
The bond-market pressures described by Graham Stephan can hurt banking and the economy through three linked channels: falling values of existing fixed-rate assets, more expensive funding and refinancing, and weaker demand for credit. The principal risk is not an...
by Michael E. Dehn | Oct 5, 2026 | Banking and finance, Banking and media considerations, Crypto considerations and insight, Fintech insights, Industry news, News of the day, Stablecoins
Simon Taylor’s “Fintech is Dead” is best understood not as an obituary for digital finance, but as a framework for the next banking architecture: AI-driven decisions, tokenized records of value, and agent-mediated distribution. Properly adapted and maintained, the...
by Michael E. Dehn | Oct 1, 2026 | AI and bank marketing and branding, Banking and finance
Michael Ellison • 3rd+ CEO, Corporate Insight | 30+ Years Helping Financial Services & Healthcare Win on Digital Customer Experience The Wall Street Journal had a good piece this week on AI agents and bank deposits. Apollo economist Torsten Slok raised the idea of...
