Systemic banking fraud as a non nuclear financial weapon of war?

by Michael E. Dehn | Jan 5, 2026 | Banking and finance, Federal Reserve implications, International banking impacts, News of the day

https://www.levernews.com/scammers-new-billion-dollar-bank-fraud/?utm_source=newsletter-email&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=newsletter-article-read-more   ACH fraud at the scale and structural weakness described in the article is not just a...

Economics lesson framed in gold with a side of geopolitics

by Michael E. Dehn | Jan 3, 2026 | Banking and finance, Federal Reserve implications, Government impacts and rulings, International banking impacts, News of the day

Interesting Economics...

Makes sense on many levels but we are not doomsday prophets (yet)

by Michael E. Dehn | Jan 2, 2026 | Banking and finance, Federal Reserve implications, Government impacts and rulings

S 1582 and the Metro Pulse dataweb implications going forward

by Michael E. Dehn | Dec 11, 2025 | AI and bank marketing and branding, Banking and media considerations, Federal Reserve implications, News of the day

S.1582 is the GENIUS Act, now law, which creates the federal “Dollar 2.0” regime for regulated payment stablecoins and gives banks, credit unions, and licensed nonbanks a clear lane to issue and distribute digital dollars under tight reserve, AML, and supervision...

Stablecoins in a brave new world. A “GENIUS” move

by Michael E. Dehn | Oct 28, 2025 | Crypto considerations and insight, Federal Reserve implications

The GENIUS Act, passed in July 2025, marks the most significant overhaul of stablecoin regulation in the US, establishing a robust framework for payment stablecoins and shaping how US consumers interact with both domestic and foreign digital currencies. The debut of...

Highlighting fiscal and AI flexibility in the age of banking disruption

by Michael E. Dehn | Oct 27, 2025 | AI and bank marketing and branding, Banking and finance, Federal Reserve implications, Government impacts and rulings

https://thefinancialbrand.com/news/payments-trends/banks-must-get-up-to-speed-on-faster-payments-stablecoins-and-agentic-commerce-193138?_hsenc=p2ANqtz–drsu9OQDwI05J0sJYrA_12ZZsvBUdPedP7uyeAq6wETWB2qz-DHZ0ouJ0BEftn32KZDUvfUnI3GUY-VQtgGfSVWYuAw&_hsmi=386720359...