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2026 Banking pressures and projections considered
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Michael E. Dehn, Author
Governmemt policy as the bankers friend and foe via price floors on commodities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQEjqQRxBXg
Here we go
This Wall Street Journal piece marks a turning point for financial infrastructure: the New York Stock Exchange’s move to a blockchain-based, 24/7 tokenized securities platform is...
Banks in the 21st century. An insight
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-the-slow-death?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=l7jd2&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email The article...
The ten percent tariff that crippled the London Silver market
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3pemX66kX4
Stark economic realities for us all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PJoVq6Rpq4
Insidious financial psychology
Wealth Quote of the Day by Daniel Kahneman, “Nothing in finance is more fatuous than the notion that .....” Why the Nobel-winning psychologist saw hidden market edges and human...
Giving “CLARITY” to the banking world
https://x.com/shanaka86/status/2011719105091682775 Banks are being pushed into a clearly defined, tightly supervised role around payment stablecoins under the GENIUS +...
Agora explained
https://www.reuters.com/business/top-central-banks-forge-ahead-with-closely-watched-cross-border-payments-testing-2026-01-14/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=69684c83a82322000...
This should raise some eyebrows
https://www.levernews.com/the-federal-reserves-420-billion-wall-street-bailout/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=tw-prefill The Federal Reserve has...
“BILT”ing new markets in credit cards with new launch and perks
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-15461023/bilt-credit-card-mortgage-rewards-amex-chase.html Bilt’s “2.0” launch is an aggressive escalation in the card...
2026 new era of banking described
The West Monroe 2026 Financial Services Outlook frames 2026 as a structural “reset” for banking, where banks must operate as technology platforms amid tightening economics,...
Is silver crippling commodities?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdkYyzqON2U
Trump calls for 10% capped CC fees for 1 year, Klarna throws down the gauntlet, banks reeling
Klarna is a Sweden‑based fintech whose core is “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) and card-based installment credit, funded largely by merchant fees rather than high revolving APRs; in...
HSBC vs China in a silver lined disaster framed in LONDON financial shakedown with an end of the month expiration date.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5p_AXif4LA
Fintech projections for 2026 From Alex Johnson Fintech Takes
Predictions for 2026 I have loosely organized the predictions I received into different themes. The most popular theme, you’ll be shocked to learn, was AI. AI Folks’ thoughts on...
Real Estate in the news again
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-07/trump-to-target-institutional-purchases-of-single-family-homes?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAq...
Thoughts on Agentic AI applications in the Metro Pulse dataweb
https://ai.omeclk.com/portal/public/ViewCommInBrowser.jsp?Sv4%2BeOSSucxygVSOywKv8kuz7uuzqVY0l%2BeZ9DVtYmsjZHCeK%2FDoFTzZmax6kQFdDMlEuyhOfwC00WLsdvmhRg%3D%3DA Agentic AI...
History of reserve currency economics with a splash of banking. Pop quiz later
Watch the whole video..Very enlightening.. https://metropulse.com/2026/01/05/prescient-but-stark-historically-referenced-financial-wisdom/
Systemic banking fraud as a non nuclear financial weapon of war?
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...
Economics lesson framed in gold with a side of geopolitics
https://metropulse.com/2026/01/03/interesting-economics-lesson/
Geopolitics and short term morality as the primary catalyst for decimation of the Western banking system explained
Best 20 minutes you will spend starting the New Year being educated on global finance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgfE7-2vBCE
Makes sense on many levels but we are not doomsday prophets (yet)
https://youtu.be/680GH9EPtu4
Real estate AGAIN rears it’s ugly head with boom and bust cycle as crippling economic element for the young
Peter Thiel warns US real estate catastrophe will deal massive blow to young Americans, but boomers might get windfall. How to get in on the action The article frames US...
The Japanese Yen and Bank of Japan as derivatives “spoiler” here in the USA
https://www.fxstreet.com/news/japanese-yen-strengthens-amid-safe-haven-flows-intervention-speculation-202512220329 The article highlights a classic inflection point:...
Financial institutions… The leaderboard for 2026
Regional and community banks will enter 2026 with structurally higher market‑risk, liquidity, and operational complexity from OTC derivatives, but those that industrialize...
Said volumes to us on a variety of levels. A eureka moment for sure and beyond ominous
https://metropulse.com/2025/12/16/as-we-explored-the-banking-system-as-uninformed-laymen-infised-with-an-insatiable-curiosity-looking-to-sell-our-dataweb-to-financial-institutions-...
Bankers angst continues as Paypal looking for a Federal bank charter
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/15/paypal-seeks-us-approval-to-form-bank-offer-small-business-loans.html?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=69408a40fbf4d40001c94c44&utm_campaign...
S 1582 and the Metro Pulse dataweb implications going forward
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...
Gen Z vs the Boomers. Banking and social insights merged going forward
https://mailchi.mp/tearsheet/weekly-7dec2025?e=d80a8ab49e Gen Z’s “tap now, think later” financial wiring collides directly with the Boomer 401(k) ethic—but that tension...