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WASHINGTON—The Trump White House is pushing back on one of the banking industry’s core arguments in the fight over stablecoin “rewards,” with presidential economists concluding that banning crypto exchanges and other intermediaries from paying yield on stablecoin balances would do little to preserve bank lending while leaving consumers worse off.

ATLANTA--America’s Credit Unions said its PAC continued what it called a strong record in special elections Tuesday, notching its sixth win in six contests so far this cycle as businessman Clay Fuller (R) won a special runoff in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. Fuller will fill the open seat previously held by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R).

NEW YORK--As scams grow faster and more convincing, financial institutions are being pushed to rethink fraud prevention around a harder truth: stopping modern fraud now means defending against both technology-driven attacks and human manipulation, according to PYMNTS.

WASHINGTON— Federal Reserve officials signaled in minutes released Wednesday that they remain in no rush to cut rates, with policymakers increasingly worried that inflation could stay elevated longer than expected even as they also see growing downside risks to hiring and the labor market.

WASHINGTON—Treasury on Wednesday moved another step deeper into the post-GENIUS Act stablecoin framework, as FinCEN and OFAC jointly proposed rules that would treat permitted payment stablecoin issuers as financial institutions for Bank Secrecy Act purposes and require them to maintain anti-money-laundering and sanctions-compliance programs.

DALLAS--Financial institution executives and board members are being urged to register now for ALM First’s 2026 Financial Forum, the firm’s flagship conference, which the company said regularly sells out each year.