Theo Aslanian

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The Bank-Fintech Partnership Model Faces a Second Reckoning, as Lineage Bank Draws a New FDIC Consent Order Over Its Synapse-Era Growth

August 1, 2026 · 5 min read

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The Bank-Charter Rush Reaches the Infrastructure Layer, as Increase Buys a Community Bank to Stop Renting One

July 30, 2026 · 5 min read · RegTech

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Frontier AI Is Forcing Banks Into Collective Cyber Defense, and Singapore’s MAS Just Built the Model

July 29, 2026 · 5 min read · RegTech

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Stablecoin Infrastructure Just Entered Its Patent Era, as Circle Buys the Largest Blockchain Portfolio in the US

July 28, 2026 · 5 min read · Payments

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The Bank Charter Rush Reaches AI-Native Underwriting, as Upstart Clears Its First OCC Hurdle

July 27, 2026 · 5 min read · RegTech

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Bank Charters Split Into Two Tracks for Fintechs, as Wise Gets Rejected and Flex Bets on the Industrial Route

July 25, 2026 · 5 min read · RegTech

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Offshore Crypto Derivatives Exchanges Are Running Out of Runway, and BitMEX Just Confirmed It by Shutting Down

July 23, 2026 · 4 min read · RegTech

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Financial Regulators Are Recruiting AI Labs Directly Into Their Sandboxes, and the FCA Just Made Anthropic the Test Case

July 22, 2026 · 5 min read · RegTech

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Asia’s Payments Industry Starts Writing the Rulebook for AI Agents That Spend Money

July 20, 2026 · 5 min read · RegTech

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Financial Infrastructure Providers Are Turning Frontier AI on Their Own Security, Starting With FIS

July 18, 2026 · 5 min read · RegTech