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The DAO heist and subsequent reversal of funds on the Ethereum blockchain demonstrate why developers and miners of public blockchains should have more accountability.

Receiving Wide Coverage ...

Barclays settles again: Barclays Bank agreed to pay $100 million to settle charges by 43 states and the District of Columbia that it tried to manipulate the London interbank offered rate thereby defrauding government entities and nonprofits out of millions of dollars. The settlement comes roughly four years after the British bank paid $450 million to settle similar claims brought by federal and British authorities. Wall Street Journal, New York Times ...

With supervisory pressures continuing to mount, a piecemeal approach to handling banksÂ' regulatory demands is costly and ineffective.

Banks must use analytics Â-- rather than customer surveys Â-- to determine what does and what does not inspire prospects to become customers.

The 30% Club's Brenda Trenowden talks about the need for more female role models in banking; Barbara Byrne and Sallie Krawcheck talk about successful women "rubbing people the wrong way"; and backers and advisers of the new movie Equity talk about being pregnant on Wall Street. Also Digital Asset Holdings staffs up with RBS and JPMorgan executives.