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The potential for more convergence between financial products and physical products raises a whole host of data and privacy issues that banks must deal with proactively.

Presidential candidates' arguments to stop the Federal Reserve from paying interest on banks' excess reserves betray a poor understanding of monetary policy and why the Fed began the practice. Here's why.

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Fed Holds Steady: In its first meeting of 2016, the Federal Open Market Committee chose to keep interest rates the same, as expected, but the central bank did not rule out future increases. The FOMC post-meeting statement conveyed concerns about global growth and the state of financial markets. To some observers, that indicates the Fed's view of the economy has worsened since it hiked rates in December, according to the New York...

The combination of falling stock prices, higher-risk strategies and signs of worsening credit quality does not bode well for the industry's road ahead.

Receiving Wide Coverage ... AIG's Restructuring Examined: American Insurance Group released its plans Tuesday for a corporate restructuring aimed at appeasing restless investors, but already critics have begun to poke holes in the plan. The insurer plans to separate its company into nine units that can be spun off at any time. It plans an initial public offering for its mortgage insurance unit and decided to create a legacy portfolio for non-strategic assets in a mannerÂ...