Like the proverbial bad penny, Silicon Valley Bank is back. The beleaguered financial institution, which earlier this year was the poster child for mismanagement and was the focal point of concerns about the stability of the banking system, has launched a new marketing campaign. The “Yes, SVB” campaign is designed to make consumers aware that […]Read More
The Brief Podcast Financial and economic news can be confusing under the best of circumstances. But how differing media platforms report on the complexities of banking, corporate earnings and regulatory actions cane make those circumstances more difficult than they need to be. Listen to more The Brief PodcastRead More
The internet is place of light, hope and community where people can engage with the rest of the world. It is also a dark pool of misinformation, lies and conspiracy theories where trolls and fraudsters spin their webs. Let’s take a (mercifully) shallow dive and see what’s bubbling to the surface. It doesn’t take long […]Read More
Financial and economic news can be confusing under the best of circumstances. But how different media platforms report on the complexities of banking, corporate earnings and regulatory actions can make those circumstances more difficult than they need to be. While economists and industry insiders know the lingo and are familiar with the issues, the general […]Read More
On March 10, Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, causing a disturbance in the financial force. A little over a month and a half later, the Federal Reserve Board released a report detailing the bank’s shortcomings, as well as its own. But instead of simply closing the barn door after the horses bolted, the Fed is making […]Read More
In a recent speech on Innovation and the Future of Finance, Federal Reserve Board Gov. Christopher Waller spoke eloquently about the role of innovation in society. And while he was focused primarily on the possibilities the blockchain and artificial intelligence bring to banking, he identified – perhaps unintentionally – a deeper issue regarding the limits […]Read More
If stories about artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency make you nervous or you’re worried that the robot apocalypse may be a real thing, you better skip Deloitte Insights Tech Trends 2023 report. While the look ahead doesn’t include an inevitable subjugation to our AI overlords, it does paint a picture of an increasingly tech-heavy – and […]Read More
Buried underneath the bigger headlines in the final days of the first quarter of 2023 was a nugget of good news about the economy. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Nasdaq index and the S&P 500 all ended the quarter with a surge, adding confirmation to signs of an uptrend in the […]Read More
Whether we are in the midst of a temporary blip in the financial services industry or at the beginning of the Great Banking Crisis of 2023 is something for time and economic historians to decide. But if journalism is “the first rough draft of history” as Philip Graham said when he was president and publisher […]Read More
