A practitioner-written newsletter on how AI and technology are changing local banks and credit unions, covering strategy, vendor dependence and institutional focus. Issues mix personal anecdotes with arguments and interviews with banking executives.
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Long-form essays on financial infrastructure such as payments, banking regulation, fraud and compliance, written from an insider's perspective. Readers get historical context, regulatory explanation and analysis of live policy controversies.
Weekly essays on the financial sector from a former hedge fund manager, mixing market data, history and personal anecdotes. Readers get analysis of bank earnings, financing trends such as AI infrastructure debt, and the use of AI tools in investment research.
Patrick McKenzie reads and expands on his Bits about Money essays about the plumbing of the financial system, such as payments finality, credit card economics and charitable giving infrastructure. Each episode pairs an explanation of how the system works with concrete case studies and updated postscripts.
A financial stability researcher's occasional notes on banking, Federal Reserve emergency lending and stablecoin reserve models, written with a clear analytical voice. Readers get historical context and policy-minded analysis of risks that are often glossed over in public debate.
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