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The OCC is approving "bank" charters at a record pace, but a national trust bank cannot take your deposits, make loans, or carry FDIC insurance. Here is what the label actually buys, what happens when the ledger behind an app breaks, and how to check where your money really sits.
Banks are spending billions on AI infrastructure they are legally prohibited from properly using. A 15-year-old Federal Reserve mandate and fair-lending laws form an unbreakable firewall against deep learning models in core bank operations.
In a historic regulatory shift, the OCC has granted Ripple conditional approval for a National Trust Bank charter. Here's why this changes everything.