This Month at Endurance #42

Banking – Regulatory

Trump Advisers Seek to Shrink or Eliminate Bank Regulators

The Trump transition team has started to explore pathways to dramatically shrink, consolidate or even eliminate the top bank watchdogs in Washington. [Subscription Required]

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What's Next? Legal Insights for the First 100 Days of the Trump Administration

It is reasonable to expect shifts in business priorities, regulatory policies and legal frameworks when Trump is inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2025.

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an Unseen Financial Threat Looms Before Trump and his Treasury

We all know about the country's bloated national debt, the continuous erosion of the purchasing power of many Americans, and the many other well-chronicled economic challenges the country faces. But it is the threats we don't see or hear about that often pose the most immediate and significant peril.

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Cato Institute Report to the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge)

DOGE's focus on reversing a decades-long power grab by regulatory agencies that has strangled American businesses, shackled consumers, raised the costs of innovation, and imposed an intolerable bureaucratic burden on all Americans is welcome.

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Markets & Finance

the Four Trump Policies Most Likely to Impact Economic Growth

It's helpful to think about these issues in terms of a ledger: One column for policies likely to have a positive impact, and one column for policies likely to have a negative impact.

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Inside Economics - November Jobs: Back on Track

Inside Economics podcast team discusses the latest U.S. employment report. After several volatile months due to hurricanes and labor strikes, the job market found its footing in November.

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Banking – Ai

the Ai Tipping Point: How Banks Will Drive Results in 2025

As this year draws to a close, AI's momentum continues to build as early adopters see tangible results from their investments. Four key trends will drive gen AI adoption for banking in 2025.

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2025 Ai Trends in Financial Management

Clear use cases for AI are emerging. The 2025 survey on AI in midsize U.S. companies provides new data on how company CFOs and PE leaders are using AI for payments, cashflow forecasting, and customer support.

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Ai-Bank of the Future: Can Banks Meet the Ai Challenge?

Artificial intelligence technologies are increasingly integral to the world we live in, and banks need to deploy these technologies at scale to remain relevant.

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Ai in Banking: Ai Will Be an Incremental Game Changer

Banks are adopting generative AI, which promises earnings growth, improvements to decision-making, and better risk management. But it also comes with new risks, concerns, and costs.

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Ai Could Lift the Oil Industry's Profits

Over the past 15 years, oil drillers have turned the Permian Basin into the most important oil basin in the world. Now they're tapping a new technology to keep the crude flowing for decades more: artificial intelligence.

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What the Iran Conflict Taught Business Leaders

The February 2026 US-Israel operation, read through Kagan, Kissinger, Toll & Ferguson. What it teaches business leaders about diplomacy, decision speed & institutional resilience.

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The Administrative Load: When Systems Drift Away from Value

Healthcare & finance keep adding layers of intermediation between payment & value. A systems view of why complexity accumulates, when it stops serving purpose, & what resilience through alignment looks like.

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Surviving the Shadow: My Journey with Cancer and the Power, and Importance, of Early Detection

Stage 3B Hodgkin's lymphoma at 22, in 1984, when there were no records of long-term survival at that stage. A first-person case for early detection and for taking ownership of your own diagnosis.

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9/11 - A Personal Perspective by Stephen K. Curry

From the 48th floor of 9 West 57th, four miles north. An account of the day, the roll call that ran past midnight, and the colleagues who did not make it home.

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This Month at Endurance #46

Firm newsletter featuring Sandip Bhatlawande on the risk-reward balance of AI in banking.

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This Month at Endurance #45

Firm newsletter featuring Stephen Curry on a year of learning how AI is used in financial services.

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This Month at Endurance #44

Firm newsletter on Governor Bowman, expected Fed supervision changes, and what they may mean for bank regulation.

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This Month at Endurance #43

Firm newsletter on technology, politics, and Marc Andreessen's comments on using technology to drive societal progress.

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This Month at Endurance #42

Firm newsletter covering a Trump-era proposal to shrink or eliminate federal bank regulators, plus related banking notes.

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This Month at Endurance #41

Firm newsletter outlining expected U.S. administration policy positions and their implications for business.

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This Month at Endurance #40

Firm newsletter on First National Bank of Central Texas completing an ERM implementation led by Endurance Advisory.

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This Month at Endurance #39

Firm newsletter highlighting Endurance commentary on banking-as-a-service scrutiny and fintech-partner risk in 2024.