Green Finance Briefing: ESG giving rise to a new political divide

Banking, Member Exclusive

What happens when the biggest bank starts thinking like a tech firm? The 3 pillars transforming J.P. Morgan’s banking model

• With every passing year, J.P. Morgan is taking deliberate steps to rearchitect how its financial infrastructure works — internally, externally, and everywhere in between.
• It’s doing that through three interlocking shifts across three fronts: AI, embedded finance, and blockchain rails.

10-Q, Member Exclusive

How Coinbase is putting a crypto spin on old-school finance

Member Exclusive, Payments

With its deposit token debut, J.P. Morgan is setting the pace for global banks in bringing institutional finance on-chain

• In June this year, J.P. Morgan launched a USD J.P. Morgan Deposit Token (JPMD) proof-of-concept (PoC) on Base, a public blockchain built by Coinbase.
• Even if the use cases are still gestating, the move invites a closer look; what problems JPM thinks it’s solving, why now, and how this could reshape the pipes of business-to-business money movement in the long run.

10-Q, Member Exclusive

Rethinking Regional: Why some of the most interesting moves in banking are no longer just a Wall Street story

• Between the hometown feel of community banks and the reach of global giants, regional players like PNC and Truist are making effective moves to merge tradition with innovation.
• In today’s 10Q edition, we explore the strategies behind their momentum.

Artificial Intelligence, Member Exclusive, SMB Finance

How Intuit is designing embedded AI agents in QuickBooks to serve SMBs

• Traditional automation has helped with repetitive tasks, but often falls short when workflows get complex or unpredictable. In addition, key data remains siloed.
• Intuit is tackling this issue by embedding AI agents directly into QuickBooks, supporting core functions like payments, accounting, finance, and customer support to better serve SMBs.