1 Jul 2021

10-Q, Member Exclusive

Huntington wants to win small businesses before they become banking customers

• Huntington is looking for its next small-business customers before they need a bank.
• With 1866 Studio, it’s betting that helping entrepreneurs solve everyday business problems now could earn it a role in their financial decisions later.

Culture and Talent, Member Exclusive, Opinion

AI can eat jobs, but companies still have to build the workforce

• AI can eliminate tasks and jobs, but companies still need to build the skills, talent pipelines, and workforce needed for what comes next.
• From entry-level training to decades of institutional knowledge, the risk is that companies cut work faster than they build the people and capabilities to replace it.

10-Q

The Week in Market Moves | Oct 22 – 29, 2026

• This analysis tracks recent specific company developments and how markets responded, anchored to Thursday's close.
• This week’s prominent moves came from PayPal, Block, Robinhood, PNC Financial, and Coinbase.

Blockchain and Crypto, Partner

At Meridian, tokenized assets on Stellar go to work

• Stellar Development Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon wants the roughly $5 billion in tokenized assets on the network, most of which already earn yield, to become collateral and to be used in repo and lending.
• Figure described a yield-bearing dollar that banks and fintechs can mint, and M1X Global described a Marshall Islands sovereign bond used in repo and as collateral.

Blockchain and Crypto, Partner

At Meridian, Stellar makes the case that utility should drive the network

• SDF framed Meridian's opening day around a utility era for Stellar and XLM.
• Institutions announced products on the network, and the advice for banks that want to follow was to start with a customer and a regulator.