President Joe Biden signed a massive, sweeping “whole-of-government” Executive Order outlining the benefits and risks of digital assets and their associated technologies. The move comes as little surprise as Biden had been planning some sort of executive action in the wake of cryptocurrency’s continued expansion into mainstream finance and its apparent impact on international politics.

Russia’s recent aggression in Ukraine has set off a complex chain reaction of military, humanitarian and economic activity that has seeped into nearly every facet of intercontinental relations. As world leaders continue to evaluate their responses, so too has the private sector; this includes the ever-relevant financial technology community.

The rapid adoption of fintech banking services was already underway before the COVID-19 pandemic catalyzed a broader transition toward remote banking. Now, the acceleration away from traditional brick-and-mortar banking has demanded legacy institutions reimagine how they build their workforce. To that end, a new report from Eightfold AI has analyzed workforce trends and benchmarked them in the context of the fintech landscape.

F-Prime Capital launched a new index aimed at tracking the performance of the most disruptive publicly traded companies operating across the full spectrum of the financial technology sector.