The first U.S. bank failure of 2026 hits: Chicago’s Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust closed, FDIC transfers deposits to First Independence Bank. No depositor losses, no panic — but small banks are brittle under high interest rates, a warning sign for the system. #BankingCrisis #FinancialFragility

BasisPointInsight.com - Deregulation in an Age of Imperial Ambition by Srinath Sridharan Washington’s push to unwind post-crisis safeguards signals a deeper shift: political ambition overtaking regulatory discipline. As US institutions dilute standards they once enforced globally, the cre...

2/4 When capital buffers are relaxed and political priorities override prudential logic, the credibility of the so-called rules-based order begins to fracture.

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