Bits about Money yearly recap and plans

Crypto advocates kicked off a recent, somewhat politicized, discussion of debanking. Strap in for scintillating banking compliance trivia.

Recommendations of works of fiction of interest to financial practitioners or enthusiasts.

Regulation-induced monocultures meet unfortunate but explicable engineering decisions.

Title insurance is grossly overpriced relative to actual risks involved. Why is that?

Ever transferred assets between brokerages? Impressive, terrifying machinations happened in the background. No cats were harmed.