Brian Knight

Brian Knight is senior research fellow in the Financial Markets Working Group with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

CONTRIBUTED STORIES

Fintech regulations

BankThink No need to fight over the OCC's fintech charter

Federal and state regulators are at odds over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s new licensing program, but there are ways to improve current law to appease both sides.

By Brian Knight

October 17

4 Min Read

Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting

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Treasurys

Treasuries rise on signs government shutdown is hurting economy

While the shutdown has delayed the release of federally-compiled statistics, economists at Citigroup Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group said state-level data suggested initial jobless claims increased last week.

By Elizabeth Stanton and Michael MacKenzie

4h ago
Federal Reserve

Month-end Treasury trading trounces other days, NY Fed finds

Over the past two years, volume in the $30 trillion US government bond market was about 58% higher than average on the last trading day of the month, the New York Fed found.

By Carter Johnson

October 9
Securitization

Cajun Global sets out to raise $363.1 million from franchise revenue

Revenue from 1,449 restaurant locations in 26 states, secured notes from Cajun Global, which primarily, gets its cash flows from top-line royalty payments from the system's franchise locations.

By Donna M. Mitchell

October 9