Rob Blackwell

Chief Content Officer of @IntraFi. Host of Banking with Interest podcast. Former Editor-in-Chief of @amerbanker. Opinions my own. Author:

[Rob Blackwell @robblackwellAB]

Pretty sure this will go down as my favorite tweet of all time. https://t.co/lSXxqNg221

[William Shatner @WilliamShatner]

Blackwell you are such Rain in my parade! 😤😝 https://t.co/QLZUru4LFb

[Rob Blackwell @robblackwellAB]

When you put it that way, it sounds bad.

[Jeff Horwitz @JeffHorwitz]

Among the newly discovered extracurricular activities of OpenAI agents of late -- sharing anonymized user data gathered for training purposes!

More from Reuters: https://t.co/S4Z6ActGr0

[Punchbowl News @PunchbowlNews]

VAULT: Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger will step back as the organization’s leader in mid-October. The decision comes just days after the Senate’s collapse of the crypto industry’s top legislative priority.

@BrendanPedersen has the story:
https://t.co/ZnfzBXH85B

[Rob Blackwell @robblackwellAB]

The band @U2 was formed 50 years ago today. Please celebrate as you see fit, but their new single dropped yesterday. https://t.co/YoQ1FQXtUo

[Josh Dawsey @jdawsey1]

First excerpt of the Evan Gershkovich book is out: https://t.co/8qUbE3Q95v

[Brendan Pedersen @BrendanPedersen]

President Trump says Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will not be AI czar. “Number One, he doesn’t want to.”

[Punchbowl News @PunchbowlNews]

Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee led by Ranking Member Maxine Waters urged federal bank regulators to delay their push to update the Community Reinvestment Act.

@BrendanPedersen has the latest:
https://t.co/Itmx1kieGv

[Lydia Beyoud @ElleBeyoud]

Scoop from @amacker & @kjspeaks truth:

The FDIC just learned about Polymarket's contracts on potential bank failures and...isn't best pleased. On @theterminal now.

[Rob Blackwell @robblackwellAB]

Seems like a problem!

[Andrew Ackerman @amacker]

Nice scoop here with @kjspeakstruth: Polymarket's bets on individual bank failures are raising eyebrows in DC. Some worry these markets could grow & fuel a real-world bank run. FDIC officials also wondered if internal ethics rules strong enuf.
https://t.co/NLBoXkj4gC

[Andrew Ackerman @amacker]

Nice scoop here with @kjspeakstruth: Polymarket's bets on individual bank failures are raising eyebrows in DC. Some worry these markets could grow & fuel a real-world bank run. FDIC officials also wondered if internal ethics rules strong enuf.
https://t.co/NLBoXkj4gC

[Rob Blackwell @robblackwellAB]

Is it a coincidence that Avengers: Endgame is out again in theaters as this news broke?

I mean, yes, absolutely it is, obviously. But it can allow someone a good lede if they want it.

[Victoria Guida @vtg2]

The endgame to Basel endgame?

@AidenReiter scooplet: The Federal Reserve and other regulators are hoping to hold an open meeting to finalize a major bank capital package in the second or third week of December.
https://t.co/GsLLgAWaeT

[Victoria Guida @vtg2]

The endgame to Basel endgame?

@AidenReiter scooplet: The Federal Reserve and other regulators are hoping to hold an open meeting to finalize a major bank capital package in the second or third week of December.
https://t.co/GsLLgAWaeT

[Jill Castilla @JillCastilla]

Rob and I have had so many challenging conversations on difficult subjects over the past 15 years - excited to sit down and have one in front of community banking leaders. Can’t wait, @robblackwellAB!

[Rob Blackwell @robblackwellAB]

Me too! It's going to be fun!

[Jill Castilla @JillCastilla]

Rob and I have had so many challenging conversations on difficult subjects over the past 15 years - excited to sit down and have one in front of community banking leaders. Can’t wait, @robblackwellAB!

[Jill Castilla @JillCastilla]

If you’re in DC, there’s still time to register for #mbs2026 at https://t.co/khlkDmB887. I’m excited for our AMBA board meeting & chatting onstage with Fed Vice Chair of Supervision Miki Bowman and @IntraFi’s Rob Blackwell!

[Rob Blackwell @robblackwellAB]

@MarcHochstein Yeah, it was a Mick Mulvaney thing. He insisted the real name was BCFP not CFPB. But Kathy Kraninger abandoned that idea.

[Rob Blackwell @robblackwellAB]

Bet I know which agency they are talking about!

[ProPublica @propublica]

It was a rare federal dataset that captured human emotions. Consumers could have their complaints about American businesses published for all to see.

For years, corporations have critiqued the system. Now the narratives are no longer being published.
https://t.co/Z9FXRSKito

[Variety @Variety]

Dolly Parton’s “last recorded vocal performance” is a duet with Bono on the closing track of U2’s first album in nine years.

The song is described as “a tender country song detailing broken family ties that holds wider resonances.”

https://t.co/diHTfllHct

[Rob Blackwell @robblackwellAB]

@carney Do I get points for seeing something and regretting it?

[Kiah Lau Haslett is a bank reporter (she/her) @khaslett]

🤔 Open banking regulations and frameworks in the United States are part Sisyphus and part Schrödinger's cat. Agentic AI may finally force the issue — or cause banks to flounder in the regulatory vacuum.

🔑 Panelists at FDATA argued, quite persuasively IMO, that well-structured open banking frameworks that cover read, and increasingly write, access may be the best way for financial institutions to prepare for agentic AI.

🤖 AI agents that can take action on the behalf of users are being built right now, whether banks are ready or not. The frontier labs will make sure of that. The next set of problems for entities will involve KYA: who the agent is, who it's acting for, what it's permitted to do and whether those permissions can be revoked.

🌍 Meanwhile, global banks operating in open banking jurisdictions are already making these investments. U.S. banks holding off on doing anything due to the legal and regulatory morass may be falling behind in ways they may not fully feel yet.

👩🏻‍💻 You can read my dispatch about the FDATA 2026 summit this week in my newsletter here: https://t.co/FEbna2rNp3

[Rob Blackwell @robblackwellAB]

@RiotRMD I'm really sorry for your loss. Losing one parent is tough enough; two around the same time is extraordinarily challenging. Hope you are doing well and that your positive memories of them help give you some comfort.