Three signals Rick Mavrovich is watching closely this week: the fintech-to-bank acquisition pattern and what it means for community and regional banks with active partnership programs, AI-assisted core migration tooling and whether it finally shifts the cost-benefit calculus for institutions deferring the core decision, and the regulatory coordination gap between an already-active CSBS AI framework and federal third-party risk guidance still in proposed form. This is forward-looking analysis for banking executives who need to think ahead of the next announcement, not react to it.
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