Newborns, Tips and Decoding the New Rules

Glen unpacks key provisions of the recent US tax/spending bill with help from his expert friends: the Defense Credit Union Council's Jason Stverak on $1,000 newborn accounts, and credit union lifer Lou Grilli on the "no tax on tips" details. Also- has Big Tech determined that regulation isn't so bad after all?    Links related to this episode:   The DCUC's call for the US Treasury to include credit unions in the newborn account rollout:  https://www.dcuc.org/news/dcuc-to-treasury-include-credit-unions-in-trump-accounts-rollout-for-newborns  Bloomberg's coverage of JPM Chase's plan to charge for open banking data: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/jpmorgan-tells-fintechs-they-have-to-pay-up-for-customer-data?embedded-checkout=true  The Wall Street Journal on tech firms' desire for federal AI regulation, and why it's unlikely by 2026:  https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-setback-tech-firms-renew-push-for-federal-ai-regulation-cc2b26d5  Labor/Employment law firm Littler's take on the "No Tax on Tips" provision: https://www.littler.com/news-analysis/asap/what-employers-need-know-about-no-tax-tips-and-no-tax-overtime   Today's newborns are tomorrow's youth bankers; for more on that topic, check out our recent CU Town Hall featuring Marcell King, CEO of Incent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GkfKtp26Xw  The Defense Credit Union Council: https://www.dcuc.org/  World Credit Union Conference: https://www.woccu.org/#trendingnow    Check out https://www.bigmerger.ai/ for details on how BIG has turbocharged its 20 years of credit union M&A experience with an AI-assisted framework that delivers successful conversions with remarkable speed, full data privacy and zero member downtime. Read about how BIG enabled the UCCU/TransWest core system merger in just 5 months. Join us on Bluesky!  @bigfintech.bsky.social;  @154advisors.bsky.social (Glen); @jbfintech.bsky.social (John) And connect on LinkedIn for insights like the Friday Fintech Five: https://www.linkedin.com/company/best-innovation-group/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbfintech/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/glensarvady/