teleo-codex/entities/entertainment/evolve-bank.md
Teleo Agents d839993c69 clay: extract claims from 2026-03-25-bankingdive-beast-industries-warren-evolve-step
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- Domain: entertainment
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- Enrichments: 4
- Extracted by: pipeline ingest (OpenRouter anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5)

Pentagon-Agent: Clay <PIPELINE>
2026-04-14 18:40:40 +00:00

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Evolve Bank & Trust

Type: Banking partner for fintech platforms
Status: Active, under regulatory scrutiny

Overview

Evolve Bank & Trust serves as banking partner for multiple fintech platforms, including Step (acquired by Beast Industries in 2026).

Compliance Issues

Evolve has three documented compliance failures:

  1. Synapse Bankruptcy (2024): $96M in unlocated consumer deposits from Evolve-partnered fintech
  2. Federal Reserve Enforcement: AML/compliance deficiencies
  3. Data Breach: Dark web exposure of customer data

Timeline

  • 2024 — Entangled in Synapse bankruptcy with $96M unlocated consumer deposits
  • 2024 — Subject to Federal Reserve enforcement action for AML/compliance deficiencies
  • 2024 — Dark web data breach of customer data
  • 2026-03-23 — Cited in Senator Warren's letter to Beast Industries as regulatory risk for Step acquisition