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Arleas Upton Kea is deputy to the chairman and chief operating officer at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Kate Laminack is a model risk management and validation analyst II at Regions Bank. The opinions expressed in this article are statements of the author’s opinion, are intended only for informational purposes, and are not formal opinions of, nor binding on Regions Bank, its parent company, Regions Financial Corp. and their subsidiaries, and any representation to the contrary is expressly disclaimed.

Tessa Breslin is managing director, Americas at YSC Consulting, an independent consultancy that helps organizations understand if they have the leadership needed to achieve their future strategies. Breslin specializes in individual assessment along with development and coaching of high-potential leaders, especially women.

Paolo Sironi is an author on economics, finance and technology. He is elected member of IBM Industry Academy and mentors top managers on business model transformation in the digital era.

Freddie Mac saw a decline in net profit in 2019 due to decreased interest rate income, lower amortization revenue and risk-reducing investment costs, but its consecutive-quarter results improved.

Sri Gowd is senior director of North American deposits at Nomis Solutions, where he is responsible for managing all aspects of consulting, project delivery, advisory services and ongoing support for several of the top retail banks in the U.S. and Canada. Previously, Gowd served as director of global consulting at Fractal Analytics, where he managed a team of analytic and business resources focused on solving key strategic problems for financial services firms.

Scott Stewart is CEO of the Innovative Lending Platform Association.

Andy Rachleff is co-founder and CEO of Wealthfront, a next-gen banking service for millennials. He is also the chairman of the University of Pennsylvania endowment and teaches a course on entrepreneurship at Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

Amit Sharma is CEO of FinClusive, a hybrid fin/regtech company that provides a blockchain-enabled digital banking, routing and payments platform that's securely accessible for underserved, excluded or financially challenged consumers. More details about the Task Force's upcoming meetings, membership and "rulebook" can be found on the Compliance and Payments Task Force meeting page.

Fannie Mae identified the adoption of hedge accounting and regular issuance of multifamily Connecticut Avenue Securities deals as among strategies it could continue to pursue while navigating regulatory uncertainties and change.