February, 2025

February, 2025

Canada Won’t Lift Tariffs Until Trump Does the Same
Canada reportedly won’t lift its retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. if the U.S. leaves its levies in place. That’s according to a senior government official, who told Bloomberg News on Wednesday (Mar...

Amazon-Owned One Medical CEO Trent Green to Move to NRC Health
The CEO of Amazon-owned One Medical, Trent Green, will leave that position to become CEO of National Research Corporation, a publicly traded provider of healthcare solutions doing business as NRC Heal...

This Week in Crypto: A Flock of Black Swan Events
The cryptocurrency sector is in turmoil after a dramatic week. That, of course, is nothing new for crypto — but what is new is the reason for the turmoil: ongoing action from the seat of power in W...

Bank of England Weighs New Capital Thresholds for Smaller Lenders
The Bank of England is weighing an increase to its retail deposits leverage ratio threshold. Such a move, the central bank’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) said Wednesday (March 5), would...

Google Unveils Expanded AI Overviews and Experimental AI Mode
Google said Wednesday (March 5) that it launched two updates for its artificial intelligence features: expanded AI Overviews and a limited, experimental offering called AI Mode. “With our new AI fea...

FDIC Regulatory Revamp May Smooth Path to Bank Mergers, Formations and FinTech Partnerships
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), like other regulatory agencies, is rapidly being reshaped. The very structure of the agency may be drastically altered. A continuing rollback of rules and e...

Solana (SOL) Blockchain Is Consistently Outperforming Ethereum (ETH) – Report
Coin Metrics noted that the Solana blockchain has emerged as a key player in the web3 and crypto ecosystem, due to its relatively high throughput, fairly low transaction costs, and a fast-growing ecos...

Block’s February Plunge Highlights Challenges for Fintechs while Stripe Benefits from Remaining Private
February 2025 marked a difficult month for fintech companies (even though tech stocks in general have been seeing downward price pressure as well), with Block (NASDAQ:SQ) – once a major player in th...

CFPB Drops Zelle Fraud Lawsuit Against Major US Banking Institutions
In a significant shift in regulatory approach, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has dropped its lawsuit against three of the largest U.S. banks—JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and We...

US Department of Treasury Sanctions Bitcoin (BTC) and Monero (XMR) Crypto Addresses Linked to Darknet Marketplace Nemesis
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Iran-based Behrouz Parsarad, the sole administrator of Nemesis, an online darknet marketplace, which was subj...

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