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"This One Smells": Ex-CIA Analyst Says Russian Death Toll Leak Arrived Right On Cue - "This One Smells": Ex-CIA Analyst Says Russian Death Toll Leak Arrived Right On Cue Authored by Larry C. Johnson via Sonar21,In the intelligence business, timing is everything. On February 5, 2026, Finland's National Defence University, which is hardly a Kremlin front, posted a paper by Alexander Grable titled "Irretrievable Losses: Casualties in the Russo-Ukraine War (2022 - prese...

More Cancer Cases But Fewer Deaths In Hong Kong - More Cancer Cases But Fewer Deaths In Hong Kong Hong Kong has made considerable progress in reducing cancer deaths, despite a steady increase in diagnoses over the past four decades. Between 1983 and 2023, annual new cases rose from approximately 15,000 to 38,000, while the age-adjusted mortality rate fell from 136.7 to 71.1 per 100,000 people. Cancer nevertheless remains the city'...

Noted Anthropologist Tells Rogan Indonesian Villagers Described 'Hobbits' Before Scientists Found Their Bones - Noted Anthropologist Tells Rogan Indonesian Villagers Described 'Hobbits' Before Scientists Found Their Bones Canadian anthropologist Gregory Forth told Joe Rogan this week that villagers on the Indonesian island of Flores were describing small, ape-like "hobbit" creatures to him more than a year before scientists announced the bones of Homo floresiensis, the extinct human relative...

"They Test The Jesus In Me": Pennsylvania Truckers Pushed To Their Limits As Diesel Prices Soar - "They Test The Jesus In Me": Pennsylvania Truckers Pushed To Their Limits As Diesel Prices Soar In Pennsylvania, truck drivers are being pushed to their limits as skyrocketing diesel prices eat into their earnings, leaving many frustrated and struggling to keep their businesses running.For Lamar Buckwalter, owner of Buckwalter Trucking LLC, the mounting cost of keeping his trucks o...

"Texas Will Be Red Again": Cruz Opens 'Saving Texas' HQ After Democrat Rout - "Texas Will Be Red Again": Cruz Opens 'Saving Texas' HQ After Democrat Rout Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times,Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) office on Tuesday announced the senator will launch a new headquarters for his "Saving Texas" initiative following major losses in his state during last week's midterm elections.In a statement from Cruz released by his communications di...

"We'll Be Seeing You Son": Jailed Murderer Sends Russell Brand A Chilling Message From Prison - "We'll Be Seeing You Son": Jailed Murderer Sends Russell Brand A Chilling Message From Prison A drill rapper serving life for murder has sent Russell Brand a message from inside prison after the comedian was jailed for rape: "Russell Brand you naughty boy, we'll be seeing you son."Terngu Agera, who raps as Mover, posted the line on Snapchat over a photo of a prison window on Monday...

"Best Massage Ever": Final GOP Epstein Report Drags Obama's White House Counsel, Clears Trump - "Best Massage Ever": Final GOP Epstein Report Drags Obama's White House Counsel, Clears Trump House Oversight Republicans on Tuesday released their final word on Jeffrey Epstein, a 137-page report concluding that the crimes Epstein committed after 2005 "could have been prevented and justice served had it not been for the repeated failures of law enforcement and federal prosecutors....

Putin's Man In Washington Dies "Suddenly" At 66, Then Moscow Rewrites The Story - Putin's Man In Washington Dies "Suddenly" At 66, Then Moscow Rewrites The Story Alexander Darchiev, Russia's ambassador to the United States, has died at 66, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday, saying only that he "passed away suddenly."◾️ The Russian Foreign Ministry announces with profound sorrow that Alexander Darchiev, Ambassador of Russia to the USA, passed away ...

Mississippi Goes Blue: Democrat Scott Colom Ousts "100% MAGA" Hyde-Smith - Mississippi Goes Blue: Democrat Scott Colom Ousts "100% MAGA" Hyde-Smith Democrat Scott Colom has unseated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi, NBC News, CNN and the Associated Press projected Wednesday. President Trump carried the state by 23 points in 2024, and the win gives Democrats at least 55 Senate seats next year.CNN PROJECTS THAT SCOTT COLOM WINS THE SENATE RAC...

Tom Homan Has A Message For Open Border Democrats As Third Worlder Caravan Nears Southern Border - Tom Homan Has A Message For Open Border Democrats As Third Worlder Caravan Nears Southern Border For several weeks, we've tracked the third-worlder caravan heading north towards the US southern border, made up largely of migrants from Honduras, and now tracking through southern Mexico. .@OscarRamirezTJ tells @JackPosobiec that Democrats "are waiting on the migrant George Floyd" as ...

Nasdaq futures fall as Nvidia sinks 8% after hours on report board may oust Huang - Stock futures were sliding Wednesday evening as a selloff in shares of Nvidia after the closing bell weighed on the Nasdaq-100 and dragged down shares of other chip makers.

‘The thought of living to 100 terrifies me’: Is Social Security a giant Ponzi scheme? - There is already a demographic ‘run’ on Social Security.

Here’s how Bernie Sanders wants to keep Social Security solvent ‘for generations’ - The Vermont senator aims to eliminate the taxable maximum, making the wealthy pay more in taxes

Nvidia’s stock drops as the board reportedly prepares to remove CEO Jensen Huang - Nvidia’s board of directors reportedly met late Wednesday to determine the CEO’s fate.

‘I’m sick of flying’: I paid for priority boarding, but the overhead bins were full. Was I duped? - “Maybe next time I’ll try the other approach: I’ll board whenever I feel like it and drop my suitcase in the first open slot I see.”

I’m 63 and spending $95,000 on a roof deck for my $500,000 home. Am I being extravagant? - “I have a net worth of $2.3 million and my only debt is a 15-year mortgage.”

Your holiday credit-card bills are going up. What you can do to ease the pain. - The government may have lost a month of inflation data, but don’t expect your credit card’s annual percentage rate to decline because of it.

CoreWeave just gave a shot in the arm to Micron, Lumentum and the rest of the AI trade - CoreWeave’s improved AI economics and its vow to show some discipline around debt are sparking a broad rally across the chip sector.

Opening trading-card packs has become a $2 billion market. New apps are trying to cash in. - Pack-ripping apps are changing the way people buy and sell cards. But analysts say their “slot-like payoff” raises risks.

Falling oil prices are no longer enough to bring down borrowing costs in the world’s most important bond market - The tight trading relationship between oil prices and Treasury yields has broken down. It’s a sign that inflation concerns are extending beyond the energy shock.

Nvidia board meeting to decide CEO Jensen Huang’s fate stretches into evening - Nvidia's board is meeting days after CEO Jensen Huang admitted to an affair with a woman who is believed by U.S. intelligence of being a Chinese spy.

What we know so far about Nvidia partner Megaspeed’s Asia footprint - Megaspeed is at the center of a U.S. probe over its role in sending billions of restricted Nvidia chips to China, and its executive's alleged affair with Jensen Huang.

Elon Musk says it would be an 'honor' to hire Nvidia's Jensen Huang - The post on X comes amid reports that Nvidia's board is preparing to oust Huang.

Nasdaq-100 futures slide, dragged lower as Nvidia sell-off resumes: Live updates - All three of the major averages rallied on Wednesday, driven by gains in CoreWeave and a rebound in Nvidia.

The world's super-rich are piling into alternative investments. Here's why - Alternative investments now account for 60% of single-family office portfolios, surpassing traditional assets for the first time, according to BNY Wealth.

Analysis: Is Nvidia too big to fail? Its AI financing web raises the stakes - The tech giant's web of ties to other companies is raising the possibility that it could do far-reaching economic and financial damage.

Consumers are showing signs of strain even as they keep spending, CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor shows - Retail sales rose at their slowest pace in nearly a year in October as American consumers showed signs of strain from high prices.

Consumer prices rose 0.4% in October, more than expected, complicating Fed's inflation fight - The report comes at a critical juncture for the Federal Reserve as it considers its next move regarding interest rates.

China's goods surplus tops $1 trillion for a second year amid calls for Beijing to rebalance trade - China's trade surplus topped $1 trillion as of October, potentially intensifying complaints from trading partners already wary over the glut of cheap Chinese goods.

3 unexpected reasons the October jobs report was so strong - October's jobs report blew past economist forecasts. Here are three reasons.

If GATA's work is worth something to you, please help us - 7:06p ET Wednesday, November 11, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: GATA would like to think it has had a good couple of weeks. First we brought you and the New Orleans Investment Conference a comprehensive summary of the last year's international intrigue about gold, bringing the secret knowledge of the financial universe out into the open so people outside the financial elites might act on th...

Reserve managers say gold is politically toxic to manage - By Levente KoroesCentral Banking, LondonWednesday, November 11, 2026 https://www.centralbanking.com/central-banks/reserves/7977907/reserve-managers-say-gold-is-politically-toxic-to-manage Gold is a politically difficult asset to manage as it about the "only thing that local politicians think they understand from a central bank balance sheet," a European reserve manager has told Central Banking'...

Vince Lanci: Is gold being spoofed lower again? - 9:26a ET Wednesday, November 11, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: In his commentary today at VBLGoldFix, Vince Lanci picks up on GATA's report yesterday -- https://gata.org/node/25114 -- about the sharp increases in the gold swaps undertaken by the Bank for International Settlements in September and October. Lanci concurs that the BIS is the coordinator of central bank efforts to restrain the...

Myrmikan's Dan Oliver: The gold cycle turns - 7:24a ET Wednesday, November 11, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Dan Oliver of Myrmikan Capital in New York writes this week that there will be pressure to sell gold to avert default as the artificial intelligence bubble deflates and high interest rates make carrying debt too expensive. But he adds that the world is enveloped in the largest credit bubble in history, the artificial intelligen...

Russia's push to replace dollar with China's yuan collapses - From Bloomberg NewsTuesday, November 10, 2026 Russia has effectively abandoned attempts to replace the dollar with China's yuan under the pressure of U.S. secondary sanctions, underlining the difficulties facing other nations looking for an alternative global currency. Despite rising trade with China, the yuan's share in payments for Russian exports has halved this year to 22% from its peak in ...

Household Debts, Debt-to-Income Ratios, Delinquencies, Foreclosures, Collections & Bankruptcies in Q3 2026 - How Americans are handling their debts.

10-Year Treasury Yield Spikes as Inflation Spreads across Economy, Driven by Ugly Core Services CPI - Inflation refuses to go back into the bottle, especially non-housing services inflation. Prices of food and core goods also jumped. It was ugly all around.

Social Security Deficit Blows Out: Trust Fund, Income, Costs, Deficits, and Interest Rates in Fiscal 2026 - Three months before insolvency of the SS Trust Fund in 1983, Congress passed and Reagan signed a fix that lasted 40 years. Now Congress needs to stop dilly-dallying around.

Legal Tender Forces Gold Out - The government has many ways of forcing us to use their paper dollar as money. The tax on capital gains on gold (I wrote about this here) is one bullet in their gun. The legal tender law—U.S. Code ...

These Countries May Be Next To Accept Bitcoin as Legal Tender - One of the main knocks against cryptocurrency has always been that it will never gain universal adoption, meaning its usefulness will always be limited. This perhaps changed forever on September 7, ...

This Day In Market History: Legal Tender Act Of 1862 - What Happened? On this day in 1862, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Legal Tender Act into law. Where The Market Was: The Legal Tender Act predates both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones ...

Bill Introduced To Make Bitcoin A Legal Tender In Arizona - Senator Wendy Rogers has introduced a bill proposing to make bitcoin a legal tender in the U.S. state of Arizona. The bill seeks to add bitcoin to the list of instruments considered legal tender in ...

What Is Considered Legal Tender in the US? - "Legal tender" means that the financial instrument in question legally serves to pay any public or private debt. Federal law guarantees its printed value regardless of its intrinsic convertible value, ...

Bitcoin Core reveals bug that made thousands of nodes trust any stranger on Tor - The flaw was fixed in October 2025 and kept quiet until Tuesday. It came out alongside a high-severity bug that could stop a miner from producing blocks until someone restarted it.

Ripple’s bank-lending system moves closer to launch on the XRP Ledger - Lending support among the ledger’s 35 validators has climbed from 19 to 22 since mid-October, and no public tracker shows which validators switched.

Bitcoin listless, Nvidia perps crash 7% as CEO Jensen Huang reportedly faces the axe - Nvidia perps are down 7% on Hyperliquid as traders react to reports that CEO Jensen Huang may be removed. Bitcoin continues to trade in a familiar price range.

Crypto Long & Short: The GENIUS Act’s guarantees don’t cover DeFi lending - Institutions weighing DeFi lending tend to ask which markets are safest. Mike Hathaway and Joseph Quintilian of Ajna argue the better question is who can change a loan’s terms after the money is lent, and why a fully backed stablecoin offers no protection against a token vote or a faulty price feed.

OKXICE to debut tokenized stock trading with Strategy, Coinbase, Circle this month - After initial issuer pushback, the blockchain venue is set to start trading on Nov. 23 and said will list over 70 assets, including Strategy’s common and preferred shares and 59 of Direxion's ETFs.

Meet Spiko, the largest tokenized fund in the world you’ve probably never heard about - The firm’s flagship Spiko Amundi Overnight Swap Fund (SAFO) held $2.39 billion in assets under management as of late last month.

Live news: Bitcoin remains under pressure as CoreWeave, Nvidia lead AI rebound - The DRAM ETF jumps 8% and semiconductor stocks gain more than 4%, while bitcoin continues to test its 200-day moving average.

Bitcoin barely flinches at hot CPI as ETF selling slows - Your day-ahead look for Nov. 11, 2026

Bitcoin sits out stock rebound as ETF outflows extend to fourth day - Bitcoin held steady near $74,000 as Tuesday's hot inflation figure lifted the odds on a U.S. interest-rate increase to around 90%. ETF outflows extended to a fourth day and liquidations jumped.

Kraken's xStocks adds 200 UK and EU shares as its assets top $1.1 billion - Payward says xStocks holds over $1.1 billion. Each token is backed by a share but gives no ownership of the underlying company.

Polymarket Trims Staff and Contractors as It Eyes Going Public: Report - Polymarket laid off some full-time staff and significantly reduced the number of contractors it works with last week, Front Office Sports reported, as the prediction market reorganizes ahead of a possible initial public offering. A source disputed viral posts claiming the company cut 30% of its workforce. Contractors Told Their Agreements End Nov. 4 Polymarket […]

XRP Large Wallets Keep Growing Through a 30% Slide Toward $1.05 - XRP wallets holding at least 10,000 tokens increased as the cryptocurrency fell roughly 30% over seven weeks, according to Santiment. The firm viewed the divergence as an accumulation signal, with $1 emerging as the immediate price level to defend. XRP Large Wallet Count Expands During Price Decline Blockchain analytics firm Santiment highlighted growth in large […]

Bitcoin Faces Deeper Reset Risk as Bitfinex Warns of $70K Drop - Bitfinex warned that bitcoin risked a prolonged decline as weak fund flows, uneven corporate demand, and broader market pressures tested its recovery. The exchange also flagged growing futures exposure and steeper altcoin losses. Bitcoin Faces a $75,717 Recovery Test Crypto exchange Bitfinex warned Nov. 11 that bitcoin risked a deeper reset, meaning a prolonged decline, […]

BTC, ETH and XRP Fear Hits ‘Boiling Point’ as Rally Hopes Rise - Santiment reported bearish social sentiment across bitcoin, ethereum, and XRP as cryptocurrency prices faced renewed pressure. The analytics firm argued that widespread pessimism could create conditions for a recovery, with XRP recording the weakest ratio among the three assets. Bearish Commentary Outweighs Optimism Across Three Major Assets Santiment, a crypto analytics firm that tracks online...

Strategy Loses MSCI Index Spot as Bitcoin Bet Faces New Test - MSCI confirmed Strategy’s removal from its USA Index, setting up portfolio changes for funds tracking the benchmark. The decision followed a dispute over how the index provider classifies companies whose businesses center on holding assets. Funds Face Strategy’s November Index Exit Index provider MSCI named Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) for removal from its USA Index […]

Texans For Elliot Gaiser - I was very pleased to see that Elliot Gaiser was nominated to the Federal District Court for the Northern District… The post Texans For Elliot Gaiser appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Judge Richard Posner, RIP - Posner was one of the greatest legal scholars of all time, a founder of law and economics, and an enormously influential judge.

Ted Cruz Insists That James Comey's '86' Meant 'Kill,' Citing Nonexistent Mob Movies - Despite his avowed commitment to the First Amendment, the senator seems unfazed by the attempt to imprison the former FBI director for constitutionally protected speech.

He Spent 30 Days in Jail for Calling a Judge 'Cocksucker.' Pennsylvania's High Court Vacated His Sentence. - The single, vulgar comment didn't obstruct the court proceedings enough to support a criminal contempt conviction, the court ruled.

Rent Control Ballot Initiatives Won Almost Everywhere - In California, New Jersey, Maine, and Minnesota, voters opted to cap rents and impose more restrictions on landlords.

4th Circuit Rebukes Trump Administration for Asking LinkedIn To Turn Over Info on Critics in the News Media - The ruling sends the case back to a lower court, which must now weigh the First Amendment implications of the government’s request.

Democrats' Investigations Could Constitute 'Blatant Criminality,' Says White House Counsel - Democrats have warned the administration to "lawyer up" and prepare for "subpoenas." The White House countered that this could be illegal.

Why This Famous Tightrope Walker Is More Afraid of Government Rules Than Walking Across the Grand Canyon - Government-mandated risk aversion may protect people in some ways. But at what cost?

Who Is Left On The Bench For 2033? - Even if a Republican wins the 2028 presidential election, it will be virtually impossible for the Senate to flip red… The post Who Is Left On The Bench For 2033? appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Democrats Miss Hegseth Impeachment Vote for 'Elect Democratic Women' Event - A group meant to send Democrats to Congress instead kept them out of the building during a close, high-stakes vote. But perhaps party leadership preferred it that way.

This isn’t an Instruction Manual. It’s a Warning. How Empires Fall. - Collapse is self-inflicted: Benjamin Franklin knew the pattern all through history. In 1773, he wrote a masterpiece of biting satire - 20 rules for how a great empire destroys itself from within by making its own people see it as detestable. It was supposed to be a warning, but London completely ignored it and paid the price. Once you hear his “rules,” judge for yourself. Is this just another h...

Lost Cause: The Federal Government will Never Limit Itself - Going to the federal government to convince the federal government to limit its own power? That’s not just dumb strategy and a lost cause. It’s dangerous to the Constitution and liberty. On this episode, it’s James Madison’s blueprint for beating the feds without relying on the feds to magically limit their own power. Plus the right to keep and bear arms as the ultimate safeguard for freedom. T...

The Word “Emergency” Doesn’t Exist in the Constitution. That’s no Accident. - That means the rules of the constitution apply whether someone calls it an “emergency” or not. On this episode, it’s the founders’ long-forgotten warning about the oldest weapon in the book. Let politicians have extra power or funding because THEY declare an emergency? And you’ll get never-ending emergencies. The post The Word “Emergency” Doesn’t Exist in the Constitution. That’s no Accident. a...

🤕 Medicare's AI Experiment | EFFector 38.20 - When we need medical care, we expect decisions about our treatment to be made by our doctors, not a tech company's algorithm. But in January, the federal government launched a program that uses AI to evaluate Medicare beneficiaries' requests for certain procedures. EFF sued for records on WISeR, seeking badly needed transparency about Medicare's AI experiment. In our latest EFFector newsletter,...

We’re Asking an Appeals Court to Require a Warrant for ALPR Searches - Today, along with the ACLU, EFF filed an amicus brief in the Sixth Circuit court of appeals in United States v. Sturdivant, a case where police warrantlessly tracked a suspect’s movements using Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) data. Our brief details the vast, interconnected network of ALPRs that constantly track drivers around the country and argues that this tracking is a “search” under ...

Why Fewer People Are Challenging Bad Patents - The number of petitions being filed at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has collapsed. That’s not reason for celebration. The PTAB is an important line of defense against low-quality software patents being used in lawsuits against people and companies. The drop didn’t happen because suddenly patents have become higher quality. It’s simply because USPTO leadership is increasingly refusin...

Connecticut Couple to Resume Renting Trails to Hikers After Town Zoning Officials Fail to Respond to Request for Zoning Interpretation - ROXBURY, Conn.—Today, Roxbury couple, Charles and Eli Copley, and their attorneys from the Institute for Justice (IJ), sent a letter to town officials informing them […] The post Connecticut Couple to Resume Renting Trails to Hikers After Town Zoning Officials Fail to Respond to Request for Zoning Interpretation appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Idaho Supreme Court: Property Owners Cannot Challenge Meridian’s Ban on Tiny Homes on Wheels - Boise, Idaho.—Today, the Idaho Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that Chasidy Decker could not challenge Meridian’s ban on tiny homes on wheels because […] The post Idaho Supreme Court: Property Owners Cannot Challenge Meridian’s Ban on Tiny Homes on Wheels appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Institute for Justice Asks Federal Appeals Court to Make Clear that Using License Plate Readers to Track People is a Fourth Amendment Search - ARLINGTON, Va.—Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ) filed an amicus brief in United States v. Sturdivant, asking the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to […] The post Institute for Justice Asks Federal Appeals Court to Make Clear that Using License Plate Readers to Track People is a Fourth Amendment Search appeared first on Institute for Justice.

TAURUS RENEWS PLATINUM-LEVEL CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP - BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 24, 2025 — The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is pleased to announce that Taurus Holdings Inc. has renewed their commitment to the organization as a Platinum-level corporate partner. “At Taurus, we believe that the right to keep and bear arms is fundamental to the American way of life,” said Taurus USA The post TAURUS RENEWS PLATINUM-LEVEL CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP appear...

CA NON-RESIDENTS CAN APPLY FOR CARRY PERMIT STARTING APRIL 22 - BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 22, 2025 — Thanks to a preliminary injunction in the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) case CRPA v. LASD, starting Tuesday, April 22, non-resident SAF members can apply for a California carry permit.  The injunction requires that California accept permit applications from any United States resident outside the state who is a The post CA NON-RESIDENTS CAN APPLY FOR CARR...

SCOTUS DENIES CERT IN WORTH, SAF WIN IN EIGHTH CIRCUIT STANDS - BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 21, 2025 — In a case that could potentially have far-reaching implications for similar lawsuits across the nation, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied Minnesota’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Jacobson v. Worth, the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) challenge to the 18-20-year-old carry ban in the state. Minnesota asked the The post SCOTUS DENIES CERT IN WORTH, SAF ...

OH: SB 214 Heads to Governor DeWine’s Desk! - SB 214 Passes the Senate on a Concurrence Vote! It now heads to Governor Mike DeWine’s desk! The Ohio Senate just passed SB 214 on a concurrence vote 21-9! This means the bill is headed to the desk of Governor Mike DeWine for his signature. This has been a victorious day in Columbus, and we couldn’t have done it without … Read more

OH: Public Safety Committee Advances SB 214 with GOA’s Amendments - Urge Your Representative to VOTE YES on the Floor TODAY The House Public Safety Committee has passed Senate Bill 214 with our amendments! GOA sincerely thanks the committee for moving this bill forward and adopting the changes necessary to also de-regulate short barreled firearms. However, we aren’t done yet. SB 214 must also pass on the House floor, as well … Read more

GOA Celebrates 50 Years of No-Compromise Fighting for Gun Rights - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   November 9, 2026  GOA Celebrates 50 Years of No-Compromise Fighting for Gun Rights Springfield, VA – Gun Owners of America (GOA) is celebrating 50 years of standing for the Second Amendment with No Compromise. Founded in 1976 by the late California State Senator H.L. “Bill” Richardson, GOA was established to give gun owners a stronger voice against … Read more

Black-owned M&F shareholders opt overwhelmingly to stay the course - Roughly 98.6% of voting investors supported a tie-up with fellow Black-owned Optus Bank despite a series of counterproposals. The deal, which needs regulator sign-off, is on track for a fourth-quarter close, M&F said.

Northern Trust leans on Microsoft FDEs to boost agentic buildout - The financial services firm cut analyst’s data preparation time by 83% with the use of an onboarding agent, the companies said.

Alabama credit union to buy in-state bank - The deal, for an undisclosed sum, would expand Montgomery-based MAX Credit Union’s services into the larger Birmingham metro area.

8 questions for the Wells Fargo wealth unit’s AI chief - Wells Fargo’s AI Teammate has had hundreds of thousands of interactions, according to Andre Mansour, and “things that used to take hours now are down to minutes.”

PNC adds stablecoin option for corporate clients - Boosting stablecoin capabilities has been an area of focus for PNC, which has launched a pilot that lets corporate clients receive USDC payments, through the bank’s partnership with Coinbase.

IT software vendor banks use hit with third security threat - N-able took its hosted N-central software offline Monday after a researcher published exploit code. Providers running their own servers still have to install the fix.

Bank of America agrees to settle fake-accounts suit - In 2023, a group of customers sued Bank of America for allegedly opening accounts for them without their knowledge or authorization. Three years later, the bank has agreed to settle.

Wells Fargo whistleblower argues SEC played 'fast and loose' - In a case that will have repercussions for future bank whistleblowers, a former Wells Fargo executive-turned-whistleblower is appealing the Securities and Exchange Commission's decision to slash the size of his award. His lawyer argues the agency had political motives.

SEC's enforcement actions fall nearly 24% in 2026 - In its annual report, the agency said it filed 348 enforcement actions in fiscal 2026, down from 456 the previous fiscal year.

Democrats' affordability mandate could revive swipe-fee fight - New Democratic dominance in state governments could breathe new life into merchant and consumer advocacy groups' pushes on challenging interchange fees, credit card network dominance and consumer protections of all stripes.

Pushing the monetary frontier: stablecoins and tokenised deposits - Speech by Mr Pablo Hernández de Cos, General Manager of the BIS, at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, 28 August 2026.

BIS residential property price statistics, Q1 2026 - Real global house prices declined by 1.2% year on year (yoy) in the first quarter of 2026.

Effective resolution strategies and plans for insurers – Executive Summary - The Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions (Key Attributes) of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) require resolution plans to be developed for all financial institutions, including insurers, that could be systemically significant or critical upon failure.

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of two applications by Mutual Federal Bancorp, MHC, and MFB Bancorp, Inc. - Federal Reserve Board announces approval of two applications by Mutual Federal Bancorp, MHC, and MFB Bancorp, Inc.

Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement action with Allegiant United Holdings, LLC, Nano Financial Holdings, Inc., and Nano Banc - Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement action with Allegiant United Holdings, LLC, Nano Financial Holdings, Inc., and Nano Banc

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by The Bank of Nova Scotia - Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by The Bank of Nova Scotia

Press Release: Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies Release 2025 Small Business, Small Farm, and Community Development Lending Data - PRESS RELEASE | NOVEMBER 5, 2026 Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies Release 2025 Small Business, Small Farm, and Community Development Lending Data ...

Press Release: FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance - PRESS RELEASE | NOVEMBER 5, 2026 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance WASHINGTON—The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDI...