Precious Metals and Market News

Silver price steadies, gold price falls as oil shock lifts rate pressure - Kitco AM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold  prices are lower and spot silver prices are modestly higher in early U.S. trading Tuesday, as the Federal Reserve begins its two-day policy meeting with oil prices elevated, Treasury yields near multiyear highs and markets heavily positioned for a 25-basis-point rate hike.

Gold price struggling to catch a bid as New York Fed's Empire State survey drops to 7.6 - (Kitco News) - Although gold prices are off their session lows, the market is struggling to attract safe-haven interest even as the U.S. manufacturing sector continues to struggle, according to the latest report from the New York Federal Reserve.

CME’s 24/7 silver futures debut with $15 million traded in first weekend - (Kitco News) - In a world of heightened economic uncertainty, investors continue to embrace the ability to own and trade safe-haven assets 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as CME Group announces the successful launch of its 24/7 silver contract.

Gold is the 'North Star' in a world drowning in debt - Sprott’s Ryan McIntyre - (Kitco News) - The gold market is starting the new trading week at a one-month low with prices dropping below $4,300 an ounce and the precious metal faces further downside risks as the Federal Reserve rate hike this week, but according to one fund manager, investors focused on the next 25-basis-point move are missing the much bigger picture.

Gold faces rising yield threat as 10-year Treasury approaches 5%, but debasement demand provides support - (Kitco News) - Gold prices are facing growing near-term headwinds as surging U.S. bond yields and increasingly hawkish monetary policy expectations raise the opportunity cost of holding a non-yielding asset.

Gold price fall nearly 2% as oil surge and near-5% Treasury yields bolster Fed rate-hike expectations - Kitco AM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are seeing significant selling pressure Monday morning as rising bond yields and surging energy prices strengthen expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this week, overwhelming safe-haven demand generated by escalating geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East.

Record market cap, but stalled momentum as conference season approaches - (Kitco News) - Mining companies are heading into this year's investor conference season with an all-time-high aggregate market capitalization, even as executives grapple with an energy cost shock that has undercut margins and forced dealmakers to rework their playbooks.

The next trillion matters more for gold than the next Fed rate hike - (Kitco News) - Something incredible happened this week, and even if you weren’t paying attention, the gold market certainly was.

Wall Street turns bullish on gold price ahead of the Fed, Main Street clings to slim bullish majority despite weekly slide - The latest Kitco News Weekly Gold Survey showed Wall Street returning to its bullish bias after gold’s late-week rebound, while Main Street further pared back its bullish majority following another weekly decline.

Gold price holds $4,300 support as CPI lifts Fed-hike odds - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are higher in late-afternoon U.S. trading Friday, as a pullback in crude oil and a softer U.S. dollar helped precious metals recover from Thursday’s inflation-driven selloff, even as markets priced a higher probability of a Federal Reserve rate hike next week.

"Completely Beyond The Pale..." - "Completely Beyond The Pale..." Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, A newly unveiled memorial to Charlie Kirk was vandalized overnight outside Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix - and TPUSA spokesman Andrew Kolvet says the attack went beyond ordinary graffiti. On Fox News' America's Newsroom, Kolvet described the damage as "awful, disgusting" and "completely bey...

Saudi Oil Routes Narrow: Kingdom Eyes Hormuz Export Surge After Pipeline Attack - Saudi Oil Routes Narrow: Kingdom Eyes Hormuz Export Surge After Pipeline Attack Middle East tensions remain high, with Brent crude futures trading around $105 a barrel and US diesel crack spreads near $110 a barrel amid an ongoing global refining crisis. Disruptions to Russian fuel production from the war in Ukraine are compounding supply constraints across the Middle East. Saudi ...

Judge In Lindsay Clancy Trial Orders Jurors' Identities To Be Sealed Indefinitely - Judge In Lindsay Clancy Trial Orders Jurors' Identities To Be Sealed Indefinitely Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The judge in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy ordered that the jurors' names be sealed indefinitely due to concerns about their privacy. Judge William Sullivan said on Sept. 14 that the jury list will remain impounded until a new order is issued, ci...

Dazed And Confused Mitch McConnell Reappears After Three Month Hiatus - Dazed And Confused Mitch McConnell Reappears After Three Month Hiatus He's 84-years-young and the poster child for term limits - Mitch McConnell has been a thorn in the side of the Trump Administration for years.  A classic Neo-Con, McConnell has continued to oppose voter identification under the Save Act and Trump's tariff policies.  He blames Trump for the events of January 6th a...

UK Mulls Military Support For Saudis Against Houthis After MbS Appeal - UK Mulls Military Support For Saudis Against Houthis After MbS Appeal Amid ongoing Saudi humiliation as the Houthis have rapidly expanded their territory in Yemen, which involved a 36-hour period last week where the rebels took control of the country's entire Red Sea coast, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) is desperately seeking military help from key allies in the West and r...

Futures Drop As Yields, Oil Prices Keep Rising - Futures Drop As Yields, Oil Prices Keep Rising Futures are lower - but well off session lows thanks to some well-time oil sell orders just before US traders walked in to work - as bond yields continue to make new highs, with both Nasdaq and Russell lagging the S&P which feels like more de-risking into tomorrow's Fed release. AS of 8:15am ET, S&P and Nasdaq futures are down 0.1% amid...

Will Trump Accounts Make Every Kid A Millionaire? - Will Trump Accounts Make Every Kid A Millionaire? Authored by Paul Mueller via The Daily Economy, No - or at least, not by the time they finish high school. Depending on how they're funded, a Trump Account could turn a child into a decamillionaire by retirement, or it might just be worth about $4,300 on their eighteenth birthday. As with any account, three variables dictate the...

BYD's EU Invasion Deepens Germany's Auto Industry Crisis - BYD's EU Invasion Deepens Germany's Auto Industry Crisis The rise of right-wing populism in Germany comes as globalist policies backfire and crush Europe's industrial powerhouse. The nation's auto industry is in shambles, with layoffs and production cuts, after European leaders had the brilliant idea of letting cheap Chinese EVs flood the struggling continent. Bloomberg cites ne...

Energy Truce In Shambles: Ukraine Strikes Russian Refinery Despite Trump's Warning Amid Global Diesel Crisis - Energy Truce In Shambles: Ukraine Strikes Russian Refinery Despite Trump's Warning Amid Global Diesel Crisis President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X that Ukrainian forces struck the Syzran refinery in Russia's Samara region, about 75 miles west of Samara and 466 miles southeast of Moscow. The strike comes days after President Trump urged Ukraine to halt attacks on Russian refinerie...

Bloomberg Terminal Hikes Prices As Inflation Hits Wall Street's Data Bills - Bloomberg Terminal Hikes Prices As Inflation Hits Wall Street's Data Bills Bloomberg Terminal subscriptions will see a price hike starting Jan. 1, 2027, according to an email Bloomberg sent out early Monday. Monthly subscription prices will increase by $140 per Terminal at locations with multiple licenses and $155 at locations with a single license. That's about a 3% price hike, o...

Why one Wall Street firm thinks this year’s stock-market rally is running out of road - In what may be a first since the early days of the war between the U.S. and Iran, a Wall Street firm is lowering rather than raising its S&P 500 year-end target.

Pet insurance or savings account: What’s the best way to plan for a big vet bill? - You want to make sure your pet can receive the care they need when an emergency happens — but is pet insurance the best way to prepare for that?

Traditional bond investors have lost money for years. These five-star portfolio managers show a better way. - A fixed-income team at Morgan Stanley say investing in distressed debt and frontier local-market investing have helped drive solid returns for their fund.

When people with student debt try to save for retirement, they fall behind early and never catch up - If all employers matched debt payments, workers would save more than $10 billion.

An AI bubble is no longer Wall Street’s biggest fear. This stock-market risk just took its place. - Global fund managers are more worried about a “disorderly rise” in bond yields than a bubble for AI, says Bank of America’s latest survey.

Saudi Arabia may be just days away from not being able to export much oil - The oil exporting kingdom is now dealing with the shutdown of its East-West pipeline. Energy prices ‘are only going to rise on the back of this.’

‘There might be a silver lining’: My friend’s wife died at 60 after a high-earning career. Can he claim her Social Security? - “They had been married for over 30 years when she passed.”

90% of retirees are making this miscalculation with their savings - The order in which you spend your money makes a difference for your taxes — and your enjoyment of life.

The ‘Magnificent Seven’ has its mojo back. It’s on track to reach new highs. - Much of the megacap tech group is enjoying a rally, says one analyst.

My son has a potentially fatal genetic disease. What should I do with my $1.3 million estate? - “He is also the sole beneficiary of my 403(b) accounts.”

10-year Treasury yield hits highest level since 2007 as traders bet a Fed rate hike is coming - The sell-off in U.S. government debt is deepening as investors price in an interest rate hike this week.

Trump calls Supreme Court mail ballot ruling 'big loss for Republicans' - President Trump blasted his three Supreme Court appointees for blocking a Postal Service rule that would have allowed mail-in ballots in November's elections.

Will AI really destroy humanity? Pioneers who created the tech weigh in - AI pioneers and 'godfathers' have weighed in on Anthropic and OpenAI researcher concerns over existential safety risks around the technology.

No one and done: The Fed will hike at least two times over the next year, according to CNBC survey - While higher oil is cited as a main reason for the change in view, roughly three-quarters of respondents see the inflation problem as broader than just energy prices.

Iranian foreign minister will head to China for talks, as Pentagon reveals financial cost of war - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will visit China on Wednesday for talks, Beijing's foreign ministry announced on Tuesday.

Counting the votes: Warsh faces a tough battle as the Fed girds for expected interest rate hike - Traders were pricing in a better than 92% probability of a rate increase, as well as a more than 75% chance for another one in December.

Inflation is outpacing wage growth again, squeezing Americans’ paychecks - In August, consumer prices rose 3.4% over the past year while wages increased just 3.1%.

Consumer outlook plunges in September as inflation outlook worsens - The survey's headline index hit a level of 47.8, down 7.5% from the August reading and off 13.2% from a year ago.

Record U.S. cyclosporiasis outbreak is over, CDC says - The largest outbreak, linked to shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms, sickened more than 12,000 people.

Inflation persisted in August, potentially locking in a Fed interest rate hike - The all-items consumer price index was expected to rise 0.4% in August, with core, excluding food and energy, showing a 0.2% gain, according to the Dow Jones consensus.

BRICs leaders act to hedge -- not revolt -- against U.S. dollar dominance - By Khushboo Razdan and Cao JiaxuaniSouth China Morning Post, Hong KongMonday, September 14, 2026 The family photograph did the political work the summit's final declaration could not. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood shoulder to shoulder as the Brics summit closed in New Delhi on Sunday...

Ralph Benko: Stop blaming corporate greed; fake money is why you can't afford anything - By Ralph BenkoWashington ExaminerSaturday, September 12, 2026 Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, recently and uniquely nailed the true cause of the affordability issue.  It isn't corporate price gouging or other standard, conventional scapegoats -- such as greedy corporations, deregulation, heavy regulation, or environmental restrictions on "drill, baby, drill." It's about the money. ... Dispatch cont...

In LFTV, Maguire and Hemke scoff at intervention and manipulation - 7:38p ET Monday, September 14, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: In this week's edition of Kinesis Money's "Live from the Vault" program, London metals trader Andrew Maguire and Craig Hemke of the TF Metals Report scoff at U.S. government intervention against rising interest rates, real interest rates that are actually negative, the continuing struggle between "paper" pricing and physical mark...

Sound money groups publish annual review - From the Sound Money Defense League, Eagle, IdahoMonday, September 14, 2026 Three pro-gold and silver groups have teamed up to present the second edition of the Sound Money Review, a scholarly journal dedicated to advancing principles of sound money. The Sound Money Review, presented by Money Metals, Sound Money Defense League, and Sound Money Foundation, showcases compelling and relevant resea...

Does London want 'tokenized' gold and commodities to create more imaginary supply? - Just as with futures, how many times could an ounce be 'tokenized' to how many owners at the same moment? The Financial Conduct Authority hasn't been checking with 'paper' gold, so why would it check with 'tokens'? * * * Tokenised Gold Could Be Exempt from Fund Regulations under FCA Proposal By Martin ArnoldFinancial Times, LondonMonday, September 14, 2026 Tokenised gold would be exempt from UK...

Money-Market Funds & CDs: Americans Pile on Low-Risk Investments despite so-so Yields & Higher Inflation - The interplay of risk and inflation.

The 10-Year Treasury Yield Briefly Makes it over 5%. Last Time, 5% Instantly Opened the Floodgates of Demand - But 5% was considered normal to low in the decades before the Fed’s financial repression kicked off in 2008.

Long-Term Treasury Yields Spike, 1- to 7-Year Yields Explode, Mortgage Rates Hit 7.12%, Bond Market Gets Spooked - Spooked by inflation, deficits, hocus-pocus shows, competition from the AI debt binge, and getting casually thrown under the bus by Trump’s free-money promise.

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, ...

The $1 Trump coins are here. Why spending them is legal but tricky - The U.S. Mint began selling $1 Trump coins Wednesday. Why it matters: The Trump coin sits in a rare middle ground: The Mint is promoting it as a collectible, but under federal law, it has a face value ...

Legal Tender - Legal tender is a medium of payment recognized by a legal system to be valid for meeting a financial obligation. Paper currency and coins are common forms of legal tender in many countries. Legal ...

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, ...

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 ...

A hacker turned 25 cents of bitcoin into 46 billion fake BTC tokens on a DeFi bridge - Two software bugs allowed the attacker to create more than 2,000 times Bitcoin’s maximum supply in unbacked syBTC. Symbiosis puts preliminary losses at 9.97 BTC.

Standard Chartered predicts Arbitrum's ARB to rise 70-fold to $10, citing Robinhood Chain revenue - The bank expects tokenization to make Arbitrum a favored network for traditional finance, even though ARB holders currently have no direct claim on the fees.

To ensure permanent economic innovation, we must pass the Clarity Act now - Congress needs 60 Senators willing to put innovation first and provide critical relief to the digital asset industry, argues Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.)

Ether, solana, XRP likely to gain if Clarity Act progresses - Your day-ahead look for Sept. 15, 2026

Why banks should stop worrying and learn to love the Clarity Act - They could be the biggest winners from regulatory clarity, argues Alex Tapscott, CEO of CMCC Global Capital Markets.

Velocity extends Series A to $48M at $200M valuation with backing from Visa, Circle, and Ripple - The investment brings Velocity's Series A round to $48 million and values the London-based payments infrastructure firm at $200 million, CEO Eric Queathem said.

Bitcoin gives back Monday's gain as Clarity Act odds fade on Polymarket - Bitcoin fell 1.7% since midnight UTC to $76,862, unwinding a late Monday rally as Polymarket odds on the Clarity Act becoming law this year halved overnight.

How a simple coding mistake let a hacker drain $7.8 million from a crypto wallet - Security firms traced the $7.8 million loss to a helper contract the wallet owner had authorized, not to Safe itself.

Nigel Farage-backed Stack BTC plans to acquire a gold dealer for $16 million to fund bitcoin buy - The proposed acquisition would use cash flow from precious metals sales to build bitcoin holdings.

Hong Kong crypto exchange CoinEx to cease operations after 9 years in business - Founder and CEO Haipo Yang cited mounting security and compliance risks and said he rejected a sale in favor of a “clean ending.”

Bitcoin’s Price Is Sitting on Support After a Brutal $79K Rejection - Bitcoin’s price is sitting near $76,900 on Sept. 15, 2026, after getting knocked back from the upper-$79,000 range, and the strange part is how cleanly the three major time frames agree. Sellers have the short-term advantage, but they have pushed BTC directly into an area where buyers recently showed up. The $76,000-$76,700 neighborhood has effectively […]

Goldman, JPMorgan, BofA, Morgan Stanley and More Expect a Fed Hike Tomorrow - More than a dozen banks are expecting the Federal Reserve to raise rates by 25 basis points on Sept. 16. The List UBS, HSBC, Barclays, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase all expect the Federal Reserve to lift rates by 25 basis points (bps) this week. Both JPMorgan […]

Russia Classifies Crypto as Major Risk to Monetary Sovereignty - The Bank of Russia’s latest draft policy document classifies cryptocurrencies and stablecoins as major financial market risks, citing threats to monetary sovereignty, potential complete losses for investors, and their role in enabling shadow markets. Central Bank Identifies Major Crypto Risks The Bank of Russia has categorized cryptocurrencies and stablecoins as major financial market risks in ...

$206M in XRP Just Left an Uphold Wallet. Here’s What Happened Next - A single 145,634,500 XRP transfer worth about $206 million emptied a labeled Uphold wallet on Sept. 14, but onchain records point to an internal custody reshuffle rather than a whale exit. The Alert That Started It Onchain trackers flagged the move as 145,634,500 XRP (valued at $206,551,114) being sent from one wallet to another within […]

Ethereum Whale From 2021 Moves $37M Worth of ETH to OKX at a Loss - Two wallets that had been quiet for more than a year moved 14,700 ETH, worth about $36.94 million, into OKX on Sept. 14, and onchain records show those coins landed in 2021 when they were worth nearly $57 million. The Transfers, Timestamped Analysis firm Lookonchain first flagged the deposits and said the two addresses possibly […]

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Restoring Childhood Says It's Not Smartphones Making Teens Miserable. It's School. - Computers, video games, and the internet actually helped "restore childhood" in the 1990s, suggests psychologist Peter Gray in a new book. Then changes to our education system reversed those gains.

$175K Settlement in Suit Over Requiring Fifth-Graders to Read Pro-Gender-Ideology Books to Kindergarten Students (with No Opt Out) - This case, which I blogged about last year, just settled yesterday for $175K ($108K to S.E. and his family, $40K… The post $175K Settlement in Suit Over Requiring Fifth-Graders to Read Pro-Gender-Ideology Books to Kindergarten Students (with No Opt Out) appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Who Are You? (Lawyers, Active and Otherwise, and Law Students) - Readers: If you're a lawyer, active or otherwise, or a law student, tell us a few things about yourself in… The post Who Are You? (Lawyers, Active and Otherwise, and Law Students) appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Who Are You? (Non-Lawyers) - Readers: If you aren't a lawyer/ex-lawyer/future lawyer, tell us a few things about yourself in the comments. If you are… The post Who Are You? (Non-Lawyers) appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Today in Supreme Court History: September 15, 1857 - 9/15/1857: Chief Justice William Howard Taft's birthday. The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 15, 1857 appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Why a Trump-Appointed Judge Just Blocked the President's Mail-In Ballot Restrictions - A notable legal defeat for the Trump administration

Brickbat: E.U. Blues - The European Union has placed ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox under stricter rules after all three passed the threshold of 45 million… The post Brickbat: E.U. Blues appeared first on Reason Magazine.

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Supreme Court Refuses to Block Lower-Court Ruling Against Trump's Mail-in Ballot Executive Order - The decision was 7-2.

Heading toward the Cliff - The American people are complaining about affordability. The prices of groceries, automobiles, movies, clothes, gasoline, rent, mortgage payments, and just about everything else are soaring. Many Americans are having a very difficult time making ends meet. The post Heading toward the Cliff appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

How to Beat an Empire: The Founders’ Ignored Blueprint - Paul Revere rode into Philadelphia on Sept 16, 1774 with urgent business for the First Continental Congress. His task? Deliver a document from Boston - a blueprint for total resistance. If adopted, secession from the British Empire would be unavoidable. On this episode, it’s Joseph Warren’s forgotten and ignored Suffolk Resolves: The American Revolution’s step-by-step guide for defeating tyrann...

You Don’t Have “2nd Amendment Rights.” You Just Have Rights. - Millions of people today refer to their rights by amendment number, as if they get them FROM the Bill of Rights. Like referring to their right to keep and bear arms as their “2nd Amendment Rights.” But the founders saw things far differently. The words on paper aren’t a permission slip for the people. They aren’t a “gun permit.” They are a restraining order for government: hands off our natural...

The High Crime of “LMAO”: How Cops Are Treating Mass Surveillance As a Joke - Here's a riddle: Why did a Goshen Police Department officer search 6,474 automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks, representing data from 82,413 cameras, on May 7, 2025?  If your answer is "I don't know," it turns out you're 100% correct. The officer left the letters "idk" in the search field where cops are supposed to document the reason for the search. When law enforcement and tech sale...

Governor Newsom Signs Student-Backed Digital Literacy Bills Alongside Misguided Bans - Governor Newsom signed a package of 12 bills yesterday aimed at “protecting children” online. One of them was AB 1709, which EFF has opposed this legislative session and serves as a functional ban on young people under 16 using social media. However, EFF supported two of the bills signed into law, AB 2071 and AB 2298, which require that children learn critical digital literacy and cybersecurity...

Cold TAKE: Amazon's New Encryption Method Still Doesn't Deliver Real Privacy - Amazon recently debuted a new feature for its Ring cameras that the company is calling Throw Away the Key Encryption (TAKE). The idea is to cut back on the amount of video content available to the company, and thus potentially available to law enforcement. But while it might technically add a speed bump to accessing full video content, it doesn’t deliver nearly the level of privacy we should be...

New Study Lands as Supreme Court Weighs Whether Cities Must Pay for Property Destroyed by Police - ARLINGTON, Va.—A new report, “Public Benefit, Private Burden,” released today by the Institute for Justice (IJ), sheds light on an important question that the United […] The post New Study Lands as Supreme Court Weighs Whether Cities Must Pay for Property Destroyed by Police appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Public Invited to Select Their Favorite Neighborhood Businesses to Compete in Annual South Side Pitch - CHICAGO—Public input determines one of the lucky finalists for this year’s South Side Pitch. For the 13th year in a row, South Side entrepreneurs will […] The post Public Invited to Select Their Favorite Neighborhood Businesses to Compete in Annual South Side Pitch appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Innovative Hybrid Homeschool Program Fights for the Right to Teach After Being Wrongly Labeled as a Childcare Center - PITTSBURGH—Katy Duckstein created Roots Academy to work with other homeschool parents to provide instruction and socialization. Operating in Pittsburgh’s northern suburbs, Roots is an innovative […] The post Innovative Hybrid Homeschool Program Fights for the Right to Teach After Being Wrongly Labeled as a Childcare Center 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 ...

GOA LEADS INDUSTRY COALITION IN SUPREME COURT FIGHT TO DEFEND AR-15s - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  September 4, 2026  GOA LEADS INDUSTRY COALITION IN SUPREME COURT FIGHT TO DEFEND AR-15s  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF)—along with Century Arms, Canik USA, B&T USA and Fostech—filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down “assault weapons” bans in Viramontes v. Cook County.  What that case comes d...

This Week In Gun Control - THIS WEEK IN THE FIGHT Here’s what you may have missed this week in the fight for the Second Amendment… Biden’s “Ghost Gun” rule was struck down by the courts. GOA’s case against it is still active. Gun shops are passing ATF inspections after selling suppressors with no registration. A foreign ransomware gang hacked ATF. A federal judge struck down … Read more

PA: Legalize Suppressors - Let’s Eliminate Suppressor and SBR/SBS Restrictions in Pennsylvania Pennsylvanians should NEVER be treated like criminals for exercising their constitutionally-protected rights. Yet under Pennsylvania’s archaic Title 18, Section 908, law-abiding citizens face state criminal charges simply for possessing suppressors (hearing protection) and short-barreled firearms—tools that are widely owned acr...

Citizens Bank accuses SoFi of poaching 30 mortgage employees - Six Connecticut-based Citizens employees resigned in a 49-minute span after their manager signaled his exit, the bank said. That, and a talent migration in Texas, shows a “pattern of racketeering activity,” Citizens said.

SMBC revs up recruiting in Charlotte - To add 2,000 jobs over the next six years, the Japanese bank is visiting college campuses near the North Carolina city to build its talent pipeline and offering experienced workers the chance to put their stamp on something new.

When collections is treated as arrears, banks miss the real risk - Handled well, collections stops being the end of a relationship and becomes the moment it proves its value.

Fed, Bowman sued over capital-requirements process - The advocacy group Better Markets alleged the central bank’s supervision chief met with bank CEOs to guide public comments in a way that would emphasize support for the proposals.

Banks keep cannabis at arm’s length over perceived risk: GAO - Financial institutions cite an evolving regulatory landscape among reasons for their uncertainty in serving the space, according to a wide-ranging report.

When finance-app analytics cross the line between helpful and creepy - Just because apps can categorize your spending and provide feedback doesn't mean that those insights are always helpful, or even welcome. Some empathy needs to be built into their design.

Phoenix bank core relaunches as PhoenixWorx - Constellation Software subsidiary CORA Group rebranded its U.S. core banking service as regulators are looking to inspect core vendor relationships.

BofA and PNC respond to rising AI fears - Banks have embraced artificial intelligence for years. Now, after a week of dire warnings about the technology's risks, executives at two big banks are calling for caution and calm.

IMBs need to watch HELOC securitization costs as banks enter - More depositories are getting involved in the securitized market and the competition is likely to add to expense management challenges of smaller balance loans.

Synchrony CFO: Consumers 'incredibly responsible' - Consumers' spending and payment behaviors were "holding very firm" despite inflationary pressures, Synchrony Chief Financial Officer Brian Wenzel said at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference.

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.

Agencies seek comment on proposed third-party risk management guidance and issue statement on community bank engagement with core service providers - Agencies seek comment on proposed third-party risk management guidance and issue statement on community bank engagement with core service providers

Agencies reduce regulatory burden for community banks, increase eligibility for 18-month exam cycle - Agencies reduce regulatory burden for community banks, increase eligibility for 18-month exam cycle

Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement actions with United Texas Bank, Quontic Bank Acquisition Corp., and Quontic Bank Holdings Corp. - Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement actions with United Texas Bank, Quontic Bank Acquisition Corp., and Quontic Bank Holdings Corp.

Press Release: Joint Readout of Principals’ Meeting of UK and U.S. Authorities Regarding Central Counterparty Resolution - PRESS RELEASE | SEPTEMBER 11, 2026 Joint Readout of Principals’ Meeting of UK and U.S. Authorities Regarding Central Counterparty Resolution WAS...

Press Release: Agencies Seek Comment on Proposed Third-Party Risk Management Guidance and Issue Statement on Community Bank Engagement with Core Service Providers - PRESS RELEASE | SEPTEMBER 11, 2026 Agencies Seek Comment on Proposed Third-Party Risk Management Guidance and Issue Statement on Community Bank Engagement with Core Service Providers ...