Precious Metals and Market News

Wall Street on the brink of bearish majority after gold’s post-payrolls slide, Main Street abandons bullish bias as metals test support - (Kitco News) – Gold prices fell sharply this week as early pressure from rising Treasury yields, a stronger U.S. dollar, and renewed Fed rate-hike expectations overwhelmed safe-haven demand, and even Friday’s weak payrolls report couldn’t deliver a sustainable boost.

IMF says bond markets are ‘orderly,’ but gold’s resilience says something else - (Kitco News) - If rising bond yields around the world aren’t really a problem, why is the International Monetary Fund talking about them?

Metals give back jobs-report bounce as oil, yields stay elevated - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) – Spot gold and silver prices were lower in late U.S. trading Friday, as a weaker-than-expected U.S. payrolls report cut October Fed-hike odds but failed to break the broader pressure from elevated Treasury yields, a firm dollar and lingering oil-market risk. At the time of writing, spot gold was trading near $4,142.00 an ounce, down 0.83% on the session, while spot silver...

Gold bulls disappointed as weak jobs report fails to spark rally, $4,000 support looms - (Kitco News) - Early morning optimism turned into disappointment among gold investors, as prices were unable to hold on to their initial gains following weak U.S. employment data.

Gold’s resilience supports strong outlook, silver faces oversupply, copper could be the big gainer – Deutsche Bank’s Ghali - (Kitco News) – Gold is performing remarkably well despite the high-yield environment, and while the silver market has likely tipped into oversupply, the biggest potential gains in the metals complex are likely to be found in copper, according to Daniel Ghali, head of metals research at Deutsche Bank.

Gold, silver rise as weak payrolls cut Fed-hike odds - Kitco AM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) – Spot gold and silver prices are firmer in early U.S. trading Friday, as a weaker-than-expected U.S. employment report pulled Treasury yields lower, trimmed October Fed-hike expectations and added to safe-haven demand while Strait of Hormuz risk kept energy inflation in view. At the time of writing, spot gold was trading near $4,216.80 an ounce, up 0.96%, while spot silver was...

Gold prices see sold bid as U.S. economy created 29k jobs in September - (Kitco News) - The gold market is seeing solid bullish momentum on renewed safe-haven demand as the U.S. labor market saw significantly slower growth in September.

Washington will inflate away its $40 trillion debt, and gold is how you fight back - Jim Rickards - (Kitco News) - With the 10-year Treasury yield at a 2002 high, the author of "Currency Wars" says inflation, not repayment, is how the debt gets handled, and he thinks gold has already shown savers where to hide.

Gold holds firm despite elevated yields as Fed bets soften - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) – Spot gold and silver prices were firmer in late U.S. trading Thursday, as bullion found support from easing October Federal Reserve rate-hike expectations while elevated Treasury yields and a firm U.S. dollar continued to limit upside.

Gold’s selloff creates a tactical buying opportunity, but Carley Garner says she’s still bearish at $4,500 - (Kitco News) - Gold investors battered by the latest selloff could see some relief through October, as one market strategist sees an opportunity for a tactical bullish trade even though she remains bearish on the precious metal’s longer-term outlook.

Waste Of The Day: Defunct Veterans' Hotline - Waste Of The Day: Defunct Veterans' Hotline Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Contractors working at the Department of Veterans Affairs' suicide-prevention hotline earned $11.2 million without answering a single phone call, according to a Sept. 1 report from the VA inspector general. Key facts: The Veterans Crisis Line is available 24 hours per day for vet...

Protecting The Indispensable Right: It Is Time To Pass The Free Speech Attorney's Fee Legislation - Protecting The Indispensable Right: It Is Time To Pass The Free Speech Attorney's Fee Legislation Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, A newly proposed bill in Congress could make a meaningful difference in the fight to restore free speech protections in higher education. The Restoring Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Act of 2026 would address a practical problem for ci...

CEO Warns The 2028 Election Will Be A Brutal Referendum On This One Thing - CEO Warns The 2028 Election Will Be A Brutal Referendum On This One Thing Some of Silicon Valley's biggest AI boosters are warning that artificial intelligence could become a defining issue in the 2028 presidential election as voters grow increasingly uneasy about the massive infrastructure buildout needed to power the technology. Box CEO Aaron Levie told the Andreessen Horowitz...

Newsom Tells California Agencies To Keep Saying AI Despite Trump 'Super Intelligence' Order - Newsom Tells California Agencies To Keep Saying AI Despite Trump 'Super Intelligence' Order Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 30 ordered state agencies to keep using the term "artificial intelligence," one day after President Donald Trump directed the federal executive branch to replace it with "super intelligence." Newsom signed...

Brazil Braces For Election Volatility As Bolsonaro Gains On Lula, Bullish Options Bets Explode - Brazil Braces For Election Volatility As Bolsonaro Gains On Lula, Bullish Options Bets Explode The big election focus this weekend will be on Sunday, with the latest polling data showing right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are statistically tied. Polymarket, meanwhile, shows Bolsonaro with a wide lead. Bloomberg reports that neith...

Schumer & The Democrats' "Alinsky-Grade Cloud Of Gaslight" - Schumer & The Democrats' "Alinsky-Grade Cloud Of Gaslight" Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Clusterfuck Nation, The Ancient Parable "I will throw you in prison. I want Chinese style communism to happen inside of the democratic party right now. I want to do cultural revolution shit." - Hasan Piker, DSA Spox Translation: Chuck Schumer knows that the Democrats have alread...

Seagate, Western Digital Crater After Toshiba Breaks Hard-Drive "Supply Discipline" Pact - Seagate, Western Digital Crater After Toshiba Breaks Hard-Drive "Supply Discipline" Pact For most of 2026, the bull case for the HDD duopoly could be summarized in one sentence: nobody is building new factories. On Friday, someone did. Shares of Seagate (STX) and Western Digital (WDC) tumbled more than 10% on Friday, standing out like a sore thumb on a day when the Nasdaq hit all-...

"Told You To F--k Yourself": GOP Senator Tells Trump Off In Profanity-Laced Leaked Texts - "Told You To F--k Yourself": GOP Senator Tells Trump Off In Profanity-Laced Leaked Texts Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) unloaded on President Donald Trump in a series of profanity-laced private text messages that are now spilling into public view as the retiring Republican prepares to release a tell-all book about his battles with the president and MAGA world. The fiery exchanges, reve...

Iran's Disappearing Oil Is Becoming Everyone's Problem - Iran's Disappearing Oil Is Becoming Everyone's Problem Authored by Natalia Katona via OilPrice.com, Iranian oil is disappearing from the market just as its biggest buyer returns for more. China's recovering crude demand is colliding with the loss of a supplier that sustained its independent refiners through the crisis, forcing them to compete for increasingly expensive alternative...

California, 6 Other States Sue Trump Admin Over Funding Cuts To Immigration, Race Projects - California, 6 Other States Sue Trump Admin Over Funding Cuts To Immigration, Race Projects Authored by Rachel Roberts via The Epoch Times, California and six other states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Wednesday after it moved to cut federal funding for programs involving immigration, race, and gender ideology. California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks in ...

Why Western Digital and Seagate are seeing big stock drops today - Investors are worried that Toshiba will boost its production of a key AI storage product, potentially hurting the strong pricing power that Western Digital and Seagate currently enjoy.

Tesla sold a lot more EVs than Wall Street expected, and the stock is surging - EV giant Tesla had the best three-month period for vehicle sales this year, but it was less than a year ago.

I’m 71 and still working. I earn $108,000 a year. Am I doing the right thing? - “I have $152,000 in my IRA and Roth accounts.”

Falling wages, soaring energy prices and inflation: It’s beginning to look a lot like the 1970s - Is it time to dust off the financial playbook from that dismal decade?

Why mixing politics with your stock portfolio might be costing you money - Data shows that partisan ETFs result in higher fees and lower market returns

Does AI have a soul? Pope Leo and Anthropic clash. - The Vatican has laid a moral blueprint for the technology, with Pope Leo maintaining that “algorithms lack the spark of humanity.”

My wife never went back to work after raising our kids. Do I have to share my retirement savings 50/50? - “For 14 years I have gotten up every morning and gone to work while she has been free to pursue whatever interested her.”

Europe’s leaders rush to release diesel from stockpiles as fuel shock hangs over U.S. midterms - Europe leaders agreed Friday to release some of diesel stockpiles, pulling prices of oil down by as much as 5%.

This city saw 1 in 3 home sellers slash their asking price in September to attract reluctant buyers - As hesitant buyers drive home prices down, these are the places with the most price cuts and the biggest markdowns.

Saving your retirement could come down to this simple writing exercise - A “retirement policy statement” lays out instructions that you can stick to.

Ford fends off Hyundai to retain No. 3 U.S. sales position in third quarter - Ford on Friday reported a year-over-year sales decline of 6.6% during the third quarter to 507,395 light-duty vehicles.

FAA says Boeing 737 Max software glitch not a flight-safety issue - The FAA on Monday said it was reviewing the software glitch, which could affect procedures during certain landings.

Cerebras stock hits post-IPO low, tumbling 20% for the week on Nvidia pressure and lockup expiration - Cerebras shares hit an all-time low due to pressure from chip giant Nvidia, plus a post-lockup selloff.

Men are losing ground in the labor market. Here's why - Women outnumbered men in the workforce for eight straight months as of September, according to one analysis.

DOJ says it will not reopen criminal probe into former Fed Chair Powell - The confirmation comes after the Fed's inspector general report that said there were no grounds for a criminal referral over the mismanaged headquarters renovation.

Men are losing ground in the labor market. Here's why - Women outnumbered men in the workforce for eight straight months as of September, according to one analysis.

Labor market faltered in September as jobs increased by just 29,000, unemployment rate rose to 4.2% - Nonfarm payrolls rose by just 29,000 in September, well below the 84,000 forecast, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.

The September jobs report will be released Friday. Here's what to expect - Wall Street is looking for job growth of 84,000 to close out the summer.

Fed’s preferred gauge showed core inflation at 3.0% in August, much lighter than expected - The personal consumption expenditures price index was projected to show an annual gain of 3.7% on headline and 3.3% for core, according to the Dow Jones consensus.

Private sector jobs rose by 90,000 in September, better than expected, ADP reports - Private job creation picked up in September after a brief slowdown.

Gold keeps flowing from African countries with none - By Michael J. KavanaghBloomberg NewsFriday, October 2, 2026 When investor demand sent gold prices to all-time highs this year, Africans rushed to cash in. Exports hit records in multiple countries -- sometimes doubling or tripling in value, according to trade data analyzed by Bloomberg. But many of those nations have barely any gold to mine. ... Dispatch continues below ... ... ADVERTISEMENT ....

Entrenched premium leaves gold primed to climb despite surge in U.S. bond yields - By Polina DevittReutersvia WSAU-AM550, Wausau, WisconsinThursday, October 1, 2026 LONDON -- Gold's resilience above $4,000 an ounce despite soaring Treasury yields suggests the post-2022 demand premium is proving more durable than many expected, setting the stage for further gains once the US Federal Reserve's tightening cycle ends. Typically, gold -- a non-yielding asset -- moved largely in th...

Sean Ring: If you're a saver, you're a sucker - By Sean RingDaily Reckoning, BaltimoreThursday, October 1, 2026 In the fall of 1923, a German housewife waited at the factory gate for her husband’s pay. Back then, workers got paid at least once a day because prices rose by the hour. A wife needed to be ready the instant the cash hit her hand. Then, like a relay runner handed a baton, she sprinted to the shops. The bread she bought at noon wou...

Ronan Manly: Gold is no one's liability, the asset no one can print, freeze, or default on - By Ronan ManlyBullion Star, SingaporeMonday, September 28, 2026 The modern financial system is built on an assumption so deeply accepted that it is rarely tested: that the institutions and infrastructure standing behind financial assets will remain trustworthy. That assumption holds only in a world where the institutions holding the financial system together act the same way today and tomorrow ...

How China became the world's gold superpower - By Chow Chung-yanSouth China Morning Post, Hong KongThursday, October 1, 2026 https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3369170/how-china-became-worlds-gold-superpower Perhaps no story illustrates the secret of China's industrial success better than its rise as the world's gold superpower. China has revered the metal for millennia, yet it has never had a gold-based economy. Its own dep...

Private Sector Employers Created 46,000 Jobs, Governments Shed 17,000 Jobs - The labor force rose, after shedding 2.1 million people in 8 months amid the crackdown on illegal immigration and the wave of retirements.

Homeowners Are Clinging to their Below-4% Mortgages for Dear Life as Mortgage Rates Went over 7% - The housing market, wrecked by ultralow mortgage rates, will stay wrecked for longer.

AI Data Center Construction Goes Nuts, Power Plants Take Off, but Spending on Factories Is still Twice as Big as Data Centers - Construction companies are now facing the second wave of inflation.

Bank group sues U.S. regulator over granting crypto trust charters - The Independent Community Bankers of America sued the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, accusing the regulator of overstepping its legal authority.

BNY in talks with Kraken parent Payward over infrastructure partnership - The potential agreement could span digital assets, custody, trading, payments and other financial-market infrastructure.

Once a $2 billion Ethereum layer-2, Blast is shutting down after assets plunge 98% - Once home to more than $2 billion in crypto assets, Blast is shutting down as activity fades, costs rise, and bigger platforms like Coinbase and Robinhood build networks of their own.

Trump’s potential AI czar, Jay Clayton, helped pioneer the SEC’s crypto crackdown - The former SEC chairman who may be tapped to oversee the Trump administration's AI work has a potentially divisive history as a watchdog of tech innovation.

America at a crossroads: Commissioner Peirce’s parting challenge - It is incumbent upon us to continue Commissioner Peirce’s mission, writes Will Schwartz, policy associate at the Blockchain Association.

U.S. added just 29,000 jobs in September, with unemployment rate rising to 4.2% - Bitcoin held earlier gains following the report, up more than 2% over the past 24 hours and just below $87,000.

Cboe wants to turn VIX into a never-ending trade - Your day-ahead look for Oct. 2, 2026

Live updates: Bitcoin reverses big early gains following soft U.S. jobs data - Bond yields also suffered a major whipsaw, turning higher by the afternoon after early declines.

Crypto traders are in risk-on mode as bitcoin dominance nears return to 60% - Bitcoin dominance is closing in on 60% while USDT's has slipped to 6.3%, pointing to a market growing more comfortable with risk.

Bitcoin open interest jumps $2.3 billion as traders pay more for bullish positions - Rising open interest and funding rates signal renewed demand for bullish bitcoin exposure.

Masked Robbers Threaten Pregnant Wife in UK Crypto Home Attack - The couple revealed chilling details of an attack that took place in December, saying that a group of thieves forced their way into the home and stole hundreds of thousands of pounds in cryptocurrency after threatening to kill the pregnant woman and her unborn child with a knife.   Criminals Threatened to Kill Pregnant Woman […]

Microsoft’s X Account Hijacked to Promote Clippy Meme Coin - Does Clippy have a meme coin? No, but followers of Microsoft’s X account might have thought so on Thursday when the tech giant’s access was hijacked to promote an unauthorized crypto token.   On Thursday, Microsoft’s official X account began making surprising moves, including following an account promoting an unofficial meme coin inspired by the […]

Aave Founder Warns EU MiCA Review Could Restrict DeFi Access - Aave founder Stani Kulechov is criticizing proposals from European regulators that could extend restrictions on stablecoin yield and place new controls around access to DeFi. MiCA Review Puts DeFi Access in Focus Aave founder Stani Kulechov is warning that Europe risks regulating the openness of decentralized finance. Kulechov shared an X thread on Friday expressing […]

US Midterms: Stand With Crypto Backs Bipartisan Slate After Senate Bill Fails - Following the U.S. Senate’s failure to reach the 60 votes required to pass the CLARITY Act, Stand With Crypto has unveiled an expanded slate of pro-crypto candidates it’s backing in the midterm elections.   Stand With Crypto Endorses Bipartisan Candidates Ahead of Midterm Elections Stand With Crypto (SWC), an American crypto advocacy organization, has said […]

Meet the New Bitcoin Treasury Firm That Already Plans to Sell BTC - Most bitcoin treasury companies follow the buy-and-try-to-hold model pioneered by Strategy, the publicly traded giant with nearly $72 billion worth of BTC. But a new entrant to the space says it already plans to sell acquired assets in an effort to beat bitcoin’s price moves. A Different Kind of Strategy On Friday, Supercycle Finance announced […]

2 Lawsuits Cast Further Doubt on the Claim That ICE Agent Jonathan Ross Killed Renée Good in Self-Defense - According to complaints filed by Good's family, Ross was not in any danger when he fired three shots into her car.

Rand Paul Was Right To Block the Senate's Attempt To Censor the Internet - The bill’s “duty of care” could pressure platforms to suppress lawful speech in the name of protecting children.

Would a Firing Squad Have Been More 'Humane' for Christa Pike? - Lethal injection dresses up the death penalty as something clinical and civilized. But the goal is the same: to kill someone.

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal - Water rights absurdities, ponderous parking ordinances, and fast trains.

A Court Rules That San Francisco's Empty Home Tax Is Illegal - San Francisco's tax on vacant homes is bad policy. Now it's also bad law.

Justice Gorsuch on Abuse of Emergency Powers - In a recent talk, he decried a situation where "everything is an emergency."

Want To Stop the Iran War? Don't Pay the Bill - Congress can stop Trump's Iran war by failing to fund it.

Trump Criticizes Fox News for Daring To Show Clips of Democrats - The president sees even straight news coverage as an act of betrayal.

Letitia James Has Already Suggested the Cornell 7 Are Guilty - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed a special prosecutor who has already implied that she sides with Jane Doe.

How Would A Judge Butler Actually Affect The Fifth Circuit? - I would prefer Judge Southwick to have one vote rather than two votes.

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...

The ONLY Cure for a Corrupted Republic - Removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles is what Montesquieu said is the only path forward. Everything else is doomed to failure: “every other correction,” he warned, ”is either useless or a new evil.” On this episode, it’s the top-6 principles that built American independence. Forgotten and ignored for generations, but only truly lost if “We the People” refuse to bring them ba...

When War Comes Home: A Constitutional Warning - Every generation faces a temptation to exchange freedom for security. Every generation is told that normal rules cannot apply because a crisis is too serious, an enemy too dangerous and a moment too urgent. The post When War Comes Home: A Constitutional Warning appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

Site-Blocking Will Not Defend IP, No Matter the Bill’s Name - There has been a raft of site-blocking bills in the latest Congress, and the latest is called the “Deterring Extraterritorial Foreign Exploitation of Networks Damaging Intellectual Property” aka the “DEFEND IP Act.” The problem is that instead of “defending IP,” this bill will incentivize censorship, overblocking, and bad faith attempts to block access to a website. DEFEND IP Act, and all of th...

Congress Has Another Site-Blocking Bill, And This One Targets VPNs - Congress is taking another run at site-blocking, a deeply flawed concept that would undermine basic internet infrastructure. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has introduced the American Copyright Protection Act (ACPA), H.R. 10364, a bill that would give copyright owners a new legal tool to block Americans’ access to foreign websites accused of copyright infringement.  The basic idea is all too familiar...

Victory! Court Rejects Government Effort to Dismiss Social Media Surveillance Lawsuit - Judge Allows Social Media Surveillance Lawsuit Against Trump Administration to Move ForwardNEW YORK — A lawsuit filed by three labor unions against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their viewpoint-based surveillance and suppression of protected expression online can move forward, a federal judge ruled yesterday. On October 1, 2026, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of the U.S. Distri...

Brentwood’s Arguments About its Blight Designation and Eminent Domain Don’t Hold Up - ARLINGTON, Va.—Brentwood, Missouri has designated blocks of the Manchester Road Corridor as blighted, a first step in an envisioned plan to redevelop the neighborhood. Several […] The post Brentwood’s Arguments About its Blight Designation and Eminent Domain Don’t Hold Up appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Victory! Court Allows East Cleveland Resident to Pursue First Amendment Political Retaliation Claims Against City and Officials - ARLINGTON, Va.—For over four years, William Fambrough has been pursuing justice against the city of East Cleveland, Ohio for violating his First Amendment right not […] The post Victory! Court Allows East Cleveland Resident to Pursue First Amendment Political Retaliation Claims Against City and Officials appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Federal Court Grants Preliminary Approval to Settlement in Brookside, Alabama Policing-for-Profit Lawsuit - BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A federal court granted preliminary approval of a class-action settlement in the Institute for Justice’s (IJ) policing-for-profit lawsuit against the town of Brookside, Alabama. […] The post Federal Court Grants Preliminary Approval to Settlement in Brookside, Alabama Policing-for-Profit Lawsuit 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 Sues City of Jacksonville, Florida Over Illegal Gun-Free Zones - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  September 29, 2026  Jacksonville, FL — Gun Owners of America (GOA), Gun Owners Foundation (GOF), Florida Carry, and individual plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit challenging firearm restrictions enforced at City-owned venues across Jacksonville. The suit (Case No. 16-2026-CA-006676-AXXX-MA) names the City of Jacksonville, Sheriff T.K. Waters, and Mayor Donna Deegan—and chall...

President Trump Just Killed DOJ’s Appeal - PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD DOJ: DON’T APPEAL GOA’S WIN! Thank you to President Trump for supporting the Second Amendment! President Trump personally ordered the Justice Department not to appeal our NFA victory. The deadline to file would have been October 5th. But, ATF still hasn’t issued guidance for FFLs and gun owners on how to proceed after the win. GOA has … Read more

State Of The Second. Issue vol. 3 - Get up to speed on Vol. 3 of State of the Second The third issue of State of the Second is now available.  Following the launch of our inaugural digital magazine, Issue Two continues to bring together original reporting, interviews, firearms-industry coverage, and long-form features created exclusively for GOA members. Inside this issue, you’ll find: Expert perspectives from across the firearms...

Warren, Van Hollen pressure OppFi to ditch bank deal - Weeks after nonbank lender Enova scrapped its bid to buy Grasshopper Bank, two Senate Democrats are urging nonbank lender OppFi to abandon its own dealmaking efforts.

Dive Deposits: BofA, Barclays show their populist side - Bank of America is expanding its apprenticeship program at a time of year when it typically would raise the hourly wage for its lowest-paid staff. Meanwhile, Barclays conceded (partially) on its office-return mandate.

Fed watchdog finds mismanagement, not criminality, in $2.5B renovation - The Federal Reserve Board should establish a guaranteed maximum price for its renovation project, which is now several years in, the Office of the Inspector General said.

Amerant Bank CEO tackles credit crisis - Efforts to change the internal culture around credit risk within the Florida bank’s lending portfolio have begun paying off, Carlos Iafigliola said.

Stripe swallows Parafin - The payments processor is buying an embedded financing company that caters to small businesses, in its second acquisition in as many months.

Fed extends deadline for Regulation O comments - The central bank extended the deadline for comments on Regulation O by one month, to Nov. 4.

Nubank shuts down rumors it's buying Monzo - The Brazil-based digital bank, which recently launched a U.S. business, submitted an SEC filing to stop the spread of misinformation.

The Clearing House plots next gen settlement for on-chain network - The bank-owned payments company has been developing an interoperable payments network that will allow banks to clear and settle tokenized deposit transactions. It's targeting an early 2027 launch for the network, and is working toward an atomic future thanks to bank demand.

As CDFIs face headwinds, states bolster their support - More states are providing funding to community development financial institutions, which are contending with hostility from the Trump administration and challenges from high interest rates.

Northern Trust begins search for CFO to succeed Fox - Chicago-based Northern Trust has started its search for a new CFO as David Fox plans to retire in March; the American Fintech Council has been appointed as an observer on the Conference of State Bank Supervisors' newly formed nonbank industry advisory; Wells Fargo has hired JPMorganChase investment banker David Harkin to advise on technology deals, and more in this week's banking news roundup.

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 application by Fleur Capital Corporation - Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by Fleur Capital Corporation

Federal Reserve Board announces it will extend, until November 4, the comment period on its proposal to modernize Regulation O - Federal Reserve Board announces it will extend, until November 4, the comment period on its proposal to modernize Regulation O

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with Ontario Bancorporation, Inc. - Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with Ontario Bancorporation, Inc.

Press Release: FDIC Announces Conclusion of Independent Monitorship - PRESS RELEASE | SEPTEMBER 30, 2026 FDIC Announces Conclusion of Independent Monitorship WASHINGTON — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (...

Press Release: Agencies Publish Resolution Plan Feedback Letters for 15 Banking Organizations - PRESS RELEASE | SEPTEMBER 29, 2026 Agencies Publish Resolution Plan Feedback Letters for 15 Banking Organizations WASHINGTON—The Federal Deposit...