April 26, 2025

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Banking

Banking regulators scrap crypto-warnings, encourage innovation

Trump’s crypto project says it sold $550M in tokens Donald Trump’s World Liberty Financial crypto project announced it raised $250 million in its second token sale, bringing total sales to $550 million. Cheddar U.S. banking regulators announced on Thursday they were pulling back several documents that urge banks to show caution when dabbling in cryptocurrency and related activities. The Federal Reserve said it was

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Banking

Lisa Berger and Ilaria Rawlins Open a New Type of Bank

The founders of women-owned Fortuna Bank aim to help local business owners grow and thrive. Lisa Berger and Ilaria Rawlins had experienced plenty of success in their careers, but a novel idea to start a women-owned bank was an opportunity they couldn’t turn down. Berger and Rawlins met in 2006, when Berger—at the time a

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Crypto

Why Crypto And All Biz Must Think AI First

Shopify is a leading, Canada-based company that enables online and brick-and-mortar commerce that … More has declared AI First. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Getty Images Shopify’s Vision: Embracing AI as an Integral Teammate Shopify could have been a feature in my AI First, Human Always book! When I first decided to write my latest

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Crypto

Crypto trader Andre Rebelo jailed for 25 years for mother’s murder

The Supreme Court of Western Australia. During sentencing, Justice Bruno Fiannaca described Rebelo’s offending as the “ultimate betrayal” of a mother who had done everything she could for her four children. “It was the betrayal of the person who brought you into this world, her children and her grandson,” Justice Fiannaca said. “You are someone

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Funds

ASIC delivers scathing review into ‘insensitive’ super funds on death benefit insurance claims

Australia’s corporate watchdog has called on superannuation funds to overhaul the way they deal with death benefit insurance claims, noting excessive delays, poor customer service and ineffective claims handling are leaving Australians worse off at some of the most vulnerable times of their lives. The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has called on industry

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Finance

A Personal Finance Reporter Ponders His Own Climate Change Risk

It’s kind of a lot to live with a personal finance reporter like me. Everything is diversification and risk, prudent investing and delayed gratification. So it was not a surprise a few years ago when my wife started asking open-ended questions about what constitutes smart real estate decision-making as the planet warms and the weather

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