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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced sanctions against several individuals and entities for their involvement in a fraudulent information technology (IT) worker scheme connected to the...

On August 14, Tammy Hornsby-Fink, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Federal Reserve System, received the 2025 National ORBIE award in the CISO Large Enterprise category.

Global investment firm Carlyle has announced an agreement to acquire the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) business of Altera Infrastructure Group.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has released its Quarterly Banking Profile for the second quarter of 2025, showing that FDIC-insured commercial banks and savings institutions reported a return on assets (ROA) of 1.13 percent and...

Inès Pajot, an incoming first-year student at the University of California, Berkeley, has described her journey from early science classes in Paris to cofounding a global climate coalition and pursuing clean energy solutions.

The Federal Reserve Board has announced final individual capital requirements for large banks, which will take effect on October 1.

The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) announced the issuance of two consent-based prohibition orders in August 2025.

The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has liquidated Members First of Maryland Federal Credit Union, located in Baltimore, Maryland.

At its August 2025 meeting, the Payments System Board reviewed several key issues affecting Australia's financial market infrastructure and payments system.

The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) will hold a Strategic Plan Town Hall on Tuesday, September 9 at 2 p.m. Eastern.

The Federal Reserve Board has released the minutes from its meetings held on July 21 and July 30, 2025.

Global investment firm Carlyle has announced an agreement to acquire intelliflo from Invesco, a global asset management company.

IBM and AMD have announced a collaboration to develop new computing architectures that combine quantum computers with high-performance computing systems.

Keith Morton, Regional Director of the Southern Region at the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), will retire on August 29, 2025.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland will host an online webinar on August 25, 2025, focusing on strategies to meet workforce needs in Ohio’s growing semiconductor and related industries.

The Bank of Canada has released the results of its Market Participants Survey for the second quarter of 2025, which gathers economic forecasts and risk assessments from approximately 30 financial market participants.

A joint team from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has received the Bank of Canada’s annual counterfeit deterrence award.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has chosen Patrick Gonzalez, a climate change scientist and forest ecologist from the University of California, Berkeley, as a lead author for its upcoming global scientific assessment.

A recent study published in Science details how the unique feet of ripple bugs, or water striders from the genus Rhagovelia, have inspired a new propulsion system for miniature robots.

Edward Miguel, a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley and faculty co-director of the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), has focused his career on addressing global poverty.