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Weekly Recap: 13 Finance Press Releases You Need to See
Saturday, September 20, 2025
A roundup of the most newsworthy financial press releases from PR Newswire this week, including PNC's acquisition of FirstBank, new cash registry options from Opendoor and the latest Employment Trends Index(TM) findings.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help finance journalists and consumers stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a recap of some major stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.
1. PNC Announces Agreement to Acquire FirstBank, Significantly Growing its
Presence in Colorado and ArizonaFirstBank, with $26.8 billion in assets
as of June 30, 2025, operates 95 branches, with a leading position in
Colorado and a substantial presence in Arizona. The addition of
FirstBank's strong presence in these fast-growing markets will reinforce
PNC as a leading national bank in the United States.
2. Opendoor and Birdie Address Home Buying Stress with New Cash
RegistryDeveloped in partnership with Birdie, the Opendoor Cash Registry
allows consumers to request home cash funds to support with major home
financial needs -- from buying a first home to upsizing to accommodate a
growing family.
3. Tradr Set to Launch Five First-to-Market Leveraged ETFs on APLD, NBIS,
JOBY, NVTS, PONY & VOYGAll five funds are first-to-market strategies and
will be listed on Cboe. The funds aim to deliver twice (200%) the daily
performance of a specific underlying stock.
4. The Conference Board Employment Trends Index(TM) (ETI) Falls in
August"Layoffs and unemployment remain low as companies navigate through
continued uncertainty," said Mitchell Barnes, Economist at The Conference
Board. "But tariff pressures are expected to intensify, raising inflation
and reducing consumption, which could restrain activity and dampen future
hiring."
5. Jack Henry Strengthens Wealth Management Services with Bits of StockThe
alliance enables banks and credit unions to offer fractional stock
rewards and round-ups on everyday transactions, building consumer loyalty
and a path to financial wellness.
6. Reality Bites: Gen X is Nearing Retirement and More than Half Don't
Believe They'll be Financially Ready When the Time Comes, According to
Northwestern Mutual Planning & Progress StudyThe study also finds Gen
X'ers think they'll need $1.57 million to retire comfortably - $310,000
more than the "magic number" national average. When Gen Xers who have
saved something for retirement were asked how much they have saved as a
multiple of their current annual income, the #1 answer (17%) was 2x.
7. Aon: U.S. Employer Health Care Costs Expected to Rise 9.5 Percent in
2026This marks the third consecutive year of elevated health care cost
trends near double digits. Ongoing changes in the health care landscape
and external economic pressures make it less likely that cost increases
will return to more manageable levels in the future.
8. Manulife Investment Management and TruAmerica Launch $1 Billion
Affordable Housing Joint Venture with Initial Acquisition of 51
PropertiesThe joint venture aligns with an increasingly urgent need for
housing solutions that serve the low- to middle-income renter, a
demographic facing the greatest affordability strain. With investors
actively seeking resilient, income-generating residential sectors,
essential housing--supported by long-term federal tax credit
programs--offers both stability and opportunity for institutional
capital.
9. Eightco Holdings Inc. Closes $270 Million Private Placement as First
Worldcoin (WLD) Treasury StrategyWorld creates a zero knowledge (ZK)
Proof of Human so a person's human information is not stored on the
blockchain. World's proprietary iris-scanning Orb technology is designed
to meet the security and identity challenges of the future, offering a
path to a universally trusted digital identity and the foundation for the
next generation of online trust, verification and economic exchange.
10. BlackLine Launches Verity, Trusted AI Purpose-Built for the Office of
the CFODesigned to deliver practical, trusted, and auditable AI, Verity
automates complex processes, uncovers deep analytical insights, and
empowers finance and accounting professionals by freeing them from
repetitive work.
11. Deloitte: Holiday Retail Sales Expected to Increase 2.9% to 3.4%Overall,
Deloitte's retail and consumer products practice projects holiday sales
will total $1.61 trillion to $1.62 trillion during the November to
January timeframe. E-commerce is expected to grow at a healthy pace of
between 7% and 9% year-over-year during the 2025-2026 holiday season.
12. Brex Partners with DoorDash for Business to Deliver DashPass to Brex
Corporate CardholdersThrough this collaboration, employers who offer
Brex cards to their teams can now extend DashPass as a built-in benefit
for their teams - a seamless way to offer a high-impact perk through a
card employees already use for business expenses. Both the DashPass
membership and benefits are available for workplace orders such as team
meals, office groceries, and business travel, as well as for personal
use.
13. Replit Closes $250 Million in Funding to Build on Customer MomentumThe
funding comes on the heels of Replit growing annualized revenue from
$2.8 million to $150 million in less than a year, a more than 50x
increase, driven by a global community of more than 40 million users.
The new funds will be used for scaling operations, accelerated product
development, and global expansion as Replit builds out a new way to work
in the era of AI.
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