Finance Updates – Page 25 – Finance Updates

San Francisco Bay Area Sets New VC Funding Records in Q3 2025 Amid AI Boom

San Francisco–area startups raised $111.7B th...

The broader Bay Area raised about $141.4B thr...

In Q3 alone, the SF metro raised $27.5B and c...

The surge is largely AI-driven and is further...

Boston VC Trends 2025: $5.3B Raised, Unicorns Rise Amid Biotech Cooling & Lab Oversupply

Americas Markets Finance and Insurance

Boston-area startups raised about $5.3B in 20...

Five new unicorns emerged, signaling capital ...

Early-stage deal flow weakened, especially bi...

Higher rates, regulatory uncertainty, compres...

Canada’s Critical Minerals Tipping Point: Regulation vs Economics in Investment Hurdles

Americas Policy Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction

Ottawa is ramping up tax credits, infrastruct...

A B.C. review finds many EA-approved mines ar...

Industry disputes that conclusion, arguing pe...

The policy push versus perceived regulatory b...

How Place-Based Investment & Clean Energy Power Economic Turnaround in Fossil Fuel Regions

Americas Policy Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction

Carbon-specialized regions have seen steep fo...

Place-based federal investments like EDAs Bui...

Even with some post-2021 fossil employment re...

Success hinges on sustained, large-scale fund...

Regulatory Approval Clears Way: Huntington-Cadence $7.4B Merger to Close Feb 1, 2026

Americas M&A Retail Banking

Cadence Bank and Huntington Bancshares have r...

The $7.4B all-stock deal offers 2.475 Hunting...

The combined bank will operate in 21 states w...

Huntington says it does not plan branch closu...

Huntington’s Cadence Acquisition: A Strategic Leap Into Southern Banking Markets

Americas M&A Commercial Banking

Huntington Bancshares’ $7.4B all-stock acquis...

The merger would create a ~$276B-asset bank w...

Management projects ~10% EPS accretion, mild ...

The OCC’s 56-day approval highlights faster b...

Elon-Queens Merger Set for 2026: What It Means for Charlotte’s Higher Education

Americas M&A Healthcare

Elon University and Queens University of Char...

The merger is contingent on SACSCOC and U.S. ...

Until approvals, the schools remain separate ...

The deal aims to expand scale and student opp...

Heritage Financial Secures Approval for ~$176.6M All-Stock Olympic Bancorp Deal, Targeting 18% EPS Gain

Americas M&A Commercial Banking

Heritage Financial has secured all regulatory...

The $176.6 million all-stock deal uses a fixe...

The merger adds 17 branches and about $1.7B i...

Heritage also strengthens its low-cost deposi...

Huntington’s $7.4B Cadence Deal: $276B Bank, Southern Growth & Trade-Offs

Americas M&A Commercial Banking

Huntington Bancshares has received all requir...

Cadence shareholders will receive 2.475 Hunti...

The combined bank is expected to have about $...

Management expects roughly 10% EPS accretion ...

Icon Identity & MC Group Merger: PE-Backed Brand Implementation Firm Expands

Americas M&A Outsourcing

Icon Identity Solutions (Merit Capital Partne...

The combination broadened offerings by pairin...

Duff & Phelps (Kroll) advised Icon as exclusi...

Operations will be centered in Mentor, Ohio w...