Weekly Recap: 10 Finance Press Releases You Need to See

A roundup of the most newsworthy financial press releases from PR Newswire this week, including a new cryptocurrency ecosystem index, a financial training merger and PayPal's new tool for small businesses.

NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 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. S&P Global to Launch Innovative Crypto Ecosystem Index, a New Way to Combine Cryptocurrencies and Crypto-Linked Equities
   Dinari, a leading provider of tokenized U.S. public securities, has collaborated with S&P Global on the index design and will create a token tracking the benchmark. The index is designed to track a wide range of companies and digital assets connected to the crypto ecosystem, combining cryptocurrencies and publicly traded crypto-linked equities into one index.
2. Heidrick & Struggles Enters into Definitive Agreement with Investor Consortium Led by Advent International and Corvex to Become a Private Company
   The all-cash transaction values the Company's equity at approximately $1.3 billion and will enable the Company to return to private ownership, with significantly more equity participation by current and future partners and leaders, enabling faster growth and greater client impact.
3. CoinShares Launches ETF Offering Access to Altcoins
   The new U.S. ETF provides diversified exposure to 10 of the leading altcoins beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum through a portfolio of crypto ETPs accessible via traditional brokerage accounts.
4. Wall Street Prep, Financial Edge, and Euromoney Learning Combine to Create Global Leader in Financial Training
   "By joining with Financial Edge and Euromoney Learning, we are positioned as the clear leader in financial training. For our clients, this means access to the most comprehensive suite of solutions in the industry and a partner who can support them at every stage," said Matan Feldman, CEO of Wall Street Prep.
5. Ramp Launches Agents for AP to Automate Accounts Payable
   Agents for AP use the same context finance teams and approval stakeholders rely on to make decisions autonomously, connecting each invoice with vendor records, contracts, purchase orders, and approval history. 
6. PNC Investments to Rebrand as PNC Wealth Management
   "PNC Wealth Management represents the focus and investment we are making in the platform to serve the holistic financial needs of our clients, providing them with the advice and solutions they need to achieve their long-term financial goals," said PNC's Head of Retail Banking Alex Overstrom.
7. PayPal Unleashes the Power of Retail Media for Small Businesses, Enabling Them to Join Billion-Dollar Advertising Boom
   With 99.9% of all businesses in the U.S. being small businesses, PayPal Ads Manager will help small businesses create billions of new advertising impressions for brands of all sizes by utilizing a fast-growing and highly profitable segment of digital advertising.
8. Galaxy Launches GalaxyOne, Bringing Institutional-Quality Financial Offerings to Individual Investors
   The financial technology platform offers U.S.-based individual investors to access high yields on fiat cash, alongside crypto and equities trading in a single digital experience.
9. AlphaSense Acquires Carousel to Power AI-Driven Excel Modeling
   With Carousel added as an extension of AlphaSense's end-to-end AI platform, customers will be able to create and update financial models almost at the speed of thought.
10. Pioneering Crypto Life Insurer Anthea Raises US$22 Million in Series A Funding
    The capital infusion will enable the launch of Anthea's firstlife insurance product denominated in ETH(Ethereum) — also the world's first Ethereum life insurance product ever. In addition, it will support Anthea's ongoing business operations, accelerate product development and innovation, and expand distribution networks and market presence across Asia.

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