Weekly Recap: 12 Finance Press Releases You Need to See

A roundup of the most newsworthy financial press releases from PR Newswire this week, including payments updates from PayPal and MoneyGram, and new data that shows how children interact with money.

NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 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. PayPal Ushers in a New Era of Peer-to-Peer Payments, Reimagining How Money Moves to Anyone, Anywhere
   PayPal introduced PayPal links, a new way to send and receive money through a personalized, one-time link that can be shared in any conversation. Crypto will also soon be directly integrated into PayPal's new P2P payment flow in the app, making it more convenient for PayPal users in the U.S. to send Bitcoin, Ethereum, PYUSD, and more.
2. Xplor Technologies and Clubessential Holdings to Merge, Creating a Scaled Global Platform for Software and Payments
   The merger forms a global provider of software and payment solutions for Fitness & Wellness, Golf & Club, Parks & Recreation, and Home Services. The combined organization will serve more than 130,000 customers worldwide, process $47 billion in annual payments volume, employ approximately 2,500 people, and generate nearly $900 million in annual revenue.
3. Strive Announces Board of Directors and Initial Bitcoin Strategy
   "We intentionally put together this team to enable Strive to lead with an unwavering focus on Bitcoin accumulation, strategic decision making, and fiduciary duty in service of our mission to increase Bitcoin per share and outperform Bitcoin over the long run," said Matt Cole, Chairman & CEO of Strive. 
4. From digital dollars to real-world debt: 31% of parents catch their kids on unapproved online shopping sprees
   The new survey by Achieve finds children overspend their allowances, sneak digital purchases and struggle to grasp the value of money in a cashless world.
5. MoneyGram Reinvents Cross-Border Finance with Next-Generation App
   Launching first in Colombia, the app will leverage USD-pegged stablecoins to provide access to a fast and modern way to move and hold money across borders.
6. T. Rowe Price Launches Blue Bond Emerging Markets Strategy to Help Catalyze Finance for a Sustainable Blue Economy
   "By aligning the strategy's investment objectives with specific water-related United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, we are not only mobilizing essential capital to protect and sustain our world's precious water resources, but we are also demonstrating our commitment to managing innovative and impactful investment strategies," said Eric Veiel Head of Global Investments and CIO, T. Rowe Price.
7. Blue Owl Capital Launches Debut Interval Fund, Focused on Alternative Credit
   Sean Connor, President & CEO of Global Private Wealth at Blue Owl said, "With this launch, we're opening the door for individual investors to access a market traditionally dominated by institutions—one that offers strong income potential backed by diversified pools of asset collateral."
8. J.P. Morgan Private Bank launches new Lifestyle Services Offering
   These services aim to enhance the client experience and provide comprehensive support to ultra-high-net-worth families, ensuring access to the highest quality resources across various domains. U.S.-based J.P. Morgan clients benefit from access to exclusive offers, including complimentary consultations, discounted rates, and waived fees across various services.
9. One in Four Small Business Owners Are in Survival Mode but Adapting, Reveals KeyBank Survey
   Even with an extra cushion of expenses saved, half (50%) of small business owners say their top concern is inflation and rising costs–far outpacing factors like competition (33%), cash flow (25%) and labor shortages and hiring challenges (22%). 
10. BofA Increases Military Hiring by 10,000, Expands Community College Hiring, Adds Jobs in New Financial Centers
    This is the company's latest step - following its minimum wage announcement earlier this week - to expand economic opportunity nationwide. The company's focus on workforce development is reflected in its broad-based hiring practices, which includes hiring those who do not have four-year college degrees, military veterans, and individuals from community colleges.
11. Polymarket Partners with Chainlink to Enhance Accuracy of Prediction Market Resolutions
    The partnership will initially focus on enhancing the accuracy and speed of asset pricing resolutions, with plans to expand into additional markets. Polymarket's integration of Chainlink is now live on Polygon mainnet, enabling the creation of secure, real-time prediction markets around asset pricing, including hundreds of live crypto trading pairs.
12. Pennybacker Raises Over $700 Million for Inaugural Infrastructure Platform
    The company's first infrastructure fund, Pennybacker Critical Infrastructure Partners I, LP, is a lower-to-middle market, value-add equity strategy focused on investing in infrastructure businesses across the critical infrastructure landscape that have hard assets and contracted cash flows.

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