Weekly Recap: 15 Finance Press Releases You Need to See

A roundup of the most newsworthy financial press releases from PR Newswire this week, including BitMine earning its spot as the third largest crypto treasury globally and an exclusive media rights agreement between Paramount and TKO.

NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 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. BitMine Immersion (BMNR) ETH Holdings Exceed 1.15 Million Tokens, Valued in Excess of $4.96 Billion, and Largest ETH Treasury in World
   As of August 10th at 10:59pm ET, the Company's ETH holdings total 1,150,263 at $4,311 per ETH (Bloomberg), making BitMine the largest ETH treasury in the world.
2. Cardinal Health announces the addition of Solaris Health, the country's leading urology MSO, to The Specialty Alliance
   The transaction accelerates Cardinal Health's growth strategy by adding over 750 providers to Cardinal Health's multi-specialty MSO platform, The Specialty Alliance. Cardinal Health will provide approximately $1.9 billion in cash to The Specialty Alliance to enable the acquisition and will own approximately 75% of The Specialty Alliance after its acquisition of Solaris Health.
3. Paramount and TKO Announce Historic UFC Media Rights Agreement
   Starting in 2026, Paramount will exclusively distribute UFC's full slate of 13 marquee numbered events and 30 Fight Nights via its direct-to-consumer streaming platform, Paramount+, with select numbered events to be simulcast on CBS, Paramount's leading broadcast network. The seven-year term, which begins in 2026, has an average annual value ("AAV") of $1.1 billion.
4. Chainlink and ICE Collaborate To Bring High-Quality Forex and Precious Metals Data Onchain
   High-quality FX and precious metals rates from ICE Consolidated Feed will serve as a contributor to the derived data set that Chainlink Data Streams provides to 2,000+ applications, leading banks, asset managers, and infrastructure in the Chainlink ecosystem.
5. REMAX Teams Up With NFL Star Rookie Matthew Golden To Find Dream Home for His Grandmother
   "We're excited to share more about the process to 'Get Golden Home,' celebrating the relatable challenges and milestones of purchasing a home in today's market, on social media," shared Abby Lee, EVP of Marketing, Communications and Events at REMAX.
6. First Financial Bank to Strategically Expand Presence in Chicago with the Complementary Acquisition of BankFinancial
   Upon completion of the transaction, BankFinancial's consumer, trust/wealth management and selected commercial credit lines of business will be incorporated into First Financial's respective business lines, and all BankFinancial bank employees will become First Financial associates.
7. Survey: More Stressful Than a Wedding: First-Time Buyers Share the Shocks of Homeownership
   A new survey from Nationwide reveals that recent first-time buyers found the experience more stressful than landing their first job, planning a wedding, or even finding a long-term partner.
8. Ally commits over $150 million to workforce development initiatives to drive economic mobility
   "We recognize the future of work is evolving faster than ever, and the skills needed to succeed are rapidly changing, too. Through this giving, we are helping organizations open doors to new and expanded career opportunities that will remove barriers to sustainable employment," said Kathie Patterson, chair of the Ally Charitable Foundation and chief human resources and corporate citizenship officer at Ally.
9. Castlelake Launches New Aviation Lending Entity: Merit AirFinance
   Merit AirFinance seeks to provide separation between Castlelake's leasing and lending offerings as a new operating subsidiary focused on providing flexible, innovative debt solutions to airlines and leasing companies.
10. Arlington Capital Partners Forms Neumo--a Champion of Government Modernization
    Neumo offers a comprehensive suite of cloud-based solutions that help governments modernize operations and elevate the quality of services they provide to their communities.
11. 'First-of-its kind' relationship: Highmark Health, Abridge announce unique collaboration to scale and deploy AI technologies across an entire payer-provider ecosystem
    "Abridge's platform will help us close care gaps by generating clinically useful and compliant documentation at various interaction points," said Bethany Casagranda, DO, MBA, president of AHN's physician organization and Chief Medical Officer for AHN.
12. Young Homebuyers Banking on Refinancing Gamble: Nearly Two-Thirds of Gen Z and Millennial Buyers Depending on Future Rate Drops for Financial Health
    According to the Truework 2025 Recent Homebuyer Report, more than half (56%) of all recent buyers said that refinancing to a lower rate is important or extremely important to their financial health, and 1 in 4 (25%) said the ability to refinance is "extremely important" to their economic well-being.
13. Infosys Transforms ABN AMRO's Lending Process with nCino Platform Implementation
    This project strategically sought to transform ABN AMRO's loan origination and collateral management process by consolidating multiple legacy systems into a single, unified platform, enhancing ABN AMRO's ability to serve its customers and streamline operations.
14. Platform-style games, direct-to-consumer distribution drive far-reaching shake-up of global gaming market--Bain & Company annual Gaming Report
    The global video game market reached $219 billion last year and is projected to grow by 4% annually through 2028, Bain projects. But it notes that the industry's growth is increasingly concentrated among top titles, many of which rely on user-generated content (UGC), cross-media IP ecosystems, and direct-to-consumer distribution models which sidestep traditional storefronts.
15. Happy Money Study Reveals Gap Between Consumers' Financial Stress and Their Debt Management Strategies
    While 36% of respondents cite paying down debt as a top financial goal, 21% say they've taken no steps in the past six months to manage debt or reduce financial stress and only 8% have consolidated or refinanced debt – a missed opportunity to save money on interest and expedite the payoff process.

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