Category: Commerce

  • MIL-OSI: BVNK & Bitwave Announce Partnership to Enable Real-Time Stablecoin Payments for Enterprise Finance

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SAN FRANCISCO, July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BVNK, a global provider of stablecoin-native payment infrastructure announced a strategic partnership with Bitwave, the leading enterprise digital asset finance platform. The integration will empower enterprise finance teams to send and receive stablecoin invoice payments with compliance, security, and speed.

    Together, BVNK and Bitwave are redefining what’s possible for modern finance operations by embedding stablecoin wallets with Bitwave’s SOC-compliant tax, accounting and compliance platform.

    “For many finance teams, adopting stablecoins has been held back by operational and reporting complexity. Our integration with Bitwave bridges that gap, making it easier for businesses to move between traditional finance operations and stablecoin payments,” said Jesse Hemson-Struthers, CEO and Co-Founder of BVNK.

    As more businesses explore stablecoins for treasury and payments, these kinds of solutions will be key.”

    Unlocking Stablecoin Payments for the Enterprise

    BVNK delivers stablecoin-native infrastructure for global financial services, powering the flexibility and control enterprises need to modernize their payment operations.

    Through this integration, Bitwave customers will gain access to BVNK’s embedded stablecoin wallets to:

    • Pay invoices in USD, settle in stablecoins
    • Accept payments in stablecoins, receive fiat
    • Simplify reconciliation and automate GAAP/IFRS reporting
    • Access automated workflows for simplified tax, accounting, and compliance

    This capability allows finance teams to take advantage of the speed and efficiency of blockchain-based payments without sacrificing audit-readiness or security.

    “Businesses are ready for stablecoin payments. What they’ve been missing is a safe, reliable way to use them in daily operations,” said Pat White, CEO and Co-Founder of Bitwave.

    “BVNK delivers exactly that for our customers—offering speed, compliance, and flexibility without adding operational complexity.”

    Meeting the Moment for Digital Finance

    As global businesses continue to explore digital assets for treasury operations, cross-border payments, and financial innovation, this collaboration represents a major step forward in enterprise-grade stablecoin adoption.

    By bringing stablecoin-native infrastructure into Bitwave’s accounting and finance stack, the partnership enables finance teams to:

    • Accelerate settlement cycles
    • Modernize treasury operations
    • Eliminate the complexity of manual financial reporting workflows

    “Moving money onchain shouldn’t be complicated,” added Pat White. “This is how digital assets go mainstream.”

    To get started, request a demo with Bitwave today.

    About BVNK

    BVNK builds stablecoin-native infrastructure to power global financial services. Our platform enables businesses to move value instantly across borders and networks. With global licensing and Tier 1 bank partnerships, we facilitate billions in transactions for enterprises like Worldpay, Deel and Rapyd. Visit bvnk.com for more information.

    About Bitwave

    Bitwave is the leading digital asset subledger and on-chain finance platform for businesses. Built for enterprises and institutions, Bitwave simplifies digital asset tax, accounting, and payment workflows for global finance teams – all with a comprehensive, audit-ready platform. Trusted by Fortune 100 leaders, Bitwave delivers the reliability, security, and control demanded by today’s leading finance teams.

    Bitwave enables the digital asset economy with scalable financial operations.

    Visit bitwave.io for more.

    Media Contact:
    Amy Kalnoki
    Co-Founder & COO, Bitwave
    marketing@bitwave.io

    A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/d3ca5522-5929-4a4b-aef5-9989825cf2f5

    The MIL Network

  • MIL-OSI: Broadcom Ships Tomahawk Ultra: Reimagining the Ethernet Switch for HPC and AI Scale-up

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    PALO ALTO, Calif., July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO), a global leader in semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, today announced the shipment of its breakthrough Ethernet switch — the Tomahawk Ultra. Engineered to transform the Ethernet switch for high-performance computing (HPC) and AI workloads, Tomahawk Ultra delivers industry-leading ultra-low latency, massive throughput, and lossless networking.

    “Tomahawk Ultra is a testament to innovation, involving a multi-year effort by hundreds of engineers who reimagined every aspect of the Ethernet switch,” said Ram Velaga, senior vice president and general manager of Broadcom’s Core Switching Group. “This highlights Broadcom’s commitment to invest in advancing Ethernet for high-performance networking and AI scale-up.”

    Shattering Myths, Redefining Performance

    Built from the ground up to meet the extreme demands of HPC environments and tightly coupled AI clusters, Tomahawk Ultra redefines what an Ethernet switch can deliver. Long perceived as higher-latency and lossy, Ethernet takes on a new role:

    • Ultra-low latency: Achieves 250ns switch latency at full 51.2 Tbps throughput.
    • High performance: Delivers line-rate switching performance even at minimum packet sizes of 64 bytes, supporting up to 77 billion packets per second.
    • Adaptable, optimized Ethernet headers: Reduces header overhead from 46 bytes down to as low as 10 bytes, while maintaining full Ethernet compliance —boosting network efficiency and enabling flexible, application-specific optimizations.
    • Lossless fabric: Implements Link Layer Retry (LLR) and Credit-Based Flow Control (CBFC) to eliminate packet loss and ensure reliability.

    “AI and HPC workloads are converging into tightly coupled accelerator clusters that demand supercomputer-class latency — critical for inference, reliability, and in-network intelligence from the fabric itself,” said Kunjan Sobhani, lead semiconductor analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence. “Demonstrating that open-standards Ethernet can now deliver sub-microsecond switching, lossless transport, and on-chip collectives marks a pivotal step toward meeting those demands of an AI scale-up stack — projected to be double digit billions in a few years.”

    Built for HPC and AI Scale-Up

    Tomahawk Ultra is optimized for the tightly coupled, low-latency communication patterns found in both high-performance computing systems and AI clusters. With ultra-low latency switching and adaptable optimized Ethernet headers, it provides predictable, high-efficiency performance for large-scale simulations, scientific computing, and synchronized AI model training and inference.

    When deployed with Scale-Up Ethernet (SUE specification available to the public here), Tomahawk Ultra enables sub-400ns XPU-to-XPU communication latency, including the switch transit time — setting a new benchmark for tightly synchronized AI compute at scale.

    By reducing Ethernet header overhead from 46 bytes to just 10 bytes, while maintaining full Ethernet compliance, Tomahawk Ultra dramatically improves network efficiency. This optimized header is adaptable per application, offering both flexibility and performance gains across diverse HPC and AI workloads.

    Tomahawk Ultra incorporates lossless fabric technology that eliminates packet drops during high-volume data transfer. Incorporating LLR, the switch detects link errors using Forward Error Correction and automatically retransmits packets, avoiding drops at the wire level. Simultaneously, CBFC prevents buffer overflows that traditionally caused packet loss. Together, these mechanisms create a truly lossless Ethernet fabric, delivering the level of reliability demanded by today’s most data-intensive workloads.

    Tomahawk Ultra also accelerates performance through In-Network Collectives solving one of the most persistent bottlenecks in AI and machine learning workloads. Rather than burdening XPUs with collective operations like AllReduce, Broadcast, or AllGather, Tomahawk Ultra executes these directly within the switch chip. This can reduce job completion time and improve utilization of expensive compute resources. Importantly, this capability is endpoint-agnostic, enabling immediate adoption across a wide range of system architectures and vendor ecosystems.

    Designed with innovations in topology-aware routing to support advanced HPC topologies including Dragonfly, Mesh and Torus, Tomahawk Ultra is also compliant with the UEC standard and embraces the openness and rich ecosystem of Ethernet networking.

    Introducing SUE-Lite

    As part of Broadcom’s Ethernet-forward strategy for AI scale-up, the company has introduced SUE-Lite — an optimized version of the SUE specification tailored for power and area-sensitive accelerator applications. SUE-Lite retains the key low-latency and lossless characteristics of full SUE, while further reducing the silicon footprint and power consumption of Ethernet interfaces on AI XPUs and CPUs.

    This lightweight variant enables easier integration of standards-compliant Ethernet fabrics in AI platforms, promoting broader adoption of Ethernet as the interconnect of choice in scale-up architectures.

    Platform for AI Scale-Up and HPC Scale-Out

    Together with the 102.4 Tbps Tomahawk 6, Tomahawk Ultra forms the foundation of a unified Ethernet architecture: enabling scale-up Ethernet for AI, and scale-out Ethernet for HPC and distributed workloads.

    Now Shipping

    Tomahawk Ultra is 100% pin-compatible with Tomahawk 5, ensuring a very fast time-to-market. It is shipping now for deployment in rack-scale AI training clusters and supercomputing environments. To learn more about the Broadcom Tomahawk Ultra family click here. Explore the full Scale-Up/Scale-Out media kit for resources and insights into Broadcom’s scalable solutions here.

    About Broadcom
    Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies a broad range of semiconductor, enterprise software and security solutions. Broadcom’s category-leading product portfolio serves critical markets including cloud, data center, networking, broadband, wireless, storage, industrial, and enterprise software. Our solutions include service provider and enterprise networking and storage, mobile device and broadband connectivity, mainframe, cybersecurity, and private and hybrid cloud infrastructure. Broadcom is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. For more information, go to www.broadcom.com.

    Broadcom, the pulse logo, and Connecting everything are among the trademarks of Broadcom. The term “Broadcom” refers to Broadcom Inc., and/or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

    Press Contact:
    Jon Piazza
    Global Communications
    press.relations@broadcom.com
    Telephone: +1 310 498 5254

    Industry Quotes

    Michael KT Lee, Senior Vice President, Research and Development Center, Accton
    “Networking needs within an XPU node are as critical as those between nodes. With 51.2 Tbps Ethernet switching, 250-ns latency, credit-based flow control, and configurable optimized header, the Tomahawk Ultra is a perfect solution for building high-bandwidth, high-reliability, high-efficiency, and low-latency lossless systems ready for scale-up AI and HPC applications. Accton is excited to embrace the launch and collaborate closely with Broadcom to bring the Tomahawk Ultra solutions to the market.”

    Forrest Norrod, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Data Center Solutions Group, AMD
    “Low latency is essential to unleashing the full potential of AI — from reducing training times to powering real-time inference. By combining Broadcom’s new Tomahawk Ultra switch with AMD Instinct GPUs and EPYC processors, we’re enabling high-performance, standards-based Ethernet solutions for AI infrastructure. Together, we’re advancing an open ecosystem that brings our vision of AI everywhere, for everyone, closer to reality.”

    Simon Capper, Principal Engineer for AI networking, Arista Networks
    “Arista appreciates the combination of ultra-low latency and scale-Up Ethernet innovations of Tomahawk Ultra for AI networking. Once again Broadcom is setting the pace in the AI and the switch industry.”

    Shekar Ayyar, Chairman and CEO, Arrcus
    “The launch of Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra marks a groundbreaking advancement in Ethernet innovation, particularly for AI and HPC scale-up environments. With ultra-low latency and a lossless fabric, it significantly accelerates job completion times — critical for modern AI workloads. At Arrcus, we’re proud to champion an open, standards-based networking ecosystem. Combined with our high-performance ArcOS network operating system, customers can unlock scalable infrastructure that is both flexible and future-ready.”

    Wangson Wang, General Manager of Data Networks Infrastructure, Delta Electronics
    “Delta Electronics is constantly looking ahead, and we’re thrilled to confirm that our 51.2T Ethernet switch platform is ready to harness the full power of Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra chip. We see Tomahawk Ultra as a game-changer for AI scale-up and HPC. The collaboration between Delta and Broadcom demonstrates our dedication to pushing the boundaries of what is possible in Data Center network infrastructure. Building on the success of Delta’s current 800G switches, the newly launched Tomahawk Ultra chips enable us to deliver advanced solutions that offer not only unmatched performance and efficiency, but also high reliability and scalability for the most demanding network workloads — supporting rapid AI/ML network deployments for our customers.”

    Praveen Jain, Senior Vice President and General Manager, AI Clusters and Cloud Ready Data Center, HPE Networking
    “HPE is committed to delivering open, high-performance and easy-to-manage Ethernet-based solutions for the modern data center. We commend Broadcom on its new offering, and its ultra-low latency, high throughput and support for in-network collectives align perfectly with what today’s workloads demand. It reflects our shared vision for building the most advanced and open data center infrastructure solutions with operational simplicity at its core.”

    Saurabh Kulkarni, Vice President, AI Technical Product Management, Intel
    “Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra Series with its high throughput and ultra-low latency enables all-to-all connectivity across up to 64 Intel® Gaudi® 3 AI accelerators per rack with total HBM bandwidth of 76.8TB/s, capable of scaling the connectivity across multiple racks. This rack-level bandwidth unlocks new possibilities for training and real-time inference of the most complex LLMs, redefining industry SLAs. Through our collaboration with Broadcom, Intel is showcasing the open architecture and modular design advantage and full capability of our rack scale platform built for large-scale, global AI deployments.”

    Vincent Lin, General Manager, Inventec EBG
    “Inventec congratulates Broadcom on the launch of Tomahawk Ultra Ethernet switch, which significantly enhances the efficiency and sustainability of AI solutions by delivering the industry’s lowest switch latency, 250 nanoseconds, and leading power efficiency with 800W at 51.2T performance. At Inventec, our vision is to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence products that drive sustainable change for humanity and the environment through close partnership with Broadcom to deliver high-performance, scalable solutions, supporting customers’ evolving AI and high-performance computing needs.”

    Kiyo Oishi, CEO, IPI
    “The Tomahawk Ultra represents a bold leap forward in AI workloads and HPC clusters, delivering an unmatched combination of bandwidth, latency, and cutting-edge features like In-Network Collectives and scale-up Ethernet. By leveraging non-proprietary Ethernet, the Tomahawk Ultra will empower customers to scale their data intensive applications with unparalleled performance, efficiency, and reliability — paving the way for groundbreaking innovations in data-intensive computing.”

    Andrew Qu, CEO, Micas Networks
    “Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra is a major step forward for scale-up Ethernet in AI and HPC. With 250ns latency, 51.2 Tbps switching, and advanced features like Link Layer Retry, In-Network Collectives, and the AI Fabric Header, it delivers the performance, reliability, and efficiency our customers need for AI at scale. Thanks to pin compatibility with Tomahawk 5, Micas can rapidly bring Tomahawk Ultra-based systems to market, enabling seamless upgrades to meet the demands of next-generation AI infrastructure.”

    Anshul Sadana, Founder and CEO, Nexthop AI
    “With Tomahawk Ultra, Broadcom has driven AI Networking to a new level, allowing us to enable a new generation of low latency and lossless scale-up Ethernet solutions. Along with Nexthop SONiC, we now offer some of the most efficient scale-up and UEC compatible scale-out Ethernet solutions for the world’s largest hyperscalers.”

    Mike Yang, President, Quanta Cloud Technology
    “At QCT, we are committed to delivering next-generation AI and HPC infrastructure that meets the demands of extreme scale, performance, and efficiency. Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra Ethernet switch is a game-changer for the AI era, enabling 51.2 Tbps of switching capacity with ultra-low 250ns latency to dramatically accelerate AI training and inferencing workloads. We are excited to continue collaborating with Broadcom to push the next frontier of AI with Ethernet-based infrastructure.”

    Vincent Ho, CEO of UfiSpace
    “The Tomahawk Ultra delivers high performance and full pin-to-pin compatibility with Tomahawk 5. This seamless upgrade path shortens our development cycle for next-generation platforms, and we’re excited to integrate it into our upcoming solutions.”

    Robert CL Lin, President of Enterprise and Networking Business Group, Wistron
    “Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra sets a new benchmark in Open Ethernet for AI and HPC. Designed for GPU scale-up, the Tomahawk Ultra achieves 250ns latency at 51.2 Tbps, supporting 64B line-rate switching and lossless fabrics. This innovation represents a significant step forward for the industry. Wistron is seamlessly aligning these scalable AI systems, and the Tomahawk Ultra solution offering.”

    Johnson Hsu, Senior Vice President and General Manager, WNC
    “We’re proud to partner with Broadcom on the innovative Tomahawk Ultra. Purpose-built for the demands of AI and HPC, this advanced platform combines high performance with open Ethernet flexibility — enabling our customers to deploy scalable, reliable, and future-ready networks.”

    The MIL Network

  • MIL-OSI: Broadcom Ships Tomahawk Ultra: Reimagining the Ethernet Switch for HPC and AI Scale-up

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    PALO ALTO, Calif., July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO), a global leader in semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, today announced the shipment of its breakthrough Ethernet switch — the Tomahawk Ultra. Engineered to transform the Ethernet switch for high-performance computing (HPC) and AI workloads, Tomahawk Ultra delivers industry-leading ultra-low latency, massive throughput, and lossless networking.

    “Tomahawk Ultra is a testament to innovation, involving a multi-year effort by hundreds of engineers who reimagined every aspect of the Ethernet switch,” said Ram Velaga, senior vice president and general manager of Broadcom’s Core Switching Group. “This highlights Broadcom’s commitment to invest in advancing Ethernet for high-performance networking and AI scale-up.”

    Shattering Myths, Redefining Performance

    Built from the ground up to meet the extreme demands of HPC environments and tightly coupled AI clusters, Tomahawk Ultra redefines what an Ethernet switch can deliver. Long perceived as higher-latency and lossy, Ethernet takes on a new role:

    • Ultra-low latency: Achieves 250ns switch latency at full 51.2 Tbps throughput.
    • High performance: Delivers line-rate switching performance even at minimum packet sizes of 64 bytes, supporting up to 77 billion packets per second.
    • Adaptable, optimized Ethernet headers: Reduces header overhead from 46 bytes down to as low as 10 bytes, while maintaining full Ethernet compliance —boosting network efficiency and enabling flexible, application-specific optimizations.
    • Lossless fabric: Implements Link Layer Retry (LLR) and Credit-Based Flow Control (CBFC) to eliminate packet loss and ensure reliability.

    “AI and HPC workloads are converging into tightly coupled accelerator clusters that demand supercomputer-class latency — critical for inference, reliability, and in-network intelligence from the fabric itself,” said Kunjan Sobhani, lead semiconductor analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence. “Demonstrating that open-standards Ethernet can now deliver sub-microsecond switching, lossless transport, and on-chip collectives marks a pivotal step toward meeting those demands of an AI scale-up stack — projected to be double digit billions in a few years.”

    Built for HPC and AI Scale-Up

    Tomahawk Ultra is optimized for the tightly coupled, low-latency communication patterns found in both high-performance computing systems and AI clusters. With ultra-low latency switching and adaptable optimized Ethernet headers, it provides predictable, high-efficiency performance for large-scale simulations, scientific computing, and synchronized AI model training and inference.

    When deployed with Scale-Up Ethernet (SUE specification available to the public here), Tomahawk Ultra enables sub-400ns XPU-to-XPU communication latency, including the switch transit time — setting a new benchmark for tightly synchronized AI compute at scale.

    By reducing Ethernet header overhead from 46 bytes to just 10 bytes, while maintaining full Ethernet compliance, Tomahawk Ultra dramatically improves network efficiency. This optimized header is adaptable per application, offering both flexibility and performance gains across diverse HPC and AI workloads.

    Tomahawk Ultra incorporates lossless fabric technology that eliminates packet drops during high-volume data transfer. Incorporating LLR, the switch detects link errors using Forward Error Correction and automatically retransmits packets, avoiding drops at the wire level. Simultaneously, CBFC prevents buffer overflows that traditionally caused packet loss. Together, these mechanisms create a truly lossless Ethernet fabric, delivering the level of reliability demanded by today’s most data-intensive workloads.

    Tomahawk Ultra also accelerates performance through In-Network Collectives solving one of the most persistent bottlenecks in AI and machine learning workloads. Rather than burdening XPUs with collective operations like AllReduce, Broadcast, or AllGather, Tomahawk Ultra executes these directly within the switch chip. This can reduce job completion time and improve utilization of expensive compute resources. Importantly, this capability is endpoint-agnostic, enabling immediate adoption across a wide range of system architectures and vendor ecosystems.

    Designed with innovations in topology-aware routing to support advanced HPC topologies including Dragonfly, Mesh and Torus, Tomahawk Ultra is also compliant with the UEC standard and embraces the openness and rich ecosystem of Ethernet networking.

    Introducing SUE-Lite

    As part of Broadcom’s Ethernet-forward strategy for AI scale-up, the company has introduced SUE-Lite — an optimized version of the SUE specification tailored for power and area-sensitive accelerator applications. SUE-Lite retains the key low-latency and lossless characteristics of full SUE, while further reducing the silicon footprint and power consumption of Ethernet interfaces on AI XPUs and CPUs.

    This lightweight variant enables easier integration of standards-compliant Ethernet fabrics in AI platforms, promoting broader adoption of Ethernet as the interconnect of choice in scale-up architectures.

    Platform for AI Scale-Up and HPC Scale-Out

    Together with the 102.4 Tbps Tomahawk 6, Tomahawk Ultra forms the foundation of a unified Ethernet architecture: enabling scale-up Ethernet for AI, and scale-out Ethernet for HPC and distributed workloads.

    Now Shipping

    Tomahawk Ultra is 100% pin-compatible with Tomahawk 5, ensuring a very fast time-to-market. It is shipping now for deployment in rack-scale AI training clusters and supercomputing environments. To learn more about the Broadcom Tomahawk Ultra family click here. Explore the full Scale-Up/Scale-Out media kit for resources and insights into Broadcom’s scalable solutions here.

    About Broadcom
    Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies a broad range of semiconductor, enterprise software and security solutions. Broadcom’s category-leading product portfolio serves critical markets including cloud, data center, networking, broadband, wireless, storage, industrial, and enterprise software. Our solutions include service provider and enterprise networking and storage, mobile device and broadband connectivity, mainframe, cybersecurity, and private and hybrid cloud infrastructure. Broadcom is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. For more information, go to www.broadcom.com.

    Broadcom, the pulse logo, and Connecting everything are among the trademarks of Broadcom. The term “Broadcom” refers to Broadcom Inc., and/or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

    Press Contact:
    Jon Piazza
    Global Communications
    press.relations@broadcom.com
    Telephone: +1 310 498 5254

    Industry Quotes

    Michael KT Lee, Senior Vice President, Research and Development Center, Accton
    “Networking needs within an XPU node are as critical as those between nodes. With 51.2 Tbps Ethernet switching, 250-ns latency, credit-based flow control, and configurable optimized header, the Tomahawk Ultra is a perfect solution for building high-bandwidth, high-reliability, high-efficiency, and low-latency lossless systems ready for scale-up AI and HPC applications. Accton is excited to embrace the launch and collaborate closely with Broadcom to bring the Tomahawk Ultra solutions to the market.”

    Forrest Norrod, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Data Center Solutions Group, AMD
    “Low latency is essential to unleashing the full potential of AI — from reducing training times to powering real-time inference. By combining Broadcom’s new Tomahawk Ultra switch with AMD Instinct GPUs and EPYC processors, we’re enabling high-performance, standards-based Ethernet solutions for AI infrastructure. Together, we’re advancing an open ecosystem that brings our vision of AI everywhere, for everyone, closer to reality.”

    Simon Capper, Principal Engineer for AI networking, Arista Networks
    “Arista appreciates the combination of ultra-low latency and scale-Up Ethernet innovations of Tomahawk Ultra for AI networking. Once again Broadcom is setting the pace in the AI and the switch industry.”

    Shekar Ayyar, Chairman and CEO, Arrcus
    “The launch of Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra marks a groundbreaking advancement in Ethernet innovation, particularly for AI and HPC scale-up environments. With ultra-low latency and a lossless fabric, it significantly accelerates job completion times — critical for modern AI workloads. At Arrcus, we’re proud to champion an open, standards-based networking ecosystem. Combined with our high-performance ArcOS network operating system, customers can unlock scalable infrastructure that is both flexible and future-ready.”

    Wangson Wang, General Manager of Data Networks Infrastructure, Delta Electronics
    “Delta Electronics is constantly looking ahead, and we’re thrilled to confirm that our 51.2T Ethernet switch platform is ready to harness the full power of Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra chip. We see Tomahawk Ultra as a game-changer for AI scale-up and HPC. The collaboration between Delta and Broadcom demonstrates our dedication to pushing the boundaries of what is possible in Data Center network infrastructure. Building on the success of Delta’s current 800G switches, the newly launched Tomahawk Ultra chips enable us to deliver advanced solutions that offer not only unmatched performance and efficiency, but also high reliability and scalability for the most demanding network workloads — supporting rapid AI/ML network deployments for our customers.”

    Praveen Jain, Senior Vice President and General Manager, AI Clusters and Cloud Ready Data Center, HPE Networking
    “HPE is committed to delivering open, high-performance and easy-to-manage Ethernet-based solutions for the modern data center. We commend Broadcom on its new offering, and its ultra-low latency, high throughput and support for in-network collectives align perfectly with what today’s workloads demand. It reflects our shared vision for building the most advanced and open data center infrastructure solutions with operational simplicity at its core.”

    Saurabh Kulkarni, Vice President, AI Technical Product Management, Intel
    “Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra Series with its high throughput and ultra-low latency enables all-to-all connectivity across up to 64 Intel® Gaudi® 3 AI accelerators per rack with total HBM bandwidth of 76.8TB/s, capable of scaling the connectivity across multiple racks. This rack-level bandwidth unlocks new possibilities for training and real-time inference of the most complex LLMs, redefining industry SLAs. Through our collaboration with Broadcom, Intel is showcasing the open architecture and modular design advantage and full capability of our rack scale platform built for large-scale, global AI deployments.”

    Vincent Lin, General Manager, Inventec EBG
    “Inventec congratulates Broadcom on the launch of Tomahawk Ultra Ethernet switch, which significantly enhances the efficiency and sustainability of AI solutions by delivering the industry’s lowest switch latency, 250 nanoseconds, and leading power efficiency with 800W at 51.2T performance. At Inventec, our vision is to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence products that drive sustainable change for humanity and the environment through close partnership with Broadcom to deliver high-performance, scalable solutions, supporting customers’ evolving AI and high-performance computing needs.”

    Kiyo Oishi, CEO, IPI
    “The Tomahawk Ultra represents a bold leap forward in AI workloads and HPC clusters, delivering an unmatched combination of bandwidth, latency, and cutting-edge features like In-Network Collectives and scale-up Ethernet. By leveraging non-proprietary Ethernet, the Tomahawk Ultra will empower customers to scale their data intensive applications with unparalleled performance, efficiency, and reliability — paving the way for groundbreaking innovations in data-intensive computing.”

    Andrew Qu, CEO, Micas Networks
    “Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra is a major step forward for scale-up Ethernet in AI and HPC. With 250ns latency, 51.2 Tbps switching, and advanced features like Link Layer Retry, In-Network Collectives, and the AI Fabric Header, it delivers the performance, reliability, and efficiency our customers need for AI at scale. Thanks to pin compatibility with Tomahawk 5, Micas can rapidly bring Tomahawk Ultra-based systems to market, enabling seamless upgrades to meet the demands of next-generation AI infrastructure.”

    Anshul Sadana, Founder and CEO, Nexthop AI
    “With Tomahawk Ultra, Broadcom has driven AI Networking to a new level, allowing us to enable a new generation of low latency and lossless scale-up Ethernet solutions. Along with Nexthop SONiC, we now offer some of the most efficient scale-up and UEC compatible scale-out Ethernet solutions for the world’s largest hyperscalers.”

    Mike Yang, President, Quanta Cloud Technology
    “At QCT, we are committed to delivering next-generation AI and HPC infrastructure that meets the demands of extreme scale, performance, and efficiency. Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra Ethernet switch is a game-changer for the AI era, enabling 51.2 Tbps of switching capacity with ultra-low 250ns latency to dramatically accelerate AI training and inferencing workloads. We are excited to continue collaborating with Broadcom to push the next frontier of AI with Ethernet-based infrastructure.”

    Vincent Ho, CEO of UfiSpace
    “The Tomahawk Ultra delivers high performance and full pin-to-pin compatibility with Tomahawk 5. This seamless upgrade path shortens our development cycle for next-generation platforms, and we’re excited to integrate it into our upcoming solutions.”

    Robert CL Lin, President of Enterprise and Networking Business Group, Wistron
    “Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra sets a new benchmark in Open Ethernet for AI and HPC. Designed for GPU scale-up, the Tomahawk Ultra achieves 250ns latency at 51.2 Tbps, supporting 64B line-rate switching and lossless fabrics. This innovation represents a significant step forward for the industry. Wistron is seamlessly aligning these scalable AI systems, and the Tomahawk Ultra solution offering.”

    Johnson Hsu, Senior Vice President and General Manager, WNC
    “We’re proud to partner with Broadcom on the innovative Tomahawk Ultra. Purpose-built for the demands of AI and HPC, this advanced platform combines high performance with open Ethernet flexibility — enabling our customers to deploy scalable, reliable, and future-ready networks.”

    The MIL Network

  • MIL-OSI: Broadcom Ships Tomahawk Ultra: Reimagining the Ethernet Switch for HPC and AI Scale-up

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    PALO ALTO, Calif., July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO), a global leader in semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, today announced the shipment of its breakthrough Ethernet switch — the Tomahawk Ultra. Engineered to transform the Ethernet switch for high-performance computing (HPC) and AI workloads, Tomahawk Ultra delivers industry-leading ultra-low latency, massive throughput, and lossless networking.

    “Tomahawk Ultra is a testament to innovation, involving a multi-year effort by hundreds of engineers who reimagined every aspect of the Ethernet switch,” said Ram Velaga, senior vice president and general manager of Broadcom’s Core Switching Group. “This highlights Broadcom’s commitment to invest in advancing Ethernet for high-performance networking and AI scale-up.”

    Shattering Myths, Redefining Performance

    Built from the ground up to meet the extreme demands of HPC environments and tightly coupled AI clusters, Tomahawk Ultra redefines what an Ethernet switch can deliver. Long perceived as higher-latency and lossy, Ethernet takes on a new role:

    • Ultra-low latency: Achieves 250ns switch latency at full 51.2 Tbps throughput.
    • High performance: Delivers line-rate switching performance even at minimum packet sizes of 64 bytes, supporting up to 77 billion packets per second.
    • Adaptable, optimized Ethernet headers: Reduces header overhead from 46 bytes down to as low as 10 bytes, while maintaining full Ethernet compliance —boosting network efficiency and enabling flexible, application-specific optimizations.
    • Lossless fabric: Implements Link Layer Retry (LLR) and Credit-Based Flow Control (CBFC) to eliminate packet loss and ensure reliability.

    “AI and HPC workloads are converging into tightly coupled accelerator clusters that demand supercomputer-class latency — critical for inference, reliability, and in-network intelligence from the fabric itself,” said Kunjan Sobhani, lead semiconductor analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence. “Demonstrating that open-standards Ethernet can now deliver sub-microsecond switching, lossless transport, and on-chip collectives marks a pivotal step toward meeting those demands of an AI scale-up stack — projected to be double digit billions in a few years.”

    Built for HPC and AI Scale-Up

    Tomahawk Ultra is optimized for the tightly coupled, low-latency communication patterns found in both high-performance computing systems and AI clusters. With ultra-low latency switching and adaptable optimized Ethernet headers, it provides predictable, high-efficiency performance for large-scale simulations, scientific computing, and synchronized AI model training and inference.

    When deployed with Scale-Up Ethernet (SUE specification available to the public here), Tomahawk Ultra enables sub-400ns XPU-to-XPU communication latency, including the switch transit time — setting a new benchmark for tightly synchronized AI compute at scale.

    By reducing Ethernet header overhead from 46 bytes to just 10 bytes, while maintaining full Ethernet compliance, Tomahawk Ultra dramatically improves network efficiency. This optimized header is adaptable per application, offering both flexibility and performance gains across diverse HPC and AI workloads.

    Tomahawk Ultra incorporates lossless fabric technology that eliminates packet drops during high-volume data transfer. Incorporating LLR, the switch detects link errors using Forward Error Correction and automatically retransmits packets, avoiding drops at the wire level. Simultaneously, CBFC prevents buffer overflows that traditionally caused packet loss. Together, these mechanisms create a truly lossless Ethernet fabric, delivering the level of reliability demanded by today’s most data-intensive workloads.

    Tomahawk Ultra also accelerates performance through In-Network Collectives solving one of the most persistent bottlenecks in AI and machine learning workloads. Rather than burdening XPUs with collective operations like AllReduce, Broadcast, or AllGather, Tomahawk Ultra executes these directly within the switch chip. This can reduce job completion time and improve utilization of expensive compute resources. Importantly, this capability is endpoint-agnostic, enabling immediate adoption across a wide range of system architectures and vendor ecosystems.

    Designed with innovations in topology-aware routing to support advanced HPC topologies including Dragonfly, Mesh and Torus, Tomahawk Ultra is also compliant with the UEC standard and embraces the openness and rich ecosystem of Ethernet networking.

    Introducing SUE-Lite

    As part of Broadcom’s Ethernet-forward strategy for AI scale-up, the company has introduced SUE-Lite — an optimized version of the SUE specification tailored for power and area-sensitive accelerator applications. SUE-Lite retains the key low-latency and lossless characteristics of full SUE, while further reducing the silicon footprint and power consumption of Ethernet interfaces on AI XPUs and CPUs.

    This lightweight variant enables easier integration of standards-compliant Ethernet fabrics in AI platforms, promoting broader adoption of Ethernet as the interconnect of choice in scale-up architectures.

    Platform for AI Scale-Up and HPC Scale-Out

    Together with the 102.4 Tbps Tomahawk 6, Tomahawk Ultra forms the foundation of a unified Ethernet architecture: enabling scale-up Ethernet for AI, and scale-out Ethernet for HPC and distributed workloads.

    Now Shipping

    Tomahawk Ultra is 100% pin-compatible with Tomahawk 5, ensuring a very fast time-to-market. It is shipping now for deployment in rack-scale AI training clusters and supercomputing environments. To learn more about the Broadcom Tomahawk Ultra family click here. Explore the full Scale-Up/Scale-Out media kit for resources and insights into Broadcom’s scalable solutions here.

    About Broadcom
    Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies a broad range of semiconductor, enterprise software and security solutions. Broadcom’s category-leading product portfolio serves critical markets including cloud, data center, networking, broadband, wireless, storage, industrial, and enterprise software. Our solutions include service provider and enterprise networking and storage, mobile device and broadband connectivity, mainframe, cybersecurity, and private and hybrid cloud infrastructure. Broadcom is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. For more information, go to www.broadcom.com.

    Broadcom, the pulse logo, and Connecting everything are among the trademarks of Broadcom. The term “Broadcom” refers to Broadcom Inc., and/or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

    Press Contact:
    Jon Piazza
    Global Communications
    press.relations@broadcom.com
    Telephone: +1 310 498 5254

    Industry Quotes

    Michael KT Lee, Senior Vice President, Research and Development Center, Accton
    “Networking needs within an XPU node are as critical as those between nodes. With 51.2 Tbps Ethernet switching, 250-ns latency, credit-based flow control, and configurable optimized header, the Tomahawk Ultra is a perfect solution for building high-bandwidth, high-reliability, high-efficiency, and low-latency lossless systems ready for scale-up AI and HPC applications. Accton is excited to embrace the launch and collaborate closely with Broadcom to bring the Tomahawk Ultra solutions to the market.”

    Forrest Norrod, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Data Center Solutions Group, AMD
    “Low latency is essential to unleashing the full potential of AI — from reducing training times to powering real-time inference. By combining Broadcom’s new Tomahawk Ultra switch with AMD Instinct GPUs and EPYC processors, we’re enabling high-performance, standards-based Ethernet solutions for AI infrastructure. Together, we’re advancing an open ecosystem that brings our vision of AI everywhere, for everyone, closer to reality.”

    Simon Capper, Principal Engineer for AI networking, Arista Networks
    “Arista appreciates the combination of ultra-low latency and scale-Up Ethernet innovations of Tomahawk Ultra for AI networking. Once again Broadcom is setting the pace in the AI and the switch industry.”

    Shekar Ayyar, Chairman and CEO, Arrcus
    “The launch of Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra marks a groundbreaking advancement in Ethernet innovation, particularly for AI and HPC scale-up environments. With ultra-low latency and a lossless fabric, it significantly accelerates job completion times — critical for modern AI workloads. At Arrcus, we’re proud to champion an open, standards-based networking ecosystem. Combined with our high-performance ArcOS network operating system, customers can unlock scalable infrastructure that is both flexible and future-ready.”

    Wangson Wang, General Manager of Data Networks Infrastructure, Delta Electronics
    “Delta Electronics is constantly looking ahead, and we’re thrilled to confirm that our 51.2T Ethernet switch platform is ready to harness the full power of Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra chip. We see Tomahawk Ultra as a game-changer for AI scale-up and HPC. The collaboration between Delta and Broadcom demonstrates our dedication to pushing the boundaries of what is possible in Data Center network infrastructure. Building on the success of Delta’s current 800G switches, the newly launched Tomahawk Ultra chips enable us to deliver advanced solutions that offer not only unmatched performance and efficiency, but also high reliability and scalability for the most demanding network workloads — supporting rapid AI/ML network deployments for our customers.”

    Praveen Jain, Senior Vice President and General Manager, AI Clusters and Cloud Ready Data Center, HPE Networking
    “HPE is committed to delivering open, high-performance and easy-to-manage Ethernet-based solutions for the modern data center. We commend Broadcom on its new offering, and its ultra-low latency, high throughput and support for in-network collectives align perfectly with what today’s workloads demand. It reflects our shared vision for building the most advanced and open data center infrastructure solutions with operational simplicity at its core.”

    Saurabh Kulkarni, Vice President, AI Technical Product Management, Intel
    “Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra Series with its high throughput and ultra-low latency enables all-to-all connectivity across up to 64 Intel® Gaudi® 3 AI accelerators per rack with total HBM bandwidth of 76.8TB/s, capable of scaling the connectivity across multiple racks. This rack-level bandwidth unlocks new possibilities for training and real-time inference of the most complex LLMs, redefining industry SLAs. Through our collaboration with Broadcom, Intel is showcasing the open architecture and modular design advantage and full capability of our rack scale platform built for large-scale, global AI deployments.”

    Vincent Lin, General Manager, Inventec EBG
    “Inventec congratulates Broadcom on the launch of Tomahawk Ultra Ethernet switch, which significantly enhances the efficiency and sustainability of AI solutions by delivering the industry’s lowest switch latency, 250 nanoseconds, and leading power efficiency with 800W at 51.2T performance. At Inventec, our vision is to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence products that drive sustainable change for humanity and the environment through close partnership with Broadcom to deliver high-performance, scalable solutions, supporting customers’ evolving AI and high-performance computing needs.”

    Kiyo Oishi, CEO, IPI
    “The Tomahawk Ultra represents a bold leap forward in AI workloads and HPC clusters, delivering an unmatched combination of bandwidth, latency, and cutting-edge features like In-Network Collectives and scale-up Ethernet. By leveraging non-proprietary Ethernet, the Tomahawk Ultra will empower customers to scale their data intensive applications with unparalleled performance, efficiency, and reliability — paving the way for groundbreaking innovations in data-intensive computing.”

    Andrew Qu, CEO, Micas Networks
    “Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra is a major step forward for scale-up Ethernet in AI and HPC. With 250ns latency, 51.2 Tbps switching, and advanced features like Link Layer Retry, In-Network Collectives, and the AI Fabric Header, it delivers the performance, reliability, and efficiency our customers need for AI at scale. Thanks to pin compatibility with Tomahawk 5, Micas can rapidly bring Tomahawk Ultra-based systems to market, enabling seamless upgrades to meet the demands of next-generation AI infrastructure.”

    Anshul Sadana, Founder and CEO, Nexthop AI
    “With Tomahawk Ultra, Broadcom has driven AI Networking to a new level, allowing us to enable a new generation of low latency and lossless scale-up Ethernet solutions. Along with Nexthop SONiC, we now offer some of the most efficient scale-up and UEC compatible scale-out Ethernet solutions for the world’s largest hyperscalers.”

    Mike Yang, President, Quanta Cloud Technology
    “At QCT, we are committed to delivering next-generation AI and HPC infrastructure that meets the demands of extreme scale, performance, and efficiency. Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra Ethernet switch is a game-changer for the AI era, enabling 51.2 Tbps of switching capacity with ultra-low 250ns latency to dramatically accelerate AI training and inferencing workloads. We are excited to continue collaborating with Broadcom to push the next frontier of AI with Ethernet-based infrastructure.”

    Vincent Ho, CEO of UfiSpace
    “The Tomahawk Ultra delivers high performance and full pin-to-pin compatibility with Tomahawk 5. This seamless upgrade path shortens our development cycle for next-generation platforms, and we’re excited to integrate it into our upcoming solutions.”

    Robert CL Lin, President of Enterprise and Networking Business Group, Wistron
    “Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra sets a new benchmark in Open Ethernet for AI and HPC. Designed for GPU scale-up, the Tomahawk Ultra achieves 250ns latency at 51.2 Tbps, supporting 64B line-rate switching and lossless fabrics. This innovation represents a significant step forward for the industry. Wistron is seamlessly aligning these scalable AI systems, and the Tomahawk Ultra solution offering.”

    Johnson Hsu, Senior Vice President and General Manager, WNC
    “We’re proud to partner with Broadcom on the innovative Tomahawk Ultra. Purpose-built for the demands of AI and HPC, this advanced platform combines high performance with open Ethernet flexibility — enabling our customers to deploy scalable, reliable, and future-ready networks.”

    The MIL Network

  • MIL-OSI: Broadcom Ships Tomahawk Ultra: Reimagining the Ethernet Switch for HPC and AI Scale-up

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    PALO ALTO, Calif., July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO), a global leader in semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, today announced the shipment of its breakthrough Ethernet switch — the Tomahawk Ultra. Engineered to transform the Ethernet switch for high-performance computing (HPC) and AI workloads, Tomahawk Ultra delivers industry-leading ultra-low latency, massive throughput, and lossless networking.

    “Tomahawk Ultra is a testament to innovation, involving a multi-year effort by hundreds of engineers who reimagined every aspect of the Ethernet switch,” said Ram Velaga, senior vice president and general manager of Broadcom’s Core Switching Group. “This highlights Broadcom’s commitment to invest in advancing Ethernet for high-performance networking and AI scale-up.”

    Shattering Myths, Redefining Performance

    Built from the ground up to meet the extreme demands of HPC environments and tightly coupled AI clusters, Tomahawk Ultra redefines what an Ethernet switch can deliver. Long perceived as higher-latency and lossy, Ethernet takes on a new role:

    • Ultra-low latency: Achieves 250ns switch latency at full 51.2 Tbps throughput.
    • High performance: Delivers line-rate switching performance even at minimum packet sizes of 64 bytes, supporting up to 77 billion packets per second.
    • Adaptable, optimized Ethernet headers: Reduces header overhead from 46 bytes down to as low as 10 bytes, while maintaining full Ethernet compliance —boosting network efficiency and enabling flexible, application-specific optimizations.
    • Lossless fabric: Implements Link Layer Retry (LLR) and Credit-Based Flow Control (CBFC) to eliminate packet loss and ensure reliability.

    “AI and HPC workloads are converging into tightly coupled accelerator clusters that demand supercomputer-class latency — critical for inference, reliability, and in-network intelligence from the fabric itself,” said Kunjan Sobhani, lead semiconductor analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence. “Demonstrating that open-standards Ethernet can now deliver sub-microsecond switching, lossless transport, and on-chip collectives marks a pivotal step toward meeting those demands of an AI scale-up stack — projected to be double digit billions in a few years.”

    Built for HPC and AI Scale-Up

    Tomahawk Ultra is optimized for the tightly coupled, low-latency communication patterns found in both high-performance computing systems and AI clusters. With ultra-low latency switching and adaptable optimized Ethernet headers, it provides predictable, high-efficiency performance for large-scale simulations, scientific computing, and synchronized AI model training and inference.

    When deployed with Scale-Up Ethernet (SUE specification available to the public here), Tomahawk Ultra enables sub-400ns XPU-to-XPU communication latency, including the switch transit time — setting a new benchmark for tightly synchronized AI compute at scale.

    By reducing Ethernet header overhead from 46 bytes to just 10 bytes, while maintaining full Ethernet compliance, Tomahawk Ultra dramatically improves network efficiency. This optimized header is adaptable per application, offering both flexibility and performance gains across diverse HPC and AI workloads.

    Tomahawk Ultra incorporates lossless fabric technology that eliminates packet drops during high-volume data transfer. Incorporating LLR, the switch detects link errors using Forward Error Correction and automatically retransmits packets, avoiding drops at the wire level. Simultaneously, CBFC prevents buffer overflows that traditionally caused packet loss. Together, these mechanisms create a truly lossless Ethernet fabric, delivering the level of reliability demanded by today’s most data-intensive workloads.

    Tomahawk Ultra also accelerates performance through In-Network Collectives solving one of the most persistent bottlenecks in AI and machine learning workloads. Rather than burdening XPUs with collective operations like AllReduce, Broadcast, or AllGather, Tomahawk Ultra executes these directly within the switch chip. This can reduce job completion time and improve utilization of expensive compute resources. Importantly, this capability is endpoint-agnostic, enabling immediate adoption across a wide range of system architectures and vendor ecosystems.

    Designed with innovations in topology-aware routing to support advanced HPC topologies including Dragonfly, Mesh and Torus, Tomahawk Ultra is also compliant with the UEC standard and embraces the openness and rich ecosystem of Ethernet networking.

    Introducing SUE-Lite

    As part of Broadcom’s Ethernet-forward strategy for AI scale-up, the company has introduced SUE-Lite — an optimized version of the SUE specification tailored for power and area-sensitive accelerator applications. SUE-Lite retains the key low-latency and lossless characteristics of full SUE, while further reducing the silicon footprint and power consumption of Ethernet interfaces on AI XPUs and CPUs.

    This lightweight variant enables easier integration of standards-compliant Ethernet fabrics in AI platforms, promoting broader adoption of Ethernet as the interconnect of choice in scale-up architectures.

    Platform for AI Scale-Up and HPC Scale-Out

    Together with the 102.4 Tbps Tomahawk 6, Tomahawk Ultra forms the foundation of a unified Ethernet architecture: enabling scale-up Ethernet for AI, and scale-out Ethernet for HPC and distributed workloads.

    Now Shipping

    Tomahawk Ultra is 100% pin-compatible with Tomahawk 5, ensuring a very fast time-to-market. It is shipping now for deployment in rack-scale AI training clusters and supercomputing environments. To learn more about the Broadcom Tomahawk Ultra family click here. Explore the full Scale-Up/Scale-Out media kit for resources and insights into Broadcom’s scalable solutions here.

    About Broadcom
    Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies a broad range of semiconductor, enterprise software and security solutions. Broadcom’s category-leading product portfolio serves critical markets including cloud, data center, networking, broadband, wireless, storage, industrial, and enterprise software. Our solutions include service provider and enterprise networking and storage, mobile device and broadband connectivity, mainframe, cybersecurity, and private and hybrid cloud infrastructure. Broadcom is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. For more information, go to www.broadcom.com.

    Broadcom, the pulse logo, and Connecting everything are among the trademarks of Broadcom. The term “Broadcom” refers to Broadcom Inc., and/or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

    Press Contact:
    Jon Piazza
    Global Communications
    press.relations@broadcom.com
    Telephone: +1 310 498 5254

    Industry Quotes

    Michael KT Lee, Senior Vice President, Research and Development Center, Accton
    “Networking needs within an XPU node are as critical as those between nodes. With 51.2 Tbps Ethernet switching, 250-ns latency, credit-based flow control, and configurable optimized header, the Tomahawk Ultra is a perfect solution for building high-bandwidth, high-reliability, high-efficiency, and low-latency lossless systems ready for scale-up AI and HPC applications. Accton is excited to embrace the launch and collaborate closely with Broadcom to bring the Tomahawk Ultra solutions to the market.”

    Forrest Norrod, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Data Center Solutions Group, AMD
    “Low latency is essential to unleashing the full potential of AI — from reducing training times to powering real-time inference. By combining Broadcom’s new Tomahawk Ultra switch with AMD Instinct GPUs and EPYC processors, we’re enabling high-performance, standards-based Ethernet solutions for AI infrastructure. Together, we’re advancing an open ecosystem that brings our vision of AI everywhere, for everyone, closer to reality.”

    Simon Capper, Principal Engineer for AI networking, Arista Networks
    “Arista appreciates the combination of ultra-low latency and scale-Up Ethernet innovations of Tomahawk Ultra for AI networking. Once again Broadcom is setting the pace in the AI and the switch industry.”

    Shekar Ayyar, Chairman and CEO, Arrcus
    “The launch of Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra marks a groundbreaking advancement in Ethernet innovation, particularly for AI and HPC scale-up environments. With ultra-low latency and a lossless fabric, it significantly accelerates job completion times — critical for modern AI workloads. At Arrcus, we’re proud to champion an open, standards-based networking ecosystem. Combined with our high-performance ArcOS network operating system, customers can unlock scalable infrastructure that is both flexible and future-ready.”

    Wangson Wang, General Manager of Data Networks Infrastructure, Delta Electronics
    “Delta Electronics is constantly looking ahead, and we’re thrilled to confirm that our 51.2T Ethernet switch platform is ready to harness the full power of Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra chip. We see Tomahawk Ultra as a game-changer for AI scale-up and HPC. The collaboration between Delta and Broadcom demonstrates our dedication to pushing the boundaries of what is possible in Data Center network infrastructure. Building on the success of Delta’s current 800G switches, the newly launched Tomahawk Ultra chips enable us to deliver advanced solutions that offer not only unmatched performance and efficiency, but also high reliability and scalability for the most demanding network workloads — supporting rapid AI/ML network deployments for our customers.”

    Praveen Jain, Senior Vice President and General Manager, AI Clusters and Cloud Ready Data Center, HPE Networking
    “HPE is committed to delivering open, high-performance and easy-to-manage Ethernet-based solutions for the modern data center. We commend Broadcom on its new offering, and its ultra-low latency, high throughput and support for in-network collectives align perfectly with what today’s workloads demand. It reflects our shared vision for building the most advanced and open data center infrastructure solutions with operational simplicity at its core.”

    Saurabh Kulkarni, Vice President, AI Technical Product Management, Intel
    “Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra Series with its high throughput and ultra-low latency enables all-to-all connectivity across up to 64 Intel® Gaudi® 3 AI accelerators per rack with total HBM bandwidth of 76.8TB/s, capable of scaling the connectivity across multiple racks. This rack-level bandwidth unlocks new possibilities for training and real-time inference of the most complex LLMs, redefining industry SLAs. Through our collaboration with Broadcom, Intel is showcasing the open architecture and modular design advantage and full capability of our rack scale platform built for large-scale, global AI deployments.”

    Vincent Lin, General Manager, Inventec EBG
    “Inventec congratulates Broadcom on the launch of Tomahawk Ultra Ethernet switch, which significantly enhances the efficiency and sustainability of AI solutions by delivering the industry’s lowest switch latency, 250 nanoseconds, and leading power efficiency with 800W at 51.2T performance. At Inventec, our vision is to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence products that drive sustainable change for humanity and the environment through close partnership with Broadcom to deliver high-performance, scalable solutions, supporting customers’ evolving AI and high-performance computing needs.”

    Kiyo Oishi, CEO, IPI
    “The Tomahawk Ultra represents a bold leap forward in AI workloads and HPC clusters, delivering an unmatched combination of bandwidth, latency, and cutting-edge features like In-Network Collectives and scale-up Ethernet. By leveraging non-proprietary Ethernet, the Tomahawk Ultra will empower customers to scale their data intensive applications with unparalleled performance, efficiency, and reliability — paving the way for groundbreaking innovations in data-intensive computing.”

    Andrew Qu, CEO, Micas Networks
    “Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra is a major step forward for scale-up Ethernet in AI and HPC. With 250ns latency, 51.2 Tbps switching, and advanced features like Link Layer Retry, In-Network Collectives, and the AI Fabric Header, it delivers the performance, reliability, and efficiency our customers need for AI at scale. Thanks to pin compatibility with Tomahawk 5, Micas can rapidly bring Tomahawk Ultra-based systems to market, enabling seamless upgrades to meet the demands of next-generation AI infrastructure.”

    Anshul Sadana, Founder and CEO, Nexthop AI
    “With Tomahawk Ultra, Broadcom has driven AI Networking to a new level, allowing us to enable a new generation of low latency and lossless scale-up Ethernet solutions. Along with Nexthop SONiC, we now offer some of the most efficient scale-up and UEC compatible scale-out Ethernet solutions for the world’s largest hyperscalers.”

    Mike Yang, President, Quanta Cloud Technology
    “At QCT, we are committed to delivering next-generation AI and HPC infrastructure that meets the demands of extreme scale, performance, and efficiency. Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra Ethernet switch is a game-changer for the AI era, enabling 51.2 Tbps of switching capacity with ultra-low 250ns latency to dramatically accelerate AI training and inferencing workloads. We are excited to continue collaborating with Broadcom to push the next frontier of AI with Ethernet-based infrastructure.”

    Vincent Ho, CEO of UfiSpace
    “The Tomahawk Ultra delivers high performance and full pin-to-pin compatibility with Tomahawk 5. This seamless upgrade path shortens our development cycle for next-generation platforms, and we’re excited to integrate it into our upcoming solutions.”

    Robert CL Lin, President of Enterprise and Networking Business Group, Wistron
    “Broadcom’s Tomahawk Ultra sets a new benchmark in Open Ethernet for AI and HPC. Designed for GPU scale-up, the Tomahawk Ultra achieves 250ns latency at 51.2 Tbps, supporting 64B line-rate switching and lossless fabrics. This innovation represents a significant step forward for the industry. Wistron is seamlessly aligning these scalable AI systems, and the Tomahawk Ultra solution offering.”

    Johnson Hsu, Senior Vice President and General Manager, WNC
    “We’re proud to partner with Broadcom on the innovative Tomahawk Ultra. Purpose-built for the demands of AI and HPC, this advanced platform combines high performance with open Ethernet flexibility — enabling our customers to deploy scalable, reliable, and future-ready networks.”

    The MIL Network

  • MIL-OSI: White River Bancshares Co. Reports Net Income of $3.30 million, or $1.34 Per Diluted Share, in 2Q25; Results Driven by Loan Growth and Net Interest Margin Expansion

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — White River Bancshares Company (OTCQX: WRIV) (the “Company”), the holding company for Signature Bank of Arkansas (the “Bank”), today reported net income increased to $3.30 million, or $1.34 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2025, compared to $1.85 million, or $0.81 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2024. The Company reported net income of $2.63 million, or $1.07 per diluted share, for the prior quarter. In the first six months of 2025, net income increased to $5.93 million, or $2.42 per diluted share, compared to $2.36 million, or $1.11 per diluted share, in the first six months of 2024. All financial results are unaudited and all per share data has been adjusted to reflect the two-for-one stock split effected September 4, 2024.

    “We had a strong second quarter—the most profitable quarter we’ve ever had,” said Gary Head, Chairman and CEO. “We have been blessed to have incredible loan growth throughout the history of our company, and we build on that momentum quarter after quarter. Our Signature Bank family is the best group of bankers I’ve been associated with in my 43-year banking career. Their teamwork and commitment to excellence consistently go above and beyond expectations.”

    “As a community bank, expanding our deposit base to support new loan growth is critical,” said Scott Sandlin, Chief Strategy Officer. “Our Bank has made deposit gathering a primary focus, and our team has done an outstanding job—deepening relationships with existing clients while also bringing in new customers. As a result, total deposits increased 4.0% during the second quarter of 2025 and 23.2% year-over-year. At quarter end, demand and non-interest bearing accounts represented 18.7% of total deposits, and savings and interest-bearing transaction accounts represented 38.4% of total deposits. We will continue to actively seek more opportunities to grow deposits in the coming quarters to meet the increasing demand for loans.”

    Second Quarter 2025 Financial Highlights:

    • Net income for the second quarter of 2025 increased to $3.30 million, or $1.34 per diluted share, compared to $1.85 million, or $0.81 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2024.
    • Net interest income increased 31.7% to $11.9 million in the second quarter of 2025, compared to $9.0 million in the second quarter of 2024.
    • Net interest margin (“NIM”) increased 31 basis points to 3.56% in the second quarter of 2025, compared to 3.25% in the second quarter of 2024.
    • The Company recorded an $800,000 provision for credit losses in the second quarter of 2025, compared to a $432,000 provision for credit losses in the second quarter of 2024.
    • Net loans increased 21.6% to $1.194 billion at June 30, 2025, compared to $982.3 million at June 30, 2024.
    • Nonperforming loans represented 0.03% of total loans at June 30, 2025, compared to 0.00% a year ago.
    • Total deposits increased $235.3 million, or 23.2%, year-over-year, to $1.249 billion at June 30, 2025, compared to $1.014 billion at June 30, 2024.
    • Core deposits (demand and non-interest-bearing, savings and interest-bearing transaction accounts, CDs under $250,000 and CDARs reciprocal deposits) represented 70.10% of total deposits at June 30, 2025.
    • Tangible book value per common share was $41.17 at June 30, 2025, compared to $37.00 a year ago.

    Income Statement

    In the second quarter of 2025, the Company generated a return on average assets of 0.94% and a return on average equity of 12.62%, compared to 0.79% and 10.64%, respectively, in the first quarter of 2025 and 0.63% and 8.26%, respectively, in the second quarter of 2024.

    “Our second quarter net interest margin expanded by 17 basis points from the previous quarter and 31 basis points year-over-year, driven by loan growth and increased yields on our interest-earning assets,” said Brant Ward, President. NIM was 3.56% in the second quarter of 2025, compared to 3.39% in the first quarter of 2025, and 3.25% in the second quarter of 2024. In the first six months of 2025, NIM expanded 37 basis points to 3.48%, compared to 3.11% in the first six months of 2024.

    Net interest income increased 31.7% to $11.9 million in the second quarter of 2025, compared to $9.0 million in the second quarter of 2024. The increase was primarily due to year-over-year loan growth. Total interest income increased 24.8% to $21.2 million in the second quarter of 2025, compared to $17.0 million in the second quarter of 2024, primarily attributable to the increase in loans. Total interest expense increased to $9.3 million in the second quarter of 2025, from $8.0 million in the second quarter of 2024, primarily due to an increase in deposit costs. In the first six months of 2025, net interest income increased 31.9% to $22.5 million, compared to $17.1 million in the first six months of 2024.

    Noninterest income increased 7.9% to $2.1 million in the second quarter of 2025, compared to $1.9 million in the second quarter of 2024. The increase was primarily due to an increase in secondary market fee income, which more than offset the decrease in wealth management fee income during the second quarter of 2025. In the first six months of 2025, noninterest income increased 14.5% to $4.0 million, compared to $3.5 million in the first six months of 2024.

    Noninterest expense was $8.9 million in the second quarter of 2025, compared to $8.1 million in the second quarter of 2024, as expenses have normalized following the investment in expanding the Company’s market presence over the past few years. In the first six months of the year, noninterest expense increased 6.0% to $17.4 million, compared to $16.4 million in the first six months of 2024.

    Balance Sheet

    Total assets increased 18.4% to $1.434 billion at June 30, 2025, from $1.211 billion at June 30, 2024, and increased 4.0% compared to $1.379 billion at March 31, 2025. Cash and cash equivalents totaled $25.6 million at June 30, 2025, compared to $49.5 million a year ago. Investment securities totaled $140.5 million at June 30, 2025, an increase from $115.5 million at June 30, 2024.

    Loans, net of allowance for credit losses, increased 21.6% to $1.194 billion at June 30, 2025, compared to $982.3 million at June 30, 2024, and increased 5.9% compared to $1.128 billion at March 31, 2025.

    Total deposits increased 23.2% to $1.249 billion at June 30, 2025, compared to $1.014 billion at June 30, 2024, and increased 4.0% compared to $1.201 billion at March 31, 2025. Demand and non-interest-bearing deposits decreased less than 1% compared to June 30, 2024, while savings and interest-bearing transaction accounts increased 37.6% compared to June 30, 2024.

    FHLB advances were $21.5 million at June 30, 2025, compared to $54.3 million at June 30, 2024, and $21.6 million at March 31, 2025. Total stockholders’ equity increased to $102.5 million at June 30, 2025, compared to $92.0 million at June 30, 2024, and $100.5 million at March 31, 2025. Tangible book value per common share was $41.17 at June 30, 2025, compared to $37.00 at June 30, 2024, and $40.33 at March 31, 2025.

    Credit Quality

    Due to strong quarterly loan growth, the Company recorded an $800,000 provision for credit losses in the second quarter of 2025. This is compared to a $670,000 provision for credit losses in the first quarter of 2025, and a $432,000 provision for credit losses in the second quarter of 2024.

    There were $365,000 in nonperforming loans at June 30, 2025. This compared to $420,000 in nonperforming loans at March 31, 2025, and $32,000 in nonperforming loans at June 30, 2024. Nonperforming loans represented 0.03% of total loans on June 30, 2025, 0.04% of total loans on March 31, 2025, and 0.00% of total loans a year ago.

    “We remain conservative in building our credit loss reserves, continually reviewing our loan mix, assessing growth trends, and factoring in both regional and national economic conditions to ensure our allowance remains appropriately calibrated,” said Jeff Maland, Chief Risk Officer. The allowance for credit losses was $14.0 million, or 1.16% of total loans, at June 30, 2025, compared to $13.3 million, or 1.17% of total loans, at March 31, 2025, and $12.4 million, or 1.25% of total loans, at June 30, 2024.

    Net loan recoveries were $11,000 in the second quarter of 2025. This compared to net loan charge-offs of $137,000 in the first quarter of 2025, and net loan charge-offs of $111,000 in the second quarter of 2024.

    Capital

    The Bank’s capital ratios continued to exceed regulatory “well-capitalized” requirements, with a Total risk-based capital ratio estimate of 11.69%, a Tier 1 ratio of 10.44%, and a Leverage ratio of 9.12% for the Bank at June 30, 2025.

    About White River Bancshares Company

    White River Bancshares Company is the single bank holding company for Signature Bank of Arkansas, headquartered in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Bank has locations in Fayetteville, Springdale, Bentonville, Rogers, Brinkley, Harrison and Jonesboro, Arkansas. Founded in 2005, Signature Bank of Arkansas provides a full line of financial services to small businesses, families and farms. White River Bancshares Company (OTCQX: WRIV), trades on the OTCQX® Best Market.  

    In the second quarter of 2025, the Signature Bank celebrated its 20-year anniversary of service to its Arkansas communities. In tandem with the celebration, the organization updated its mission statement:
    We are committed to being a trusted local bank for business owners, individuals, and families who seek personalized service from people they know. Our mission is to empower our customers to strengthen their connections through every interaction, ensuring that their dollars are reinvested locally to support the growth and prosperity of the community we share. We have a passion for preserving the traditions of community banking as we embrace the power of technology.

    About the Region

    White River Bancshares Company is headquartered in thriving Northwest Arkansas in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers MSA. The region is home to the corporate headquarters for Walmart Stores Inc, Sam’s Club, Tyson Foods, Simmons Foods, and J.B. Hunt Transport. Hundreds of other market-leading companies including Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola and Rubbermaid maintain offices in the region in order to maintain their relationships with the locally based Fortune 500 companies. Northwest Arkansas is also home to the state’s flagship public educational institution, The University of Arkansas, and its Sam M. Walton College of Business. The region has seen significant growth in its medical and arts infrastructures with the continued expansion of Washington Regional Medical System, Northwest Medical System, Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas and Arkansas Children’s Hospital Northwest. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Walton Arts Center have led the expansion of the arts. Northwest Arkansas has been repeatedly recognized in recent years as one of the best places to live in the country and remains one of the nation’s fastest-growing regions. In May 2024, Walmart issued a relocation mandate requiring most of its remote employees, as well as most of its office workers in Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto to move to, in most cases, Bentonville by November 1, 2024. While the company did not disclose a number, Bloomberg reported that the number of Walmart employees who would be moving to Bentonville would be in the thousands. Walmart is making a major investment in its hometown facilities, building a new, 350-acre headquarters campus, including walking and biking trails, a hotel, fitness facilities and a large childcare center.

    The Company has expanded eastward, with new markets in Jonesboro and Harrison. Jonesboro, located in Craighead County, is a city located on Crowley’s Ridge in the northeastern corner of Arkansas. It is the home of Arkansas State University and the cultural and economic center of Northeast Arkansas. Jonesboro also houses the region’s hospital network. U.S. Steel Corp. announced that it would locate a new $3 billion steel factory in Northeast Arkansas in Osceola, a move expected to create 900 jobs with an average pay over $100,000 annually, making it the largest capital investment project in Arkansas history. Harrison sits below Branson, Missouri, which is a family tourist destination and outdoor recreation, and is well known as an entertainment destination.

    The Company currently operates out of ten locations; three in Washington County; three in Benton County; two in Monroe County; one in Boone County; and one in Craighead County.

    The housing market in Washington and Benton counties remains robust. According to the Northwest Arkansas Board of Realtors, the average home in Washington County sold for $429,000 in May 2025, with an average of 97 days on the market. For Benton County, the average house sold for $461,000, with an average of 92 days on the market.

    Source:
    http://www.nwarealtors.org/market-statistics/

    Forward Looking Statements

    This press release contains statements about future events. These forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions of management of the Company and the Bank and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations, can generally be identified by use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “believe,” “plan,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” or similar expressions or the negative of those terms. Our ability to predict results of future events and the actual effect of future plans or strategies are inherently uncertain, and actual results may differ materially from those predicted in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could have a material adverse effect on our operations and future prospects or that could affect the outcome of such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, changes in interest rates; the economic health of the local real estate market; general economic conditions; credit deterioration in our loan portfolio that would cause us to increase our allowance for loan losses; legislative or regulatory changes; technological developments; monetary and fiscal policies of the U.S. government, including policies of the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board; the quality or composition of our loan and securities portfolios; demand for loan products in our market areas; deposit flows and costs of capital; competition; retention and recruitment of qualified personnel; demand for financial services in our market areas; and changes in accounting principles, policies, and guidelines. These risks and uncertainties should be considered in evaluating forward-looking statements, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. The Company does not undertake and specifically declines any obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions that may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.

    Contact: Scott Sandlin, Chief Strategy Officer
      479-684-3754
       
    WHITE RIVER BANCSHARES COMPANY
    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
    (Unaudited)
                   
        For the Three Months Ended  
        June 30,   March 31,   June 30,  
          2025     2025     2024  
                   
    INTEREST INCOME              
    Loans, including fees   $ 19,611,698   $ 18,315,006   $ 15,763,452  
    Investment securities     1,431,773     1,258,571     1,083,415  
    Federal funds sold and other     175,917     232,978     162,250  
    Total interest income     21,219,388     19,806,555     17,009,117  
                   
    INTEREST EXPENSE              
    Deposits     8,538,199     8,312,455     7,106,512  
    Federal Home Loan Bank advances     296,860     393,057     448,263  
    Notes payable     477,735     475,425     398,017  
    Federal funds purchased and other     7,113     13,022     21,787  
    Total interest expense     9,319,907     9,193,959     7,974,579  
    NET INTEREST INCOME     11,899,481     10,612,596     9,034,538  
    Provision for credit losses     800,000     670,000     432,000  
    NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER PROVISION FOR CREDIT LOSSES     11,099,481     9,942,596     8,602,538  
                   
    NON-INTEREST INCOME              
    Service charges and fees on deposits     162,185     171,186     154,816  
    Wealth management fee income     994,100     1,017,829     1,065,553  
    Secondary market fee income     223,956     128,824     113,926  
    Bank owned-life insurance income     82,190     80,603     80,478  
    Gain on sales and write-downs of foreclosed assets     15,475         326  
    Other     616,667     544,141     527,064  
    TOTAL NON-INTEREST INCOME     2,094,573     1,942,583     1,942,163  
                   
    NON-INTEREST EXPENSE              
    Salaries and benefits     5,185,716     4,931,692     4,784,556  
    Occupancy and equipment     1,189,886     1,145,101     936,818  
    Data processing     857,198     858,115     704,080  
    Marketing and business development     609,549     397,137     473,618  
    Professional services     699,968     650,708     617,890  
    Amortization of other intangible assets     53,037     53,036     53,037  
    Other     326,224     393,498     494,203  
    TOTAL NON-INTEREST EXPENSE     8,921,578     8,429,287     8,064,202  
                   
    Income before income taxes     4,272,476     3,455,892     2,480,499  
    Income tax provision     974,775     826,085     631,462  
    NET INCOME   $ 3,297,701   $ 2,629,807   $ 1,849,037  
                   
    EARNINGS PER SHARE              
    Basic (1)   $ 1.35   $ 1.07   $ 0.81  
    Diluted (1)   $ 1.34   $ 1.07   $ 0.81  
                   
    (1 ) Prior periods adjusted to give effect to stock split effected in the form of a dividend on September 4, 2024.  
           
    WHITE RIVER BANCSHARES COMPANY  
    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME  
    (Unaudited)  
                 
          Six Months Ended  
          June 30,  
          2025   2024  
                 
    INTEREST INCOME            
    Loans, including fees     $ 37,926,704   $ 30,758,374  
    Investment securities       2,690,344     2,012,455  
    Federal funds sold and other       408,895     258,404  
    Total Interest Income       41,025,943     33,029,233  
                 
    INTEREST EXPENSE            
    Deposits       16,850,654     14,091,305  
    Federal Home Loan Bank advances       689,917     968,582  
    Notes payable       953,160     796,034  
    Federal funds purchased and other       20,135     100,047  
    Total interest expense       18,513,866     15,955,968  
    NET INTEREST INCOME       22,512,077     17,073,265  
    Provision for credit losses       1,470,000     1,080,000  
    NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER PROVISION FOR CREDIT LOSSES       21,042,077     15,993,265  
                 
    NON-INTEREST INCOME            
    Service charges and fees on deposits       333,371     305,165  
    Wealth management fee income       2,011,929     1,911,059  
    Secondary market fee income       352,780     170,990  
    Bank owned life insurance income       162,793     160,359  
    Gain on sales and write-downs of foreclosed assets       15,475     1,376  
    Other       1,160,808     976,319  
    TOTAL NON-INTEREST INCOME       4,037,156     3,525,268  
                 
    NON-INTEREST EXPENSE            
    Salaries and benefits       10,117,408     9,784,089  
    Occupancy and equipment       2,334,987     1,864,942  
    Data processing       1,715,313     1,494,649  
    Marketing and business development       1,006,686     937,315  
    Professional services       1,350,676     1,287,757  
    Amortization of intangible asset       106,073     106,073  
    Other       719,722     898,039  
    TOTAL NON-INTEREST EXPENSE       17,350,865     16,372,864  
                 
    Income before income taxes       7,728,368     3,145,669  
    Income tax provision       1,800,860     787,404  
    NET INCOME     $ 5,927,508   $ 2,358,265  
                 
    EARNINGS PER SHARE            
    Basic (1)     $ 2.42   $ 1.11  
    Diluted (1)     $ 2.42   $ 1.11  
                 
      (1 ) Prior periods adjusted to give effect to stock split effected in the form of a dividend on September 4, 2024.  
                 
    WHITE RIVER BANCSHARES COMPANY  
    CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS  
    (Unaudited)  
                   
        June 30, 2025   March 31, 2025   June 30, 2024  
                   
    ASSETS                      
    Cash and cash equivalents   $ 25,604,276     $ 48,360,156     $ 49,495,763    
    Investment securities     140,544,711       134,968,153       115,526,915    
    Loans held for sale     2,442,642       874,009       997,907    
    Loans     1,208,102,220       1,141,369,199       994,754,063    
    Allowance for credit losses     (14,033,740 )     (13,347,855 )     (12,434,130 )  
    Net loans     1,194,068,480       1,128,021,344       982,319,933    
    Premises and equipment, net     37,411,490       35,647,835       30,442,837    
    Foreclosed assets held for sale           310,406       777,606    
    Accrued interest receivable     7,024,823       6,629,881       5,433,391    
    Bank owned life insurance     9,942,100       9,859,911       9,614,851    
    Deferred income taxes     4,522,795       4,220,559       4,788,942    
    Other investments     7,925,019       6,782,614       8,094,125    
    Intangible assets, net     1,697,167       1,750,204       1,909,313    
    Other assets     2,783,012       1,825,830       1,733,790    
    TOTAL ASSETS   $ 1,433,966,515     $ 1,379,250,902     $ 1,211,135,373    
                   
    LIABILITIES & STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY                      
    Deposits:              
    Demand and non-interest-bearing   $ 233,078,431     $ 231,331,391     $ 233,230,007    
    Savings and interest-bearing transaction accounts     479,532,136       456,733,576       348,391,562    
    Time deposits     536,591,123       512,882,444       432,248,979    
    Total deposits     1,249,201,690       1,200,947,411       1,013,870,548    
    Federal Home Loan Bank advances     21,518,084       21,593,143       54,314,495    
    Notes payable     26,159,110       26,141,832       26,090,002    
    Operating lease liability     21,918,414       20,029,714       15,930,503    
    Reserve for losses on unfunded commitments     1,603,000       1,478,000       1,433,000    
    Accrued interest payable     2,636,403       2,731,699       2,714,687    
    Other liabilities     8,433,777       5,798,159       4,745,292    
    TOTAL LIABILITIES     1,331,470,478       1,278,719,958       1,119,098,527    
                   
    Stockholders’ equity:              
    Common stock (1)     24,876       24,882       24,698    
    Surplus (1)     102,893,483       102,784,831       102,457,705    
    Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)     6,787,654       4,714,375       (2,484,500 )  
    Treasury stock, at cost     (1,284,359 )     (1,265,731 )     (1,132,905 )  
    Accumulated other comprehensive loss     (5,925,617 )     (5,727,413 )     (6,828,152 )  
    TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY     102,496,037       100,530,944       92,036,846    
                   
    TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY   $ 1,433,966,515     $ 1,379,250,902     $ 1,211,135,373    
                   
    (1 ) Prior periods adjusted to give effect to stock split effected in the form of a dividend on September 4, 2024.  
                   
    WHITE RIVER BANCSHARES COMPANY
    SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
                   
        (Unaudited)  
        Three Months Ended  
        June 30,   March 31,   June 30,  
                   
    FOR THE PERIOD              
    Net income   $ 3,297,701     $ 2,629,807     $ 1,849,037    
    Net income before taxes     4,272,476       3,455,892       2,480,499    
    Dividends declared per share (1)     0.50             0.50    
                   
                   
    PERIOD END BALANCE              
    Total assets   $ 1,433,966,515     $ 1,379,250,902     $ 1,211,135,373    
    Total investments     140,544,711       134,968,153       115,526,915    
    Total loans, net     1,194,068,480       1,128,021,344       982,319,933    
    Allowance for credit losses     (14,033,740 )     (13,347,855 )     (12,434,131 )  
    Total deposits     1,249,201,690       1,200,947,411       1,013,870,548    
    Stockholders’ equity     102,496,037       100,530,944       92,036,846    
                   
                   
    RATIO ANALYSIS              
    Return on average assets (annualized)     0.94 %     0.79 %     0.63 %  
    Return on average equity (annualized)     12.62 %     10.64 %     8.26 %  
    Net loans/Deposits     95.59 %     93.93 %     96.89 %  
    Total Stockholders’ Equity/Total assets     7.15 %     7.29 %     7.60 %  
    Net loan losses/Total loans     -0.00 %     0.01 %     0.01 %  
    Uninsured & unpledged deposits     32.37 %     31.00 %     31.21 %  
                   
                   
    PER SHARE DATA              
    Shares outstanding (1)     2,448,246       2,449,317       2,435,700    
    Weighted average shares outstanding (1)     2,448,734       2,446,747       2,291,316    
    Diluted weighted average shares outstanding (1)     2,454,485       2,451,161       2,291,316    
    Basic earnings (1)   $ 1.35     $ 1.07     $ 0.81    
    Diluted earnings (1)     1.34       1.07       0.81    
    Book value (1)     41.87       41.04       37.79    
    Tangible book value (1)     41.17       40.33       37.00    
                   
                   
    ASSET QUALITY              
    Net (recoveries) charge-offs   $ (10,889 )   $ 136,970     $ 110,968    
    Classified assets     402,406       853,745       1,090,758    
    Nonperforming loans     364,853       419,985       32,054    
    Nonperforming assets     364,853       730,391       809,660    
    Total nonperforming loans/Total loans     0.03 %     0.04 %     0.00 %  
    Total nonperforming loans/Total assets     0.03 %     0.03 %     0.00 %  
    Total nonperforming assets/Total assets     0.03 %     0.05 %     0.07 %  
    Allowance for credit losses/Total loans     1.16 %     1.17 %     1.25 %  
                   
                   
    (1 ) Prior periods adjusted to give effect to stock split effected in the form of a dividend on September 4, 2024.  
                   
    WHITE RIVER BANCSHARES COMPANY  
    INTEREST INCOME AND EXPENSE  
    (Unaudited)  
                                           
        Three Months Ended  
        June 30,   March 31,   June 30,  
          2025       2025       2024    
        Average       Average   Average       Average   Average       Average  
        Balance   Interest   Yield/Rate   Balance   Interest   Yield/Rate   Balance   Interest   Yield/Rate  
                                           
    Interest-earning assets:                                      
    Federal funds sold and other   $ 15,102,485   $ 175,917   4.67 %   $ 23,287,989   $ 232,978   4.06 %   $ 11,798,448   $ 162,250   5.53 %  
    Investment securities available-for-sale (1)     138,229,178     1,289,470   3.74 %     133,405,472     1,208,821   3.67 %     114,427,481     941,900   3.31 %  
    Loans receivable     1,169,591,045     19,611,698   6.73 %     1,106,648,533     18,315,006   6.71 %     973,396,880     15,763,452   6.51 %  
    Total interest-earning assets     1,322,922,708   $ 21,077,085   6.39 %     1,263,341,994   $ 19,756,805   6.34 %     1,099,622,809   $ 16,867,602   6.17 %  
    Noninterest-earning assets     81,927,528             81,821,189             74,503,352          
    Total assets   $ 1,404,850,236           $ 1,345,163,183           $ 1,174,126,161          
    Interest-bearing liabilities:                                      
    Interest-bearing deposits   $ 985,435,006   $ 8,538,199   3.48 %   $ 937,669,969   $ 8,312,455   3.60 %   $ 770,303,642   $ 7,106,512   3.71 %  
    FHLB advances and federal funds purchased     26,552,308     303,973   4.59 %     36,654,930     406,079   4.49 %     40,440,625     470,050   4.67 %  
    Notes payable     26,150,819     477,735   7.33 %     26,131,761     475,425   7.38 %     25,506,601     398,017   6.28 %  
    Total interest-bearing liabilities     1,038,138,133   $ 9,319,907   3.60 %     1,000,456,660   $ 9,193,959   3.73 %     836,250,868   $ 7,974,579   3.84 %  
    Noninterest-bearing liabilities     261,876,451             244,466,979             247,820,333          
    Total liabilities     1,300,014,584             1,244,923,639             1,084,071,201          
    Stockholders’ equity     104,835,652             100,239,544             90,054,960          
    Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity   $ 1,404,850,236           $ 1,345,163,183           $ 1,174,126,161          
    Net interest-earning assets   $ 284,784,575           $ 262,885,334           $ 263,371,941          
    Net interest spread       $ 11,757,178   2.79 %       $ 10,562,846   2.61 %       $ 8,893,023   2.33 %  
    Net interest margin           3.56 %           3.39 %           3.25 %  
                                           
    (1 ) Excludes investments in bank stock (Federal Reserve Bank, Federal Home Loan Bank, and First National Bankers Bankshares).      
                                           
    WHITE RIVER BANCSHARES COMPANY  
    INTEREST INCOME AND EXPENSE  
    (Unaudited)  
                               
        Six Months Ended June 30,  
          2025       2024    
        Average       Average   Average       Average  
        Balance   Interest   Yield/Rate   Balance   Interest   Yield/Rate  
                               
    Interest-earning assets:                          
    Federal funds sold and other   $ 19,172,625   $ 408,895   4.30 %   $ 10,071,062   $ 258,404   5.16 %  
    Investment securities available-for-sale (1)     135,830,651     2,498,291   3.71 %     114,434,010     1,842,786   3.24 %  
    Loans receivable     1,138,293,665     37,926,704   6.72 %     967,102,566     30,758,374   6.40 %  
    Total interest-earning assets     1,293,296,941   $ 40,833,890   6.37 %     1,091,607,638   $ 32,859,564   6.05 %  
    Noninterest-earning assets     81,874,656             72,612,145          
    Total assets   $ 1,375,171,597           $ 1,164,219,783          
    Interest-bearing liabilities:                          
    Interest-bearing deposits   $ 961,684,434   $ 16,850,654   3.53 %   $ 766,601,621   $ 14,091,305   3.70 %  
    FHLB advances and federal funds purchased     31,575,711     710,052   4.53 %     45,594,923     1,068,629   4.71 %  
    Notes payable     26,141,343     953,160   7.35 %     25,500,463     796,034   6.28 %  
    Total interest-bearing liabilities     1,019,401,488   $ 18,513,866   3.66 %     837,697,007   $ 15,955,968   3.83 %  
    Noninterest-bearing liabilities     253,207,317             240,831,655          
    Total liabilities     1,272,608,805             1,078,528,662          
    Stockholders’ equity     102,562,792             85,691,121          
    Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity   $ 1,375,171,597           $ 1,164,219,783          
    Net interest-earning assets   $ 273,895,453           $ 253,910,631          
    Net interest spread       $ 22,320,024   2.70 %       $ 16,903,596   2.22 %  
    Net interest margin           3.48 %           3.11 %  
                               
    (1 )   Excludes investments in bank stock (Federal Reserve Bank, Federal Home Loan Bank, and First National Bankers Bankshares).
                               

    The MIL Network

  • MIL-OSI: White River Bancshares Co. Reports Net Income of $3.30 million, or $1.34 Per Diluted Share, in 2Q25; Results Driven by Loan Growth and Net Interest Margin Expansion

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — White River Bancshares Company (OTCQX: WRIV) (the “Company”), the holding company for Signature Bank of Arkansas (the “Bank”), today reported net income increased to $3.30 million, or $1.34 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2025, compared to $1.85 million, or $0.81 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2024. The Company reported net income of $2.63 million, or $1.07 per diluted share, for the prior quarter. In the first six months of 2025, net income increased to $5.93 million, or $2.42 per diluted share, compared to $2.36 million, or $1.11 per diluted share, in the first six months of 2024. All financial results are unaudited and all per share data has been adjusted to reflect the two-for-one stock split effected September 4, 2024.

    “We had a strong second quarter—the most profitable quarter we’ve ever had,” said Gary Head, Chairman and CEO. “We have been blessed to have incredible loan growth throughout the history of our company, and we build on that momentum quarter after quarter. Our Signature Bank family is the best group of bankers I’ve been associated with in my 43-year banking career. Their teamwork and commitment to excellence consistently go above and beyond expectations.”

    “As a community bank, expanding our deposit base to support new loan growth is critical,” said Scott Sandlin, Chief Strategy Officer. “Our Bank has made deposit gathering a primary focus, and our team has done an outstanding job—deepening relationships with existing clients while also bringing in new customers. As a result, total deposits increased 4.0% during the second quarter of 2025 and 23.2% year-over-year. At quarter end, demand and non-interest bearing accounts represented 18.7% of total deposits, and savings and interest-bearing transaction accounts represented 38.4% of total deposits. We will continue to actively seek more opportunities to grow deposits in the coming quarters to meet the increasing demand for loans.”

    Second Quarter 2025 Financial Highlights:

    • Net income for the second quarter of 2025 increased to $3.30 million, or $1.34 per diluted share, compared to $1.85 million, or $0.81 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2024.
    • Net interest income increased 31.7% to $11.9 million in the second quarter of 2025, compared to $9.0 million in the second quarter of 2024.
    • Net interest margin (“NIM”) increased 31 basis points to 3.56% in the second quarter of 2025, compared to 3.25% in the second quarter of 2024.
    • The Company recorded an $800,000 provision for credit losses in the second quarter of 2025, compared to a $432,000 provision for credit losses in the second quarter of 2024.
    • Net loans increased 21.6% to $1.194 billion at June 30, 2025, compared to $982.3 million at June 30, 2024.
    • Nonperforming loans represented 0.03% of total loans at June 30, 2025, compared to 0.00% a year ago.
    • Total deposits increased $235.3 million, or 23.2%, year-over-year, to $1.249 billion at June 30, 2025, compared to $1.014 billion at June 30, 2024.
    • Core deposits (demand and non-interest-bearing, savings and interest-bearing transaction accounts, CDs under $250,000 and CDARs reciprocal deposits) represented 70.10% of total deposits at June 30, 2025.
    • Tangible book value per common share was $41.17 at June 30, 2025, compared to $37.00 a year ago.

    Income Statement

    In the second quarter of 2025, the Company generated a return on average assets of 0.94% and a return on average equity of 12.62%, compared to 0.79% and 10.64%, respectively, in the first quarter of 2025 and 0.63% and 8.26%, respectively, in the second quarter of 2024.

    “Our second quarter net interest margin expanded by 17 basis points from the previous quarter and 31 basis points year-over-year, driven by loan growth and increased yields on our interest-earning assets,” said Brant Ward, President. NIM was 3.56% in the second quarter of 2025, compared to 3.39% in the first quarter of 2025, and 3.25% in the second quarter of 2024. In the first six months of 2025, NIM expanded 37 basis points to 3.48%, compared to 3.11% in the first six months of 2024.

    Net interest income increased 31.7% to $11.9 million in the second quarter of 2025, compared to $9.0 million in the second quarter of 2024. The increase was primarily due to year-over-year loan growth. Total interest income increased 24.8% to $21.2 million in the second quarter of 2025, compared to $17.0 million in the second quarter of 2024, primarily attributable to the increase in loans. Total interest expense increased to $9.3 million in the second quarter of 2025, from $8.0 million in the second quarter of 2024, primarily due to an increase in deposit costs. In the first six months of 2025, net interest income increased 31.9% to $22.5 million, compared to $17.1 million in the first six months of 2024.

    Noninterest income increased 7.9% to $2.1 million in the second quarter of 2025, compared to $1.9 million in the second quarter of 2024. The increase was primarily due to an increase in secondary market fee income, which more than offset the decrease in wealth management fee income during the second quarter of 2025. In the first six months of 2025, noninterest income increased 14.5% to $4.0 million, compared to $3.5 million in the first six months of 2024.

    Noninterest expense was $8.9 million in the second quarter of 2025, compared to $8.1 million in the second quarter of 2024, as expenses have normalized following the investment in expanding the Company’s market presence over the past few years. In the first six months of the year, noninterest expense increased 6.0% to $17.4 million, compared to $16.4 million in the first six months of 2024.

    Balance Sheet

    Total assets increased 18.4% to $1.434 billion at June 30, 2025, from $1.211 billion at June 30, 2024, and increased 4.0% compared to $1.379 billion at March 31, 2025. Cash and cash equivalents totaled $25.6 million at June 30, 2025, compared to $49.5 million a year ago. Investment securities totaled $140.5 million at June 30, 2025, an increase from $115.5 million at June 30, 2024.

    Loans, net of allowance for credit losses, increased 21.6% to $1.194 billion at June 30, 2025, compared to $982.3 million at June 30, 2024, and increased 5.9% compared to $1.128 billion at March 31, 2025.

    Total deposits increased 23.2% to $1.249 billion at June 30, 2025, compared to $1.014 billion at June 30, 2024, and increased 4.0% compared to $1.201 billion at March 31, 2025. Demand and non-interest-bearing deposits decreased less than 1% compared to June 30, 2024, while savings and interest-bearing transaction accounts increased 37.6% compared to June 30, 2024.

    FHLB advances were $21.5 million at June 30, 2025, compared to $54.3 million at June 30, 2024, and $21.6 million at March 31, 2025. Total stockholders’ equity increased to $102.5 million at June 30, 2025, compared to $92.0 million at June 30, 2024, and $100.5 million at March 31, 2025. Tangible book value per common share was $41.17 at June 30, 2025, compared to $37.00 at June 30, 2024, and $40.33 at March 31, 2025.

    Credit Quality

    Due to strong quarterly loan growth, the Company recorded an $800,000 provision for credit losses in the second quarter of 2025. This is compared to a $670,000 provision for credit losses in the first quarter of 2025, and a $432,000 provision for credit losses in the second quarter of 2024.

    There were $365,000 in nonperforming loans at June 30, 2025. This compared to $420,000 in nonperforming loans at March 31, 2025, and $32,000 in nonperforming loans at June 30, 2024. Nonperforming loans represented 0.03% of total loans on June 30, 2025, 0.04% of total loans on March 31, 2025, and 0.00% of total loans a year ago.

    “We remain conservative in building our credit loss reserves, continually reviewing our loan mix, assessing growth trends, and factoring in both regional and national economic conditions to ensure our allowance remains appropriately calibrated,” said Jeff Maland, Chief Risk Officer. The allowance for credit losses was $14.0 million, or 1.16% of total loans, at June 30, 2025, compared to $13.3 million, or 1.17% of total loans, at March 31, 2025, and $12.4 million, or 1.25% of total loans, at June 30, 2024.

    Net loan recoveries were $11,000 in the second quarter of 2025. This compared to net loan charge-offs of $137,000 in the first quarter of 2025, and net loan charge-offs of $111,000 in the second quarter of 2024.

    Capital

    The Bank’s capital ratios continued to exceed regulatory “well-capitalized” requirements, with a Total risk-based capital ratio estimate of 11.69%, a Tier 1 ratio of 10.44%, and a Leverage ratio of 9.12% for the Bank at June 30, 2025.

    About White River Bancshares Company

    White River Bancshares Company is the single bank holding company for Signature Bank of Arkansas, headquartered in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Bank has locations in Fayetteville, Springdale, Bentonville, Rogers, Brinkley, Harrison and Jonesboro, Arkansas. Founded in 2005, Signature Bank of Arkansas provides a full line of financial services to small businesses, families and farms. White River Bancshares Company (OTCQX: WRIV), trades on the OTCQX® Best Market.  

    In the second quarter of 2025, the Signature Bank celebrated its 20-year anniversary of service to its Arkansas communities. In tandem with the celebration, the organization updated its mission statement:
    We are committed to being a trusted local bank for business owners, individuals, and families who seek personalized service from people they know. Our mission is to empower our customers to strengthen their connections through every interaction, ensuring that their dollars are reinvested locally to support the growth and prosperity of the community we share. We have a passion for preserving the traditions of community banking as we embrace the power of technology.

    About the Region

    White River Bancshares Company is headquartered in thriving Northwest Arkansas in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers MSA. The region is home to the corporate headquarters for Walmart Stores Inc, Sam’s Club, Tyson Foods, Simmons Foods, and J.B. Hunt Transport. Hundreds of other market-leading companies including Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola and Rubbermaid maintain offices in the region in order to maintain their relationships with the locally based Fortune 500 companies. Northwest Arkansas is also home to the state’s flagship public educational institution, The University of Arkansas, and its Sam M. Walton College of Business. The region has seen significant growth in its medical and arts infrastructures with the continued expansion of Washington Regional Medical System, Northwest Medical System, Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas and Arkansas Children’s Hospital Northwest. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Walton Arts Center have led the expansion of the arts. Northwest Arkansas has been repeatedly recognized in recent years as one of the best places to live in the country and remains one of the nation’s fastest-growing regions. In May 2024, Walmart issued a relocation mandate requiring most of its remote employees, as well as most of its office workers in Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto to move to, in most cases, Bentonville by November 1, 2024. While the company did not disclose a number, Bloomberg reported that the number of Walmart employees who would be moving to Bentonville would be in the thousands. Walmart is making a major investment in its hometown facilities, building a new, 350-acre headquarters campus, including walking and biking trails, a hotel, fitness facilities and a large childcare center.

    The Company has expanded eastward, with new markets in Jonesboro and Harrison. Jonesboro, located in Craighead County, is a city located on Crowley’s Ridge in the northeastern corner of Arkansas. It is the home of Arkansas State University and the cultural and economic center of Northeast Arkansas. Jonesboro also houses the region’s hospital network. U.S. Steel Corp. announced that it would locate a new $3 billion steel factory in Northeast Arkansas in Osceola, a move expected to create 900 jobs with an average pay over $100,000 annually, making it the largest capital investment project in Arkansas history. Harrison sits below Branson, Missouri, which is a family tourist destination and outdoor recreation, and is well known as an entertainment destination.

    The Company currently operates out of ten locations; three in Washington County; three in Benton County; two in Monroe County; one in Boone County; and one in Craighead County.

    The housing market in Washington and Benton counties remains robust. According to the Northwest Arkansas Board of Realtors, the average home in Washington County sold for $429,000 in May 2025, with an average of 97 days on the market. For Benton County, the average house sold for $461,000, with an average of 92 days on the market.

    Source:
    http://www.nwarealtors.org/market-statistics/

    Forward Looking Statements

    This press release contains statements about future events. These forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions of management of the Company and the Bank and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations, can generally be identified by use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “believe,” “plan,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” or similar expressions or the negative of those terms. Our ability to predict results of future events and the actual effect of future plans or strategies are inherently uncertain, and actual results may differ materially from those predicted in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could have a material adverse effect on our operations and future prospects or that could affect the outcome of such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, changes in interest rates; the economic health of the local real estate market; general economic conditions; credit deterioration in our loan portfolio that would cause us to increase our allowance for loan losses; legislative or regulatory changes; technological developments; monetary and fiscal policies of the U.S. government, including policies of the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board; the quality or composition of our loan and securities portfolios; demand for loan products in our market areas; deposit flows and costs of capital; competition; retention and recruitment of qualified personnel; demand for financial services in our market areas; and changes in accounting principles, policies, and guidelines. These risks and uncertainties should be considered in evaluating forward-looking statements, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. The Company does not undertake and specifically declines any obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions that may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.

    Contact: Scott Sandlin, Chief Strategy Officer
      479-684-3754
       
    WHITE RIVER BANCSHARES COMPANY
    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
    (Unaudited)
                   
        For the Three Months Ended  
        June 30,   March 31,   June 30,  
          2025     2025     2024  
                   
    INTEREST INCOME              
    Loans, including fees   $ 19,611,698   $ 18,315,006   $ 15,763,452  
    Investment securities     1,431,773     1,258,571     1,083,415  
    Federal funds sold and other     175,917     232,978     162,250  
    Total interest income     21,219,388     19,806,555     17,009,117  
                   
    INTEREST EXPENSE              
    Deposits     8,538,199     8,312,455     7,106,512  
    Federal Home Loan Bank advances     296,860     393,057     448,263  
    Notes payable     477,735     475,425     398,017  
    Federal funds purchased and other     7,113     13,022     21,787  
    Total interest expense     9,319,907     9,193,959     7,974,579  
    NET INTEREST INCOME     11,899,481     10,612,596     9,034,538  
    Provision for credit losses     800,000     670,000     432,000  
    NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER PROVISION FOR CREDIT LOSSES     11,099,481     9,942,596     8,602,538  
                   
    NON-INTEREST INCOME              
    Service charges and fees on deposits     162,185     171,186     154,816  
    Wealth management fee income     994,100     1,017,829     1,065,553  
    Secondary market fee income     223,956     128,824     113,926  
    Bank owned-life insurance income     82,190     80,603     80,478  
    Gain on sales and write-downs of foreclosed assets     15,475         326  
    Other     616,667     544,141     527,064  
    TOTAL NON-INTEREST INCOME     2,094,573     1,942,583     1,942,163  
                   
    NON-INTEREST EXPENSE              
    Salaries and benefits     5,185,716     4,931,692     4,784,556  
    Occupancy and equipment     1,189,886     1,145,101     936,818  
    Data processing     857,198     858,115     704,080  
    Marketing and business development     609,549     397,137     473,618  
    Professional services     699,968     650,708     617,890  
    Amortization of other intangible assets     53,037     53,036     53,037  
    Other     326,224     393,498     494,203  
    TOTAL NON-INTEREST EXPENSE     8,921,578     8,429,287     8,064,202  
                   
    Income before income taxes     4,272,476     3,455,892     2,480,499  
    Income tax provision     974,775     826,085     631,462  
    NET INCOME   $ 3,297,701   $ 2,629,807   $ 1,849,037  
                   
    EARNINGS PER SHARE              
    Basic (1)   $ 1.35   $ 1.07   $ 0.81  
    Diluted (1)   $ 1.34   $ 1.07   $ 0.81  
                   
    (1 ) Prior periods adjusted to give effect to stock split effected in the form of a dividend on September 4, 2024.  
           
    WHITE RIVER BANCSHARES COMPANY  
    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME  
    (Unaudited)  
                 
          Six Months Ended  
          June 30,  
          2025   2024  
                 
    INTEREST INCOME            
    Loans, including fees     $ 37,926,704   $ 30,758,374  
    Investment securities       2,690,344     2,012,455  
    Federal funds sold and other       408,895     258,404  
    Total Interest Income       41,025,943     33,029,233  
                 
    INTEREST EXPENSE            
    Deposits       16,850,654     14,091,305  
    Federal Home Loan Bank advances       689,917     968,582  
    Notes payable       953,160     796,034  
    Federal funds purchased and other       20,135     100,047  
    Total interest expense       18,513,866     15,955,968  
    NET INTEREST INCOME       22,512,077     17,073,265  
    Provision for credit losses       1,470,000     1,080,000  
    NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER PROVISION FOR CREDIT LOSSES       21,042,077     15,993,265  
                 
    NON-INTEREST INCOME            
    Service charges and fees on deposits       333,371     305,165  
    Wealth management fee income       2,011,929     1,911,059  
    Secondary market fee income       352,780     170,990  
    Bank owned life insurance income       162,793     160,359  
    Gain on sales and write-downs of foreclosed assets       15,475     1,376  
    Other       1,160,808     976,319  
    TOTAL NON-INTEREST INCOME       4,037,156     3,525,268  
                 
    NON-INTEREST EXPENSE            
    Salaries and benefits       10,117,408     9,784,089  
    Occupancy and equipment       2,334,987     1,864,942  
    Data processing       1,715,313     1,494,649  
    Marketing and business development       1,006,686     937,315  
    Professional services       1,350,676     1,287,757  
    Amortization of intangible asset       106,073     106,073  
    Other       719,722     898,039  
    TOTAL NON-INTEREST EXPENSE       17,350,865     16,372,864  
                 
    Income before income taxes       7,728,368     3,145,669  
    Income tax provision       1,800,860     787,404  
    NET INCOME     $ 5,927,508   $ 2,358,265  
                 
    EARNINGS PER SHARE            
    Basic (1)     $ 2.42   $ 1.11  
    Diluted (1)     $ 2.42   $ 1.11  
                 
      (1 ) Prior periods adjusted to give effect to stock split effected in the form of a dividend on September 4, 2024.  
                 
    WHITE RIVER BANCSHARES COMPANY  
    CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS  
    (Unaudited)  
                   
        June 30, 2025   March 31, 2025   June 30, 2024  
                   
    ASSETS                      
    Cash and cash equivalents   $ 25,604,276     $ 48,360,156     $ 49,495,763    
    Investment securities     140,544,711       134,968,153       115,526,915    
    Loans held for sale     2,442,642       874,009       997,907    
    Loans     1,208,102,220       1,141,369,199       994,754,063    
    Allowance for credit losses     (14,033,740 )     (13,347,855 )     (12,434,130 )  
    Net loans     1,194,068,480       1,128,021,344       982,319,933    
    Premises and equipment, net     37,411,490       35,647,835       30,442,837    
    Foreclosed assets held for sale           310,406       777,606    
    Accrued interest receivable     7,024,823       6,629,881       5,433,391    
    Bank owned life insurance     9,942,100       9,859,911       9,614,851    
    Deferred income taxes     4,522,795       4,220,559       4,788,942    
    Other investments     7,925,019       6,782,614       8,094,125    
    Intangible assets, net     1,697,167       1,750,204       1,909,313    
    Other assets     2,783,012       1,825,830       1,733,790    
    TOTAL ASSETS   $ 1,433,966,515     $ 1,379,250,902     $ 1,211,135,373    
                   
    LIABILITIES & STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY                      
    Deposits:              
    Demand and non-interest-bearing   $ 233,078,431     $ 231,331,391     $ 233,230,007    
    Savings and interest-bearing transaction accounts     479,532,136       456,733,576       348,391,562    
    Time deposits     536,591,123       512,882,444       432,248,979    
    Total deposits     1,249,201,690       1,200,947,411       1,013,870,548    
    Federal Home Loan Bank advances     21,518,084       21,593,143       54,314,495    
    Notes payable     26,159,110       26,141,832       26,090,002    
    Operating lease liability     21,918,414       20,029,714       15,930,503    
    Reserve for losses on unfunded commitments     1,603,000       1,478,000       1,433,000    
    Accrued interest payable     2,636,403       2,731,699       2,714,687    
    Other liabilities     8,433,777       5,798,159       4,745,292    
    TOTAL LIABILITIES     1,331,470,478       1,278,719,958       1,119,098,527    
                   
    Stockholders’ equity:              
    Common stock (1)     24,876       24,882       24,698    
    Surplus (1)     102,893,483       102,784,831       102,457,705    
    Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)     6,787,654       4,714,375       (2,484,500 )  
    Treasury stock, at cost     (1,284,359 )     (1,265,731 )     (1,132,905 )  
    Accumulated other comprehensive loss     (5,925,617 )     (5,727,413 )     (6,828,152 )  
    TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY     102,496,037       100,530,944       92,036,846    
                   
    TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY   $ 1,433,966,515     $ 1,379,250,902     $ 1,211,135,373    
                   
    (1 ) Prior periods adjusted to give effect to stock split effected in the form of a dividend on September 4, 2024.  
                   
    WHITE RIVER BANCSHARES COMPANY
    SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
                   
        (Unaudited)  
        Three Months Ended  
        June 30,   March 31,   June 30,  
                   
    FOR THE PERIOD              
    Net income   $ 3,297,701     $ 2,629,807     $ 1,849,037    
    Net income before taxes     4,272,476       3,455,892       2,480,499    
    Dividends declared per share (1)     0.50             0.50    
                   
                   
    PERIOD END BALANCE              
    Total assets   $ 1,433,966,515     $ 1,379,250,902     $ 1,211,135,373    
    Total investments     140,544,711       134,968,153       115,526,915    
    Total loans, net     1,194,068,480       1,128,021,344       982,319,933    
    Allowance for credit losses     (14,033,740 )     (13,347,855 )     (12,434,131 )  
    Total deposits     1,249,201,690       1,200,947,411       1,013,870,548    
    Stockholders’ equity     102,496,037       100,530,944       92,036,846    
                   
                   
    RATIO ANALYSIS              
    Return on average assets (annualized)     0.94 %     0.79 %     0.63 %  
    Return on average equity (annualized)     12.62 %     10.64 %     8.26 %  
    Net loans/Deposits     95.59 %     93.93 %     96.89 %  
    Total Stockholders’ Equity/Total assets     7.15 %     7.29 %     7.60 %  
    Net loan losses/Total loans     -0.00 %     0.01 %     0.01 %  
    Uninsured & unpledged deposits     32.37 %     31.00 %     31.21 %  
                   
                   
    PER SHARE DATA              
    Shares outstanding (1)     2,448,246       2,449,317       2,435,700    
    Weighted average shares outstanding (1)     2,448,734       2,446,747       2,291,316    
    Diluted weighted average shares outstanding (1)     2,454,485       2,451,161       2,291,316    
    Basic earnings (1)   $ 1.35     $ 1.07     $ 0.81    
    Diluted earnings (1)     1.34       1.07       0.81    
    Book value (1)     41.87       41.04       37.79    
    Tangible book value (1)     41.17       40.33       37.00    
                   
                   
    ASSET QUALITY              
    Net (recoveries) charge-offs   $ (10,889 )   $ 136,970     $ 110,968    
    Classified assets     402,406       853,745       1,090,758    
    Nonperforming loans     364,853       419,985       32,054    
    Nonperforming assets     364,853       730,391       809,660    
    Total nonperforming loans/Total loans     0.03 %     0.04 %     0.00 %  
    Total nonperforming loans/Total assets     0.03 %     0.03 %     0.00 %  
    Total nonperforming assets/Total assets     0.03 %     0.05 %     0.07 %  
    Allowance for credit losses/Total loans     1.16 %     1.17 %     1.25 %  
                   
                   
    (1 ) Prior periods adjusted to give effect to stock split effected in the form of a dividend on September 4, 2024.  
                   
    WHITE RIVER BANCSHARES COMPANY  
    INTEREST INCOME AND EXPENSE  
    (Unaudited)  
                                           
        Three Months Ended  
        June 30,   March 31,   June 30,  
          2025       2025       2024    
        Average       Average   Average       Average   Average       Average  
        Balance   Interest   Yield/Rate   Balance   Interest   Yield/Rate   Balance   Interest   Yield/Rate  
                                           
    Interest-earning assets:                                      
    Federal funds sold and other   $ 15,102,485   $ 175,917   4.67 %   $ 23,287,989   $ 232,978   4.06 %   $ 11,798,448   $ 162,250   5.53 %  
    Investment securities available-for-sale (1)     138,229,178     1,289,470   3.74 %     133,405,472     1,208,821   3.67 %     114,427,481     941,900   3.31 %  
    Loans receivable     1,169,591,045     19,611,698   6.73 %     1,106,648,533     18,315,006   6.71 %     973,396,880     15,763,452   6.51 %  
    Total interest-earning assets     1,322,922,708   $ 21,077,085   6.39 %     1,263,341,994   $ 19,756,805   6.34 %     1,099,622,809   $ 16,867,602   6.17 %  
    Noninterest-earning assets     81,927,528             81,821,189             74,503,352          
    Total assets   $ 1,404,850,236           $ 1,345,163,183           $ 1,174,126,161          
    Interest-bearing liabilities:                                      
    Interest-bearing deposits   $ 985,435,006   $ 8,538,199   3.48 %   $ 937,669,969   $ 8,312,455   3.60 %   $ 770,303,642   $ 7,106,512   3.71 %  
    FHLB advances and federal funds purchased     26,552,308     303,973   4.59 %     36,654,930     406,079   4.49 %     40,440,625     470,050   4.67 %  
    Notes payable     26,150,819     477,735   7.33 %     26,131,761     475,425   7.38 %     25,506,601     398,017   6.28 %  
    Total interest-bearing liabilities     1,038,138,133   $ 9,319,907   3.60 %     1,000,456,660   $ 9,193,959   3.73 %     836,250,868   $ 7,974,579   3.84 %  
    Noninterest-bearing liabilities     261,876,451             244,466,979             247,820,333          
    Total liabilities     1,300,014,584             1,244,923,639             1,084,071,201          
    Stockholders’ equity     104,835,652             100,239,544             90,054,960          
    Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity   $ 1,404,850,236           $ 1,345,163,183           $ 1,174,126,161          
    Net interest-earning assets   $ 284,784,575           $ 262,885,334           $ 263,371,941          
    Net interest spread       $ 11,757,178   2.79 %       $ 10,562,846   2.61 %       $ 8,893,023   2.33 %  
    Net interest margin           3.56 %           3.39 %           3.25 %  
                                           
    (1 ) Excludes investments in bank stock (Federal Reserve Bank, Federal Home Loan Bank, and First National Bankers Bankshares).      
                                           
    WHITE RIVER BANCSHARES COMPANY  
    INTEREST INCOME AND EXPENSE  
    (Unaudited)  
                               
        Six Months Ended June 30,  
          2025       2024    
        Average       Average   Average       Average  
        Balance   Interest   Yield/Rate   Balance   Interest   Yield/Rate  
                               
    Interest-earning assets:                          
    Federal funds sold and other   $ 19,172,625   $ 408,895   4.30 %   $ 10,071,062   $ 258,404   5.16 %  
    Investment securities available-for-sale (1)     135,830,651     2,498,291   3.71 %     114,434,010     1,842,786   3.24 %  
    Loans receivable     1,138,293,665     37,926,704   6.72 %     967,102,566     30,758,374   6.40 %  
    Total interest-earning assets     1,293,296,941   $ 40,833,890   6.37 %     1,091,607,638   $ 32,859,564   6.05 %  
    Noninterest-earning assets     81,874,656             72,612,145          
    Total assets   $ 1,375,171,597           $ 1,164,219,783          
    Interest-bearing liabilities:                          
    Interest-bearing deposits   $ 961,684,434   $ 16,850,654   3.53 %   $ 766,601,621   $ 14,091,305   3.70 %  
    FHLB advances and federal funds purchased     31,575,711     710,052   4.53 %     45,594,923     1,068,629   4.71 %  
    Notes payable     26,141,343     953,160   7.35 %     25,500,463     796,034   6.28 %  
    Total interest-bearing liabilities     1,019,401,488   $ 18,513,866   3.66 %     837,697,007   $ 15,955,968   3.83 %  
    Noninterest-bearing liabilities     253,207,317             240,831,655          
    Total liabilities     1,272,608,805             1,078,528,662          
    Stockholders’ equity     102,562,792             85,691,121          
    Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity   $ 1,375,171,597           $ 1,164,219,783          
    Net interest-earning assets   $ 273,895,453           $ 253,910,631          
    Net interest spread       $ 22,320,024   2.70 %       $ 16,903,596   2.22 %  
    Net interest margin           3.48 %           3.11 %  
                               
    (1 )   Excludes investments in bank stock (Federal Reserve Bank, Federal Home Loan Bank, and First National Bankers Bankshares).
                               

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  • MIL-OSI: One in three Americans pays for a specialist streaming or subscription service

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nearly a third of American subscribers (31%) now pay for at least one specialist subscription — ranging from horror streaming and pet trackers, to diet plans, meditation apps, and more. That’s according to newly released research from Bango (AIM: BGO).

    Beyond streaming: The rise of specialist subscriptions

    According to the Bango study, which surveyed 5000 U.S. subscribers, Americans are looking beyond the go-to streaming platforms and signing up to a huge variety of specialist services.

    1 in 10 now pay for at least one children’s subscription service such as ABCmouse, while 1 in 20 pay for a guided meditation subscription. A further 1 in 20 pay for at least one foreign-language streaming service.

    Broader bundles: America demands more choice

    As consumers embrace a broader range of subscriptions, many are calling for these services to be bundled into the deals offered by their mobile providers, banks, and internet service providers.

    More than half of subscribers (58%) believe today’s bundles should include a wider variety of specialist subscriptions, not just the major streaming platforms. At the same time, subscribers are also looking to build more unique bundles that reflect their own unique interests:

    Top subscription combos

    • 34% of health‑and‑fitness subscribers also pay for a food delivery or meal kit service
    • 26% of students combine language or study apps with international cuisine services such as Hungry Panda
    • 21% of food delivery subscribers also pay for genre‑specific streamers like Shudder
    • 16% of AI tool subscribers pay for a dating upgrade (e.g. Tinder Gold)
    • 14% of gaming subscribers splash out on pet‑care subscriptions such as BorrowMyDoggy

    Commenting on the findings, Giles Tongue, subscription expert at Bango, said, “When deciding whether to take up a bundle or deal, today’s subscribers want more than just streaming, music or retail. The beauty of bundling is that subscribers get to design their own experiences and build a combination that is genuinely useful and meaningful to them.”

    “Today’s subscribers are creating all kinds of weird and wonderful combinations. They’re bundling meditation apps with heavy‑metal playlists and using AI subscriptions to perfect their Tinder ice‑breakers. These quirky combos represent the next stage in the bundle economy, offering a huge commercial opportunity to providers who are willing to team up with other, more specialized players.”

    “Imagine Shudder teaming up with HelloFresh for a ‘Meals & Squeals’ deal. That’s a bundle. Or Duolingo offering Hungry Panda vouchers to language learners. That’s a bundle. With the Digital Vending Machine® (DVM™) from Bango, launching those cross‑category bundles is as easy as flipping a switch.”

    The bundle economy

    Bango predicts that growing consumer demand for specialist streaming and subscription services will fuel a new wave of bundling and a further boom to the growing bundle economy.

    According to additional Bango data, 68% of U.S. consumers are now paying for at least one subscription obtained indirectly, such as through a bundled offer. Meanwhile, 72% of subscription brands report higher customer lifetime value from subscribers acquired via bundles compared to those acquired through direct sign-ups.

    “The bundle economy presents a huge opportunity, but the challenge is in linking all of these services together efficiently,” said Giles Tongue. “Consumers don’t want complexity. They want convenience, choice, and value in one place. The Digital Vending Machine® from Bango already connects hundreds of popular, mainstream, and specialist subscriptions, powering Super Bundling platforms from Verizon, Optus and Telenet. Using the DVM, telcos, banks, retailers, and other providers can offer compelling deals instantly, differentiating their services, while giving customers the variety they crave.”

    Find out about the latest subscription combos here.

    About Bango

    Bango enables content providers to reach more paying customers through global partnerships. Bango revolutionized the monetization of digital content and services, by opening-up online payments to mobile phone users worldwide. Today, the Digital Vending Machine® is driving the rapid growth of the subscription economy, powering choice and control for subscribers.

    The world’s largest content providers, including Amazon, Google and Microsoft trust Bango technology to reach subscribers everywhere.

    Bango, where people subscribe. For more information, visit www.bango.com

    Media contact

    For US enquiries, contact SamsonPR: bango@samsonpr.com
    For all other enquiries, contact Giles Tongue, VP Marketing at Bango: giles@bango.com

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  • MIL-OSI: ESET and Amwins Partner to Offer Best-in-Class Cyber Insurance to Companies Across the US

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SAN DIEGO, July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity, and Amwins, a leading distributor of specialty insurance products, today announced a partnership to bridge the gap between cyber insurance requirements and applicants’ cybersecurity technology and processes. In collaboration with ESET, Amwins clients will receive exclusive discounts on ESET’s top-tier MDR solution to help businesses maintain security and compliance for cyber insurance.

    “As a leading global specialty insurance distributor, we are delighted to partner with ESET,” said David Lewison, Executive Vice President and National Professional Lines Practice Leader, Amwins. “ESET’s consistent global performance, achievements in third-party testing, and recent recognition as the Best Ransomware Remediation Solution by the SC Awards make them a great MDR choice for our clients.”

    “Providing value-added resources from top service providers, like ESET, matter,” said Jason White, Executive Vice President and Professional Lines Broker, Amwins. “Whether our clients are entering the market for the first time or facing a challenging renewal, Amwins is here to help them become a better risk and secure the best coverage and terms possible.”

    Covering a client’s complete resource requirements from cyber insurance approval and renewal to cybersecurity controls, the ESET/Amwins partnership provides an exclusive, discounted offer for fully managed Extended Detection and Response with ESET PROTECT MDR. By combining cyber risk and insurance assessments with competitive products and services across the spectrum, ESET and Amwins solve the longstanding problem of how to bring the right cybersecurity expertise directly into the insurance discussion.

    “We are proud to partner with Amwins, a top global cyber insurance distributor, to provide exceptional solutions that help companies stay ahead of cyber threats and zero-day attacks, while helping to ensure they are not denied insurance coverage,” said Ryan Grant, Country Manager, US & Canada, for ESET North America. “Businesses choosing ESET benefit from 30 years of leading malware identification and incident response expertise, developed from protecting millions of customers and thousands of companies globally. This collaboration marks a significant step forward for ESET in the cyber insurance industry, delivering unmatched value and guidance for our mutual clients.”

    ESET offers award-winning multi-layered solutions to help businesses of all sizes prevent, detect, and respond to cyber threats. With 24/7 threat management service for any organization, and using AI and human expertise for premium ransomware protection without in-house security specialists, ESET MDR is a fully managed, standalone cybersecurity solution, providing continuous threat monitoring and automated response. Actively detecting, investigating, and neutralizing cyber threats before they escalate, ESET MDR delivers comprehensive security across endpoints, cloud applications, email, mobile devices, and networks achieving industry-leading protection without the need for in-house security specialists and eliminate data-organization bottlenecks that can hinder effective detection and response.

    To learn more about the ESET and Amwins partnership visit https://www.eset.com/us/insurance/amwins/

    About Amwins
    Amwins is the largest independent wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products in the U.S., dedicated to serving retail insurance agents by providing property and casualty products, specialty group benefits, and administrative services. Based in Charlotte, N.C., the company operates through more than 138 offices globally and handles premium placements in excess of $44.5 billion annually.

    About ESET
    ESET provides cutting-edge digital security to prevent attacks before they happen. By combining the power of AI and human expertise, ESET stays ahead of known and emerging cyber threats — securing businesses, critical infrastructure, and individuals. Whether it’s endpoint, cloud or mobile protection, its AI-native, cloud-first solutions and services remain highly effective and easy to use. ESET technology includes robust detection and response, ultra-secure encryption, and multi-factor authentication. With 24/7 real-time defense and strong local support, we keep users safe and businesses running without interruption. An ever-evolving digital landscape demands a progressive approach to security: ESET is committed to world-class research and powerful threat intelligence, backed by R&D centers and a strong global partner network. For more information, visit www.eset.com or follow us on LinkedInFacebook, and Twitter.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: A Message From the United States Attorney to the Residents of Ruidoso, New Mexico: Combating Disaster-Related Fraud

    Source: US FBI

    ALBUQUERQUE – The recent flooding in Ruidoso, New Mexico, has brought devastating loss and hardship to our community. Lives have been lost, homes and businesses have been destroyed, and many families are facing an uncertain future. In the midst of this tragedy, we have witnessed countless acts of generosity and resilience as neighbors, volunteers, and organizations step forward to help those in need.

    Unfortunately, history teaches us that disasters like this also attract individuals seeking to exploit the situation for personal gain. Fraudulent activity undermines recovery efforts and diverts critical resources away from genuine victims.

    Past disasters have shown that fraud can take many forms, including:

    • Individuals not affected by the flooding who attempt to claim disaster benefits.
    • The creation of fraudulent charities or the diversion of donations intended for legitimate relief organizations.
    • Fraudulent applications for rebuilding grants and loans, such as those offered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

    Our office has zero tolerance for those who seek to steal from disaster victims or misuse funds meant for recovery. We have established a Disaster Fraud Working Group, which includes the U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, Secret Service, HUD, SBA, Postal Inspectors, Internal Revenue Service, and U.S. Marshals Service. This group is actively reviewing potential cases and will work closely with the New Mexico Department of Justice, local and tribal law enforcement, and community partners to ensure that fraudsters are brought to justice.

    Anyone considering disaster-related fraud should be aware that federal law—specifically, 18 United States Code, Section 1040—provides for penalties of up to 30 years in federal prison.

    We urge the public to remain vigilant. If you observe suspicious activity or suspect fraud, please report it immediately. The National Disaster Fraud Hotline is available toll-free at (866) 720-5721, or you may email disaster@leo.gov. The hotline operates 24/7.

    Together, we can protect our community and ensure that help reaches those who truly need it.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: United Kingdom Citizen Extradited to Face Charges in $99 Million Wine Fraud

    Source: US FBI

    Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, James Wellesley was arraigned following his extradition from the United Kingdom (UK), where he was arrested in 2022.  In 2022, Wellesley, along with his co-defendant Stephen Burton, was charged with wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering conspiracy in connection with a scheme perpetrated through Bordeaux Cellars, a company he and Burton operated.  Wellesley was arraigned today before United States Magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy. Burton was extradited from Morocco in 2023 and is currently pending trial.  Wellesley was ordered detained pending trial. 

    Joseph Nocella, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; Christopher G. Raia, Assistant Director in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI), and Ricky J. Patel, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, New York (HSI New York) announced Burton’s arraignment. 

    “Today’s arraignment sends a message to all perpetrators of global fraud schemes that my Office will work tirelessly to ensure they answer for crimes committed in the United States,” stated United States Attorney Nocella.  “We will not rest in our efforts to seek justice for victims of fraud.”

    “James Wellesley and his business partner allegedly concocted an elaborate scheme defrauding investors out of millions of dollars to finance their own personal expenses. Their alleged deceit spread across years and continents,” stated FBI New York Assistant Director in Charge Raia.  “Today’s arraignment signals to all criminals that the FBI will practice the same resolve in bringing perpetrators to justice.” 

    “James Wellesley and his co-conspirator are accused of masterminding their nearly $100 million international fraud scheme that exploited the unsuspecting public, including New Yorkers, for their own selfish enrichment. As alleged, the defendants claimed Bordeaux Cellars boasted a high-value wine stockpile and a clientele of ‘high-net-worth wine collectors’ – and in turn profited handsomely – all while they swindled investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not more,” stated HSI New York Special Agent in Charge Patel.  “Let it be known, regardless of the nature of the transnational criminal scheme, HSI New York, alongside our law enforcement partners, will continue to adapt and evolve to fight global and domestic financial crimes wherever and whenever possible.”

    The indictment alleges that from at least June 2017 and continuing through February of 2019, the defendants posed as executives Bordeaux Cellars.  The defendants solicited investors, including residents of the Eastern District of New York, at, among other places, investor conferences held in the United States and overseas.  The defendants claimed to investors that Bordeaux Cellars brokered loans between investors and high-net-worth wine collectors that would be fully collateralized by high-value collections of wine.  The defendants promised that investors would receive regular interest payments from the borrowers, and that Bordeaux Cellars would keep custody of the wine, securing the loans while the loans were outstanding.  As alleged, these representations were lies, the “high-net-worth wine collectors” did not actually exist, and Bordeaux Cellars did not maintain custody of the wine purportedly securing the loans.  Instead, the defendants used incoming loan proceeds to make fraudulent interest payments to investors and for their own personal expenses, resulting in $99 million dollars’ worth of misdirected funds. 

    The charges in the indictment are allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.  If convicted, the defendants face up to 20 years in prison. 

    The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs (OIA) provided significant assistance in securing Wellesley’s arrest and extradition from the UK.  This Office thanks UK authorities for their assistance in this matter.

    The government’s case is being handled by the Office’s Business and Securities Fraud Section.  Assistant United States Attorney Benjamin Weintraub is in charge of the prosecution. 

    The Defendants:

    STEPHEN BURTON
    Age: 58
    United Kingdom

    JAMES WELLESLEY
    Age: 56
    United Kingdom

    E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 22-CR-79 (PKC)

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  • MIL-OSI Security: United Kingdom Citizen Extradited to Face Charges in $99 Million Wine Fraud

    Source: US FBI

    Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, James Wellesley was arraigned following his extradition from the United Kingdom (UK), where he was arrested in 2022.  In 2022, Wellesley, along with his co-defendant Stephen Burton, was charged with wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering conspiracy in connection with a scheme perpetrated through Bordeaux Cellars, a company he and Burton operated.  Wellesley was arraigned today before United States Magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy. Burton was extradited from Morocco in 2023 and is currently pending trial.  Wellesley was ordered detained pending trial. 

    Joseph Nocella, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; Christopher G. Raia, Assistant Director in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI), and Ricky J. Patel, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, New York (HSI New York) announced Burton’s arraignment. 

    “Today’s arraignment sends a message to all perpetrators of global fraud schemes that my Office will work tirelessly to ensure they answer for crimes committed in the United States,” stated United States Attorney Nocella.  “We will not rest in our efforts to seek justice for victims of fraud.”

    “James Wellesley and his business partner allegedly concocted an elaborate scheme defrauding investors out of millions of dollars to finance their own personal expenses. Their alleged deceit spread across years and continents,” stated FBI New York Assistant Director in Charge Raia.  “Today’s arraignment signals to all criminals that the FBI will practice the same resolve in bringing perpetrators to justice.” 

    “James Wellesley and his co-conspirator are accused of masterminding their nearly $100 million international fraud scheme that exploited the unsuspecting public, including New Yorkers, for their own selfish enrichment. As alleged, the defendants claimed Bordeaux Cellars boasted a high-value wine stockpile and a clientele of ‘high-net-worth wine collectors’ – and in turn profited handsomely – all while they swindled investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not more,” stated HSI New York Special Agent in Charge Patel.  “Let it be known, regardless of the nature of the transnational criminal scheme, HSI New York, alongside our law enforcement partners, will continue to adapt and evolve to fight global and domestic financial crimes wherever and whenever possible.”

    The indictment alleges that from at least June 2017 and continuing through February of 2019, the defendants posed as executives Bordeaux Cellars.  The defendants solicited investors, including residents of the Eastern District of New York, at, among other places, investor conferences held in the United States and overseas.  The defendants claimed to investors that Bordeaux Cellars brokered loans between investors and high-net-worth wine collectors that would be fully collateralized by high-value collections of wine.  The defendants promised that investors would receive regular interest payments from the borrowers, and that Bordeaux Cellars would keep custody of the wine, securing the loans while the loans were outstanding.  As alleged, these representations were lies, the “high-net-worth wine collectors” did not actually exist, and Bordeaux Cellars did not maintain custody of the wine purportedly securing the loans.  Instead, the defendants used incoming loan proceeds to make fraudulent interest payments to investors and for their own personal expenses, resulting in $99 million dollars’ worth of misdirected funds. 

    The charges in the indictment are allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.  If convicted, the defendants face up to 20 years in prison. 

    The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs (OIA) provided significant assistance in securing Wellesley’s arrest and extradition from the UK.  This Office thanks UK authorities for their assistance in this matter.

    The government’s case is being handled by the Office’s Business and Securities Fraud Section.  Assistant United States Attorney Benjamin Weintraub is in charge of the prosecution. 

    The Defendants:

    STEPHEN BURTON
    Age: 58
    United Kingdom

    JAMES WELLESLEY
    Age: 56
    United Kingdom

    E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 22-CR-79 (PKC)

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Mayor of London launches a next-generation city data platform to unlock the power of data for Londoners

    Source: Mayor of London

    • Mayor of London launches new cutting-edge Data for London Library to make it easier to use data to benefit Londoners and London and power smarter AI-enabled public services
    • The Library is a key step in improving data sharing across the city – which is essential to the AI, data and infrastructure London will need to power the next generation of public services – by connecting datasets held by organisations across the capital
    • Launched during London Data Week, a 50+ festival delivered by the Greater London Authority,  London Councils and the Alan Turing Institute, this delivers a manifesto commitment to bring forward new data services that support city priorities and ensure the digital and AI revolution serves Londoners and their needs

    The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has launched the Data for London Library, a cutting-edge new platform that will transform how London collects, shares and uses data to improve public services, unlock growth and create a more inclusive, sustainable city.

    Launched during the biggest ever London Data Week, the Library is part of the Mayor’s ambitious Data for London programme and marks a major milestone in the evolution of London’s data infrastructure. It will replace the London Datastore, which was first launched in 2010 and at the time was one of the world’s earliest and most innovative open data platforms.

    The Library aims to be the definitive catalogue of place data for London – including environment, buildings, and demographics – creating a single, vital resource for researchers and data users seeking rich contextual insight for data services and projects. It takes an innovative approach by connecting, not collecting, datasets held by key London partners starting with Transport for London, the Department of Health and Social Care as well as Barnet, Brent, Camden, and Redbridge councils, and the Office for National Statistics. This collaborative working helps build London’s data infrastructure while acknowledging London’s breadth and large number of organisations that keep the city running.   

    Over its 15-year history, the previous London Datastore, which the Library will replace, pioneered new ways of making public data accessible and useful to communities, policymakers and innovators. The Data for London Library builds on that legacy, offering more than 5,100 datasets, faster search tools, and improved discoverability to make it easier for everyone – from citizens to researchers to startups – to find and use trusted data that benefits Londoners.

    Data from the London Datastore has been used to: 

    • Improve air quality by collating data from air quality sensors across London to help map and predict air pollution episodes. This enables us to issue pollution alerts for Londoners, helping people with health conditions sensitive to pollution live healthier lives as part of the Breath London project.
    • Support Net Zero by providing energy efficiency data for all London homes in a transparent, shareable way through the London Building Stock Model. This helps councils to identify and prioritise homes that need retrofitting and is a key tool to support the delivery of the Mayor’s Warmer Homes London programme with London Councils.
    • Tackle rough sleeping by publishing quarterly and annual CHAIN reports based on data collected by outreach teams and services across London. These reports provide strategic insights into rough sleeping trends, supporting public understanding and helping the Mayor, councils, and charities work toward the goal of ending rough sleeping in London by 2030.

    By making it easier to find and use data held across the city, in one place, the Library becomes core infrastructure for the current AI revolution by addressing a key challenge facing innovators – discovering where datasets are. Better access to datasets enables better insights to enable preventative services, new digital or data tools to support public service productivity and opportunities for innovators across public, private, research and civil society. London’s approach to building the new data platform will be made available for other UK cities and regions to adopt.  

    London is Europe’s largest technology hub – the second largest in the world – and now firmly established as a leading player on the global stage due to the way it uses data to improve services, education, research and innovation to benefit communities across the capital. London is also at the forefront of AI research and top three globally for venture capital investment into this technology. 

    The recently published London Growth Plan identifies huge opportunities to turbocharge the capital’s economy by harnessing the potential of rapidly growing tech sectors such as AI. The Data for London programme will help to support this by improving city data sharing, increasing collaboration, developing public trust, boosting Londoners’ digital skills and leading modern connectivity.   

    Theo Blackwell MBE, Chief Digital Officer for London, said: “London is great at collaboration and the new Data for London Library is rooted in partnership. We’ve been working closely with the data community, the London Office of Technology and Innovation, local authorities in London and other data providers in the city to prioritise the features and improve the user experience.”

    “This is just the beginning, we are only going one way – there is no global trend towards less data. AI systems of the future are heavily dependent on the quality and quantity of the data they are trained on, so our focus now is to build more data sources into the Data for London Library and to make it easier to navigate complex data sharing agreements to benefit the city’s strategic position as the vanguard of the data and AI revolution. This is how we can build a better, fairer, more prosperous London for everyone.”

    Eddie Copeland, Director at the London Office of Technology & Innovation, said: “Successfully tackling many of the biggest issues we face in the capital, from climate change to tackling homelessness, depends on bringing together data from many different sources. The Data for London Library and platform will provide a huge boost for our ability to join up, analyse and act upon data at a truly London scale to benefit Londoners.” 

    Director of the Open Data Institute and Data for London Advisory Board Member Stuart Coleman said: “At the ODI, we advocate for practical, well-governed data infrastructure that makes it easier for people to access, use and share data. The Data for London Library shows how the public sector can take steps to make datasets more discoverable and usable. By opening up access to data from across the capital, it offers a pragmatic model that others can learn from. As the National Data Library develops, examples like this can help demonstrate what works in practice, particularly when it comes to improving interoperability, making data AI-ready, and building on existing foundations rather than starting from scratch.”

    Dr Cosmina Dorobantu, Data for London Advisory Board member and Senior Advisor and Visiting Professor in Practice at the LSE Data Science Institute, said: “As a member of the Mayor’s Data for London Board and someone who is helping to build a world-leading institute for AI and the social sciences here in London, within the London School of Economics and Political Science, I am tremendously excited to see the launch of the Data for London Library. Today’s launch is an important first step towards making the vast amounts of data collected in London more accessible, and towards increasing the data maturity of contributing organisations. The foundations that the team behind the Data for London Library have built are essential for creating the invaluable data resources that businesses, researchers, and policymakers need to build a better, more prosperous, and more equitable city.”

    Muniya Barua, Deputy Chief Executive at BusinessLDN, said: “The launch of the new Data for London Library marks a significant milestone in the capital’s ambitious growth plans. It puts a wealth of up-to-the-minute public and private sector data at the fingertips of businesses and policymakers which can be used to drive innovation and transform the lives of Londoners. Having long championed the transformative potential of data sharing, we now look to the Mayor’s spatial strategy, the London Plan, to ensure it supports the development of critical infrastructure – from data centres to improved broadband connectivity – which will enable the benefits of this new platform to be maximised and London to lead the way in AI and other cutting-edge technologies.”

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  • MIL-OSI: LPL Financial Welcomes Waznik Heike Group

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SAN DIEGO, July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LPL Financial LLC announced today that the team of 11 financial advisors from Waznik Heike Group have joined LPL Financial’s broker-dealer, Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) and custodial platforms. They reported serving approximately $750 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets* and join LPL from Osaic.

    Headquartered in Menomonie, Wis., with additional offices in Durand, Superior, Eau Claire and Rice Lake, the firm is led by partners Brad Waznik and John Heike, CFP®, ChFC®, CLU®, CASL®, CAP®, RICP®, who worked together for years before teaming back up in 2024 to form their own practice. Together, the team, who have more than 100 years of combined industry experience, takes a strategic, personalized and proactive approach to wealth management using experienced advice and tailored strategies to help guide their clients towards a more secure fiscal future.

    “My favorite part of this job is connecting with our clients in a meaningful and purposeful way,” Heike said. “Many of our clients are nearing or in retirement, and they have questions about how to be financially responsible while making the most of their golden years. It’s our role to help them answer their questions, make decisions and help take that stress off their shoulders.”

    Looking to enhance their offerings and provide an elevated client experience, the Waznik Heike Group team, which includes Gene Larock, Steve Helling, Kyle Thorpe, Jon Storing, Tyler Schroyer, ChFC®, Coltin Brehm, Jerry Hagman, Bryan LaVoy and Sam Ferch, along with their support staff, turned to LPL.

    “We were looking for a partner that was committed to helping us provide a next-level client experience, and we found that partner with LPL,” Waznik said. “From their robust and integrated technology to their back-office support, LPL is committed to helping us serve our clients better. Plus, LPL is self-clearing, which is a bonus. LPL is a leader in this industry, and we are confident that this partnership is the right choice for our business and our clients.”

    Scott Posner, LPL Managing Director, Business Development, said, “We welcome Brad, John and their team to the LPL community. Just as the Waznik Heike Group walks in lockstep with their clients to help them build lasting financial confidence, we are committed to helping our advisors differentiate themselves and enhance their client experience. We look forward to supporting the Waznik Heike Group for years to come.”

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    About LPL Financial

    LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace, LPL supports nearly 29,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,200 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $1.8 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 7 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

    Securities and advisory services offered through LPL Financial LLC (“LPL Financial”), a registered investment advisor and broker-dealer, member FINRA/SIPC. Waznik Heike Group and LPL Financial are separate entities.

    Throughout this communication, the terms “financial advisors” and “advisors” are used to refer to registered representatives and/or investment advisor representatives affiliated with LPL Financial.

    We routinely disclose information that may be important to shareholders in the “Investor Relations” or “Press Releases” section of our website.

    *Value approximated based on asset and holding details provided to LPL from end of year, 2024.

    Media Contact: 
    Media.relations@LPLFinancial.com 

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  • MIL-OSI: LPL Financial Welcomes Waznik Heike Group

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SAN DIEGO, July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LPL Financial LLC announced today that the team of 11 financial advisors from Waznik Heike Group have joined LPL Financial’s broker-dealer, Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) and custodial platforms. They reported serving approximately $750 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets* and join LPL from Osaic.

    Headquartered in Menomonie, Wis., with additional offices in Durand, Superior, Eau Claire and Rice Lake, the firm is led by partners Brad Waznik and John Heike, CFP®, ChFC®, CLU®, CASL®, CAP®, RICP®, who worked together for years before teaming back up in 2024 to form their own practice. Together, the team, who have more than 100 years of combined industry experience, takes a strategic, personalized and proactive approach to wealth management using experienced advice and tailored strategies to help guide their clients towards a more secure fiscal future.

    “My favorite part of this job is connecting with our clients in a meaningful and purposeful way,” Heike said. “Many of our clients are nearing or in retirement, and they have questions about how to be financially responsible while making the most of their golden years. It’s our role to help them answer their questions, make decisions and help take that stress off their shoulders.”

    Looking to enhance their offerings and provide an elevated client experience, the Waznik Heike Group team, which includes Gene Larock, Steve Helling, Kyle Thorpe, Jon Storing, Tyler Schroyer, ChFC®, Coltin Brehm, Jerry Hagman, Bryan LaVoy and Sam Ferch, along with their support staff, turned to LPL.

    “We were looking for a partner that was committed to helping us provide a next-level client experience, and we found that partner with LPL,” Waznik said. “From their robust and integrated technology to their back-office support, LPL is committed to helping us serve our clients better. Plus, LPL is self-clearing, which is a bonus. LPL is a leader in this industry, and we are confident that this partnership is the right choice for our business and our clients.”

    Scott Posner, LPL Managing Director, Business Development, said, “We welcome Brad, John and their team to the LPL community. Just as the Waznik Heike Group walks in lockstep with their clients to help them build lasting financial confidence, we are committed to helping our advisors differentiate themselves and enhance their client experience. We look forward to supporting the Waznik Heike Group for years to come.”

    Related
    Advisors, learn how LPL Financial can help take your business to the next level.

    About LPL Financial

    LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace, LPL supports nearly 29,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,200 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $1.8 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 7 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

    Securities and advisory services offered through LPL Financial LLC (“LPL Financial”), a registered investment advisor and broker-dealer, member FINRA/SIPC. Waznik Heike Group and LPL Financial are separate entities.

    Throughout this communication, the terms “financial advisors” and “advisors” are used to refer to registered representatives and/or investment advisor representatives affiliated with LPL Financial.

    We routinely disclose information that may be important to shareholders in the “Investor Relations” or “Press Releases” section of our website.

    *Value approximated based on asset and holding details provided to LPL from end of year, 2024.

    Media Contact: 
    Media.relations@LPLFinancial.com 

    Tracking #743816

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  • MIL-OSI China: Trump voices disappointment with Putin, grows impatient

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be losing patience with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, voicing disappointment on Monday just hours after threatening “severe tariffs” against Russia.

    “I’m disappointed in him, but I’m not done with him. But I’m disappointed in him,” Trump told BBC in an interview.

    A few hours earlier, during a meeting with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office, Trump warned, “We’re going to be doing very severe tariffs” if a ceasefire agreement on Ukraine is not reached within 50 days.

    U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick clarified later that Trump actually meant “economic sanctions” when he threatened “secondary tariffs” against Russia, The Washington Times reported.

    Trump also told Rutte that the United States would supply weapons to Ukraine through NATO, including Patriot missile systems, with deliveries starting soon.

    In a post on X following a phone call with Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed gratitude for Trump’s “willingness to support Ukraine” and hailed their strong relationship.

    This is not the first time Trump has expressed disappointment with Putin over the Ukraine crisis, despite claiming he has a good relationship with the Russian leader. In early July, after a phone conversation with Putin, Trump told reporters, “I didn’t make any progress with him today at all,” adding, “I’m not happy about that.”

    Trump, who promised during his campaign to end the conflict in Ukraine within 24 hours, has held several conversations with Putin since taking office. However, his efforts to pressure the Russian leader have yet to yield a ceasefire. 

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  • MIL-OSI: Enovix Releases Supplemental FAQ to Support Warrant Dividend Distribution

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    FREMONT, Calif., July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Enovix Corporation (Nasdaq: ENVX) (“Company” or “Enovix”), a global high-performance battery company, today released a supplemental Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) document relating to the previously announced warrant dividend distribution. The supplemental FAQ provides important clarifications on logistical and eligibility-related topics raised by shareholders and brokers, including:

    • Potential limitations for shareholders who hold Enovix stock in margin accounts
    • Timing of share purchases in relation to warrant eligibility

    “This update reflects our commitment to ensuring a smooth and transparent experience for our shareholders as we approach the warrant dividend record date,” said Ryan Benton, CFO of Enovix. “In particular, we want to raise awareness of how certain brokerage practices—such as securities lending in margin accounts—could prevent shareholders from receiving exercisable warrants unless proactive steps are taken.”

    Shareholders are encouraged to review the new supplement along with the original FAQ, which are both available on the Investor Relations page (https://ir.enovix.com) (https://www.enovix.com/enovix-warrant-dividend/), and in addition, to contact their broker directly with any specific questions about their account status.

    Details of Warrant Distribution
    Stockholders will receive one (1) warrant for each seven (7) shares of common stock held as of the record date of July 17, 2025, rounded down to the nearest whole number for any fractional warrant. As an example, a stockholder who owns 1,000 shares of common stock would receive 142 warrants, and a stockholder who owns 7,000 shares of common stock would receive 1,000 warrants.

    Holders of the Convertible Notes as of the record date will also receive warrants based on the same ratio in the manner determined by the indenture governing the Convertible Notes. As an example, holders of each $1,000 face amount of Convertible Notes will receive 9.1543 warrants, rounded down to the nearest whole number for any fractional warrant.

    After the distribution date, warrant holders may exercise their warrants for cash as specified under the terms of the warrant agreement that we expect to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) by the distribution date.

    The Early Expiration Price Condition will be deemed satisfied if, during any period of twenty (20) out of thirty (30) consecutive trading days, the VWAP of the common stock equals or exceeds $10.50 (the “Early Expiration Trigger Price”) whether or not consecutive (such final day, the “Early Expiration Price Condition Date”). If this condition is met, the warrants will expire at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Business Day immediately following the Early Expiration Price Condition Date or such other date as the Company may elect in accordance with the warrant agreement.

    If the Early Expiration Price Condition occurs, Enovix will make a public announcement to that effect, which will include the corresponding expiration date.

    Otherwise, the warrants will expire at 5:00 pm EST on October 1, 2026.

    About Enovix Corporation

    Enovix is a leader in advancing lithium-ion battery technology with its proprietary 3D cell architecture designed to deliver higher energy density and improved safety. The Company’s breakthrough silicon-anode batteries are engineered to power a wide range of devices from wearable electronics and mobile communications to industrial and electric vehicle applications. Enovix’s technology enables longer battery life and faster charging, supporting the growing global demand for high-performance energy storage. Enovix holds a robust portfolio of issued and pending patents covering its core battery design, manufacturing process, and system integration innovations. For more information, visit https://www.enovix.com.

    No Offer or Solicitation

    This press release is for informational purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

    The issuance of the warrants has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as the distribution of a warrant for no consideration does not constitute a sale of a security under Section 2(a)(3) of the Securities Act. A Form 8-A registration statement and prospectus supplement describing the terms of the warrants will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website located at http://www.sec.gov. Holders should read the prospectus supplement carefully, including the Risk Factors section included and incorporated by reference therein. This press release contains a general summary of the warrants. Please read the warrant agreement when it becomes available as it will contain important information about the terms of the warrants.

    Forward‐Looking Statements

    This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, about us, the warrant dividend and our business that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance and can be identified by words such as anticipate, believe, continue, could, estimate, expect, intend, may, might, plan, possible, potential, predict, should, would and similar expressions that convey uncertainty about future events or outcomes. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, without limitation, our expectations regarding the warrant dividend distribution; the anticipated distribution date; the potential limitations of the distribution for shareholders who hold Enovix stock in margin accounts; our ability to provide clarification on logistical and eligibility-related topics raised by shareholders and brokers, including, without limitation, the timing of share purchases in relation to warrant dividend eligibility; the acceptance to trading of the warrants on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the existence of a market for the warrants; and our ability to raise awareness of relevant brokerage practices and commitment to facilitating a seamless process for our shareholders as we approach the warrant dividend distribution date. Actual results and outcomes could differ materially from these forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, those risks and uncertainties and other potential factors set forth in our filings with the SEC, including in the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of our most recently filed annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other documents that we have filed, or that we will file, with the SEC. For a full discussion of these risks, please refer to Enovix’s filings with the SEC, including its most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, available at https://ir.enovix.com and www.sec.gov. Any forward-looking statements made by us in this press release speak only as of the date on which they are made and subsequent events may cause these expectations to change. We disclaim any obligations to update or alter these forward-looking statements in the future, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

    Investor Contact:
    Robert Lahey
    ir@enovix.com

    Chief Financial Officer:
    Ryan Benton
    ryan.benton@enovix.com

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: China-SCO Interregional Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum to be held in Qingdao

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) — The China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Forum on Interregional Economic and Trade Cooperation will be held in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, on July 17-18, according to the Commerce Department of East China’s Shandong Province.

    The event, hosted by the Shandong Provincial Government and supported by the Qingdao City Government, is held under the theme of “Jointly Seeking Regional Cooperation, Together for Innovative Development.” Its aim is to strengthen the platform for economic and trade cooperation between Shandong and the regions of the SCO countries.

    As it became known, four dialogue meetings on international cooperation in the areas of logistics and transport, new energy, mechanical engineering technologies and digital economy are planned within the framework of the forum. These platforms are designed to ensure practical interaction between the participants.

    At present, the SCO Secretary General and the heads of 9 regions/provinces, regions, cities/countries of the organization have confirmed their participation in the forum. Minsk/Belarus/ will act as the main guest region and will hold a special presentation within the framework of the event. In addition, the forum will be attended by heads of ministries and state committees of the PRC, representatives of leading Chinese enterprises and research institutes.

    As part of the business program, the Shandong Provincial Commerce Department and the Qingdao Government will jointly organize a series of related events, including the 4th SCO International Trade and Investment Fair.

    The holding of this forum will contribute to deepening cooperation between Shandong and the SCO countries in the economic, trade and industrial spheres, giving new impetus to the economic development of the region. -0-

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: China-SCO Interregional Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum to be held in Qingdao

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) — The China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Forum on Interregional Economic and Trade Cooperation will be held in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, on July 17-18, according to the Commerce Department of East China’s Shandong Province.

    The event, hosted by the Shandong Provincial Government and supported by the Qingdao City Government, is held under the theme of “Jointly Seeking Regional Cooperation, Together for Innovative Development.” Its aim is to strengthen the platform for economic and trade cooperation between Shandong and the regions of the SCO countries.

    As it became known, four dialogue meetings on international cooperation in the areas of logistics and transport, new energy, mechanical engineering technologies and digital economy are planned within the framework of the forum. These platforms are designed to ensure practical interaction between the participants.

    At present, the SCO Secretary General and the heads of 9 regions/provinces, regions, cities/countries of the organization have confirmed their participation in the forum. Minsk/Belarus/ will act as the main guest region and will hold a special presentation within the framework of the event. In addition, the forum will be attended by heads of ministries and state committees of the PRC, representatives of leading Chinese enterprises and research institutes.

    As part of the business program, the Shandong Provincial Commerce Department and the Qingdao Government will jointly organize a series of related events, including the 4th SCO International Trade and Investment Fair.

    The holding of this forum will contribute to deepening cooperation between Shandong and the SCO countries in the economic, trade and industrial spheres, giving new impetus to the economic development of the region. -0-

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  • MIL-OSI: b1BANK Promotes Heather Roemer to Chief Administrative Officer 

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    BATON ROUGE, La., July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — b1BANK, the banking subsidiary of Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST), announced the promotion of Heather Roemer to executive vice president and chief administrative officer. 

    Roemer oversees the teams responsible for business transformation programs and product management, marketing and communications, and human resources and talent development, and continues to serve as president of b1 FOUNDATION. In her expanded role, she helps align people, priorities and operations across the organization, and serves on various steering committees focused on the bank’s strategic direction.

    “Heather combines institutional knowledge, operational excellence and a deep sense of care for our people and communities,” said Jude Melville, chairman and CEO of b1BANK. “She has helped shape the culture and infrastructure that support our mission, and I’ve asked her to take on the critical responsibility of leading integrations as we continue to expand through acquisitions. I look forward to the impact she will have on the direction of our organization in this role.” 

    Over the past 16 years, Roemer has played a key role in the bank’s growth and community engagement, helping shape its culture, operations and long-term vision. A founding leader of b1 FOUNDATION, she has led initiatives focused on financial literacy, entrepreneurship education and community empowerment throughout the bank’s footprint. 

    “I am honored to step into this role and continue building on the strong foundation we’ve created together at b1BANK,” Roemer said. “As we look ahead, I’m excited to work with our talented team to further strengthen our organization and deepen our impact in the communities we serve.” 

    Roemer is a graduate of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University, where she served as class president. She also holds a degree from Louisiana State University.

    About Business First Bancshares Inc. 
    As of March 31, 2025, Business First Bancshares Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST), through its banking
    subsidiary b1BANK, has $7.8 billion in assets and $7.1 billion in assets under management through b1BANK’s affiliate Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC (SSW), excluding $0.9 billion of b1BANK assets managed by SSW. b1BANK operates banking centers and loan production offices across Louisiana and Texas, providing commercial and personal banking products and services. b1BANK is a 2024 Mastercard “Innovation Award” winner and a multiyear recipient of American Banker magazine’s “Best Banks to Work For.” Visit b1BANK.com for more information.

    Media Contact: Misty Albrecht
    b1BANK
    225.286.7879
    Misty.Albrecht@b1BANK.com

    A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/082c0896-a2ca-4d31-a7e0-5b2b32adef6b

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: D. Trump expressed disappointment with V. Putin

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

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    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    WASHINGTON, July 15 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to be losing patience with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, expressing frustration on Monday just hours after threatening to impose “harsh tariffs” on Russia.

    “I’m disappointed in him, but I’m not done with him. But I’m disappointed in him,” Trump said in an interview with the BBC.

    Hours earlier, during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office, the US president warned that the US would impose very tough tariffs if a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine was not reached within 50 days.

    US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick later clarified that Trump actually meant “economic sanctions” when he threatened “secondary tariffs” against Russia, The Washington Times reports.

    After a telephone conversation with D. Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed gratitude to the US President on the X social network for his “willingness to support Ukraine” and welcomed their strong relations. –0–

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  • MIL-OSI Analysis: Rethinking the MBA: Character as the educational foundation for future business leaders

    Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, Ross School of Business, School for Environment & Sustainability, University of Michigan

    Questions about the role of business education have led to introspection among business school leaders and researchers. Supatman/iStock via Getty Images

    Programs to help students discern their vocation or calling are gaining prominence in higher education.

    According to a 2019 Bates/Gallup poll, 80% of college graduates want a sense of purpose from their work. In addition, a 2023 survey found that 50% of Generation Z and millennial employees in the U.K. and U.S. have resigned from a job because the values of the company did not align with their own.

    These sentiments are also found in today’s business school students, as Gen Z is demanding that course content reflect the changes in society, from diversity and inclusion to sustainability and poverty. According to the Financial Times, “there may never have been a more demanding cohort.”

    And yet, business schools have been slower than other schools to respond, leading to calls ranging from transforming business education to demolishing it.

    What are business schools creating?

    Historically, studies have shown that business school applicants have scored higher than their peers on the “dark triad” traits of narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism. These traits can manifest themselves in a tendency toward cunning, scheming and, at times, unscrupulous behavior.

    Over the course of their degree program, other studies have found that business school environments can amplify those preexisting tendencies while enhancing a concern for what others think of them.

    And these tendencies stick after graduation. One study examined 9,900 U.S. publicly listed firms and separated the sample by those run by managers who went to business school and those whose managers did not. While they found no discernible difference in sales or profits between the two samples, they found that labor wages were cut 6% over five years at companies run by managers who went to business school, while managers with no business degree shared profits with their workers. The study concludes that this is the result “of practices and values acquired in business education.”

    But there are signs that this may be changing.

    Questioning value

    Business leaders play a significant role in society, but they aren’t always trusted.
    miniseries/E+ via Getty Images

    Today, many are questioning the value of the MBA.

    Those who have decided it is worth the high cost either complain of its lack of rigor, relevance and critical thinking or use it merely for access to networks for salary enhancement, treating classroom learning as less important than attending recruiting events and social activities.

    Layered onto this uncertain state of affairs, generative artificial intelligence is fundamentally altering the education landscape, threatening future career prospects and short-circuiting the student’s education by doing their research and writing for them.

    This is concerning because of the outsized role that business leaders play in today’s society: allocating capital, developing and deploying new technologies and influencing political and social debates.

    At times, this role is a positive one, but not always. Distrust follows that uncertainty.

    Only 16% of Americans had a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in corporations, while 51% of Americans between 18 and 29 hold a dim view of capitalism.

    Facing this reality, business educators are beginning to reexamine how to nurture business leaders who view business not only as a means to making money but also as a vehicle in service to society.

    Proponents such as Harry Lewis, former dean of Harvard College; Derek Bok, former president of Harvard University; Harold Shapiro, former president of Princeton University; and Anthony Kronman, former dean of the Yale Law School, describe this effort as a return to the original focus of a college education.

    Not ethics, but character formation

    Character education could challenge business students to consider what type of leaders they aspire to be.
    MoMo Productions/Digital Vision via Getty Images

    Business schools have often included ethics courses in their curriculum, often with limited success. What some schools are experimenting with is character formation.

    As part of this experimentation is the development of a coherent moral culture that lies within the course curriculum but also within the cocurricular programming, cultural events, seminars and independent studies that shape students’ worldviews; the selection, socialization, training and reward systems for students, staff and faculty; and other aspects that shape students’ formation.

    Stanford’s Bill Damon, one of the leading scholars on helping students develop a sense of purpose in life, describes a revised role for faculty in this effort, one of creating the fertile conditions for students to find meaning and purpose on their own.

    I use this approach in my course on vocation discernment in business, shifting from a more traditional academic style to one that is more developmental.

    This is relational teaching that artificial intelligence cannot do. It involves bringing the whole person into the education process, inspiring hearts as much as engaging heads to form competent leaders who possess character, judgment and wisdom.

    It allows an examination of both the how and the why of business, challenging students to consider what kind of business leader they aspire to be and what kind of legacy they wish to establish.

    It would mark a return to the original focus of early business schools, which, as Rakesh Khurana, a professor of sociology at Harvard, calls out in his book “From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession,” was to train managers in the same vocational way we train doctors “to seek the higher aims of commerce in service to society.”

    Reshaping business education

    Most business school curricula are similar, but there are examples that break the mold.
    Oscar Wong/Moment via Getty Images

    The good news is that there are emerging exemplars that are seeking to create this kind of curriculum through centers such as Notre Dame University’s Institute for Social Concerns and Bates College’s Center for Purposeful Work and courses such as Stanford University’s Designing Your Life and the University of Michigan’s Management as a Calling.

    These are but a few examples of a growing movement. So, the building blocks are there to draw from. The student demand is waiting to be met. All that is needed is for more business schools to respond.

    Andrew J. Hoffman does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    ref. Rethinking the MBA: Character as the educational foundation for future business leaders – https://theconversation.com/rethinking-the-mba-character-as-the-educational-foundation-for-future-business-leaders-259223

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  • MIL-OSI Submissions: Rethinking the MBA: Character as the educational foundation for future business leaders

    Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, Ross School of Business, School for Environment & Sustainability, University of Michigan

    Questions about the role of business education have led to introspection among business school leaders and researchers. Supatman/iStock via Getty Images

    Programs to help students discern their vocation or calling are gaining prominence in higher education.

    According to a 2019 Bates/Gallup poll, 80% of college graduates want a sense of purpose from their work. In addition, a 2023 survey found that 50% of Generation Z and millennial employees in the U.K. and U.S. have resigned from a job because the values of the company did not align with their own.

    These sentiments are also found in today’s business school students, as Gen Z is demanding that course content reflect the changes in society, from diversity and inclusion to sustainability and poverty. According to the Financial Times, “there may never have been a more demanding cohort.”

    And yet, business schools have been slower than other schools to respond, leading to calls ranging from transforming business education to demolishing it.

    What are business schools creating?

    Historically, studies have shown that business school applicants have scored higher than their peers on the “dark triad” traits of narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism. These traits can manifest themselves in a tendency toward cunning, scheming and, at times, unscrupulous behavior.

    Over the course of their degree program, other studies have found that business school environments can amplify those preexisting tendencies while enhancing a concern for what others think of them.

    And these tendencies stick after graduation. One study examined 9,900 U.S. publicly listed firms and separated the sample by those run by managers who went to business school and those whose managers did not. While they found no discernible difference in sales or profits between the two samples, they found that labor wages were cut 6% over five years at companies run by managers who went to business school, while managers with no business degree shared profits with their workers. The study concludes that this is the result “of practices and values acquired in business education.”

    But there are signs that this may be changing.

    Questioning value

    Business leaders play a significant role in society, but they aren’t always trusted.
    miniseries/E+ via Getty Images

    Today, many are questioning the value of the MBA.

    Those who have decided it is worth the high cost either complain of its lack of rigor, relevance and critical thinking or use it merely for access to networks for salary enhancement, treating classroom learning as less important than attending recruiting events and social activities.

    Layered onto this uncertain state of affairs, generative artificial intelligence is fundamentally altering the education landscape, threatening future career prospects and short-circuiting the student’s education by doing their research and writing for them.

    This is concerning because of the outsized role that business leaders play in today’s society: allocating capital, developing and deploying new technologies and influencing political and social debates.

    At times, this role is a positive one, but not always. Distrust follows that uncertainty.

    Only 16% of Americans had a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in corporations, while 51% of Americans between 18 and 29 hold a dim view of capitalism.

    Facing this reality, business educators are beginning to reexamine how to nurture business leaders who view business not only as a means to making money but also as a vehicle in service to society.

    Proponents such as Harry Lewis, former dean of Harvard College; Derek Bok, former president of Harvard University; Harold Shapiro, former president of Princeton University; and Anthony Kronman, former dean of the Yale Law School, describe this effort as a return to the original focus of a college education.

    Not ethics, but character formation

    Character education could challenge business students to consider what type of leaders they aspire to be.
    MoMo Productions/Digital Vision via Getty Images

    Business schools have often included ethics courses in their curriculum, often with limited success. What some schools are experimenting with is character formation.

    As part of this experimentation is the development of a coherent moral culture that lies within the course curriculum but also within the cocurricular programming, cultural events, seminars and independent studies that shape students’ worldviews; the selection, socialization, training and reward systems for students, staff and faculty; and other aspects that shape students’ formation.

    Stanford’s Bill Damon, one of the leading scholars on helping students develop a sense of purpose in life, describes a revised role for faculty in this effort, one of creating the fertile conditions for students to find meaning and purpose on their own.

    I use this approach in my course on vocation discernment in business, shifting from a more traditional academic style to one that is more developmental.

    This is relational teaching that artificial intelligence cannot do. It involves bringing the whole person into the education process, inspiring hearts as much as engaging heads to form competent leaders who possess character, judgment and wisdom.

    It allows an examination of both the how and the why of business, challenging students to consider what kind of business leader they aspire to be and what kind of legacy they wish to establish.

    It would mark a return to the original focus of early business schools, which, as Rakesh Khurana, a professor of sociology at Harvard, calls out in his book “From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession,” was to train managers in the same vocational way we train doctors “to seek the higher aims of commerce in service to society.”

    Reshaping business education

    Most business school curricula are similar, but there are examples that break the mold.
    Oscar Wong/Moment via Getty Images

    The good news is that there are emerging exemplars that are seeking to create this kind of curriculum through centers such as Notre Dame University’s Institute for Social Concerns and Bates College’s Center for Purposeful Work and courses such as Stanford University’s Designing Your Life and the University of Michigan’s Management as a Calling.

    These are but a few examples of a growing movement. So, the building blocks are there to draw from. The student demand is waiting to be met. All that is needed is for more business schools to respond.

    Andrew J. Hoffman does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    ref. Rethinking the MBA: Character as the educational foundation for future business leaders – https://theconversation.com/rethinking-the-mba-character-as-the-educational-foundation-for-future-business-leaders-259223

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  • MIL-OSI: Trupanion Honored with Puget Sound Business Journal’s Excellence in Wellbeing Award

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SEATTLE, July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Trupanion (Nasdaq: TRUP), the leading provider of medical insurance for cats and dogs in North America, has been recognized by the Puget Sound Business Journal as a recipient of its Excellence in Wellbeing Award.

    This prestigious award celebrates organizations that have made employee well-being a core business priority, embedding physical, mental, and emotional health into their leadership philosophy, benefits, and daily operations.

    “Our team members are the very heart of everything we do,” said Margi Tooth, CEO and President of Trupanion. “We understand that when our team feels healthy, supported, and truly engaged, we can bring our very best to pet parents and veterinarians. This award is a testament to our continued efforts to create a workplace where every team member feels genuinely valued and cared for, both professionally and personally.”

    The Puget Sound Business Journal, in partnership with founding partner Roundglass, launched this award program to highlight employers who are making significant investments in programs that support the holistic health of their employees. Honorees will be celebrated at an awards event on July 24, 2025.

    “At Trupanion, we use ongoing team member feedback to help guide our benefit decisions,” added Brenna McGibney, Chief Administration Officer at Trupanion. “This collaborative process allows us to provide essential support and offer resources that truly empower team members to lead balanced and fulfilled lives. We are honored to receive this award and will continue innovating and investing in the livelihood of every Trupanion team member.”

    Learn more about careers at Trupanion by visiting Careers in Pet Insurance | Join the Trupanion Team!

    About Trupanion

    Trupanion is a leader in medical insurance for cats and dogs throughout the United States, Canada and certain countries within Continental Europe with over 1,000,000 pets currently enrolled. For over two decades, Trupanion has given pet owners peace of mind so they can focus on their pet’s recovery, not financial stress. Trupanion is committed to providing pet parents with the highest value in pet medical insurance with unlimited payouts for the life of their pets. With its patented process, Trupanion is the only North American provider with the technology to pay veterinarians directly in seconds at the time of checkout. Trupanion is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol “TRUP”. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. Trupanion policies are issued, in the United States, by its wholly-owned insurance entity American Pet Insurance Company and, in Canada, by Accelerant Insurance Company of Canada. Policies are sold and administered in Canada by Canada Pet Health Insurance Services, Inc. dba Trupanion 309-1277 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver, BC V7J 0A2 and in the United States by Trupanion Managers USA, Inc. (CA license No. 0G22803, NPN 9588590). Canada Pet Health Insurance Services, Inc. is a registered damage insurance agency and claims adjuster in Quebec #603927. For more information, please visit trupanion.com.

    Contacts:

    Corporate Communications
    Corporate.Communications@trupanion.com

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  • MIL-OSI: NANO Nuclear Appoints Vice Admiral Charles J. “Joe” Leidig, Jr. (Ret.) as Chairman of its Executive Advisory Board for Naval Nuclear Initiatives

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Former Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations, U.S. Africa Command, to advise NANO Nuclear on potential civilian and defense applications of its advanced nuclear technologies

    New York, N.Y., July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NNE) (“NANO Nuclear” or “the Company”), a leading advanced nuclear energy and technology company focused on developing clean energy solutions, today announced that it has appointed distinguished nuclear submarine leader and Former Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations, U.S. Africa Command, Vice Admiral Charles J. Leidig, Jr. (Ret.), as the Chairman of its Executive Advisory Board for Naval Nuclear Initiatives.

    In his role, Vice Admiral Leidig will guide NANO Nuclear’s initiatives to support United States Naval operations with reliable nuclear power solutions, including the potential use of NANO Nuclear microreactors in development for propulsion, baseload power on operating bases and other programs.

    Leidig served as Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations, U.S. Africa Command from August 2010 to June 2013, capping a 39-year Navy career. Prior to this assignment, Leidig was the 80th Commandant of Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy, and earlier commanded USS Cavalla (SSN 684), where his crew earned two Meritorious Unit Commendations and the coveted Battle “E.” Additional leadership posts included Commander, Submarine Development Squadron Five; Commander, Naval Forces and Region Marianas; Commander, Submarine Group Eight; and Deputy Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet. Across these tours he directed submarine rescue programs, Arctic-warfare initiatives, and allied undersea operations, building a reputation for positive, mission-focused leadership.

    Vice Admiral Leidig’s career also included stints as a material officer for Submarine Squadron 11, senior member of the Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board, assistant deputy director for Regional Operations on the Joint Staff, and executive assistant to the Director of the Joint Staff. He is a 1978 graduate, with distinction, of the U.S. Naval Academy and holds a master’s in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. Professional education later included the National Security Management Program at Syracuse University and the Navy Executive Business Course at UNC Chapel Hill.

    “The U.S. Navy’s long record of safe, reliable nuclear propulsion has shown how compact reactors can deliver consistent power under demanding conditions,” said Charles J. Leidig, Jr., Chairman of NANO Nuclear’s Executive Advisory Board for Naval Nuclear Initiatives. “NANO Nuclear brings that same spirit of innovation to the next generation of microreactors for potential civilian and military use. NANO Nuclear’s rapid progress reflects a focused, highly capable team, and I’m pleased to contribute my naval nuclear experience as we meet growing demand in the marketplace for advanced nuclear technologies.”

    Figure 1 – NANO Nuclear Appoints Vice Admiral Charles J. Leidig (Ret.) as the Chairman of its Executive Advisory Board for Naval Nuclear Initiatives.

    His personal decorations comprise the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, among numerous unit awards. He remains deeply engaged with the Naval Academy community and veterans’ organizations, continuing a lifelong commitment to mentorship and national service.

    “NANO Nuclear is moving steadily toward constructing the first U.S. commercial microreactor, the KRONOS MMR Energy System,” said Jay Yu, Founder and Chairman of NANO Nuclear. “As we enter this next phase of development, we are assembling a leadership team equal to the technology’s promise. Vice Admiral Leidig exemplifies the caliber of talent essential to our future, and we are pleased to welcome him to our company.”

    “Vice Admiral Leidig’s appointment further strengthens NANO Nuclear’s roster of leading public- and private-sector advisors,” said James Walker, Chief Executive Officer of NANO Nuclear. “His firsthand experience directing the Navy’s nuclear-power initiatives will be invaluable as the country looks for efficient, long-life energy solutions. With his guidance, we believe our flexible microreactor portfolio in development can help power the next phase of America’s energy transition.”

    About NANO Nuclear Energy, Inc.

    NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NNE) is an advanced technology-driven nuclear energy company seeking to become a commercially focused, diversified, and vertically integrated company across five business lines: (i) cutting edge portable and other microreactor technologies, (ii) nuclear fuel fabrication, (iii) nuclear fuel transportation, (iv) nuclear applications for space and (v) nuclear industry consulting services. NANO Nuclear believes it is the first portable nuclear microreactor company to be listed publicly in the U.S.

    Led by a world-class nuclear engineering team, NANO Nuclear’s reactor products in development include patented KRONOS MMREnergy System, a stationary high-temperature gas-cooled reactor that is in construction permit pre-application engagement U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in collaboration with University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, “ZEUS”, a solid core battery reactor, and “ODIN”, a low-pressure coolant reactor, and the space focused, portable LOKI MMR, each representing advanced developments in clean energy solutions that are portable, on-demand capable, advanced nuclear microreactors.

    Advanced Fuel Transportation Inc. (AFT), a NANO Nuclear subsidiary, is led by former executives from the largest transportation company in the world aiming to build a North American transportation company that will provide commercial quantities of HALEU fuel to small modular reactors, microreactor companies, national laboratories, military, and DOE programs. Through NANO Nuclear, AFT is the exclusive licensee of a patented high-capacity HALEU fuel transportation basket developed by three major U.S. national nuclear laboratories and funded by the Department of Energy. Assuming development and commercialization, AFT is expected to form part of the only vertically integrated nuclear fuel business of its kind in North America.

    HALEU Energy Fuel Inc. (HEF), a NANO Nuclear subsidiary, is focusing on the future development of a domestic source for a High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) fuel fabrication pipeline for NANO Nuclear’s own microreactors as well as the broader advanced nuclear reactor industry.

    NANO Nuclear Space Inc. (NNS), a NANO Nuclear subsidiary, is exploring the potential commercial applications of NANO Nuclear’s developing micronuclear reactor technology in space. NNS is focusing on applications such as the LOKI MMR system and other power systems for extraterrestrial projects and human sustaining environments, and potentially propulsion technology for long haul space missions. NNS’ initial focus will be on cis-lunar applications, referring to uses in the space region extending from Earth to the area surrounding the Moon’s surface.

    For more corporate information please visit: https://NanoNuclearEnergy.com/

    For further NANO Nuclear information, please contact:

    Email: IR@NANONuclearEnergy.com
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    Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements

    This news release and statements of NANO Nuclear’s management in connection with this news release contain or may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In this context, forward-looking statements mean statements related to future events, which may impact our expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “potential”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “would” or “may” and other words of similar meaning. In this press release, forward-looking statements include those related to the anticipated benefits to NANO Nuclear of the appointment of Vice Admiral Leidig to the Company’s Executive Advisory Board, as well as the Company’s future development plans in general. These and other forward-looking statements are based on information available to us as of the date of this news release and represent management’s current views and assumptions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, events or results and involve significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control. For NANO Nuclear, particular risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements include but are not limited to the following: (i) risks related to our U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) or related state or non-U.S. nuclear fuel licensing submissions, (ii) risks related the development of new or advanced technology and the acquisition of complimentary technology or businesses, including difficulties with design and testing, cost overruns, regulatory delays, integration issues and the development of competitive technology, (iii) our ability to obtain contracts and funding to be able to continue operations, (iv) risks related to uncertainty regarding our ability to technologically develop and commercially deploy a competitive advanced nuclear reactor or other technology in the timelines we anticipate, if ever, (v) risks related to the impact of U.S. and non-U.S. government regulation, policies and licensing requirements, including by the DOE and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, including those associated with the enacted ADVANCE Act and the May 23, 2025 presidential executive orders seeking to support nuclear energy, and (vi) similar risks and uncertainties associated with the operating an early stage business a highly regulated and rapidly evolving industry. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this news release. These factors may not constitute all factors that could cause actual results to differ from those discussed in any forward-looking statement, and NANO Nuclear therefore encourages investors to review other factors that may affect future results in its filings with the SEC, which are available for review at www.sec.gov and at https://ir.nanonuclearenergy.com/financial-information/sec-filings. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as a predictor of actual results. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this news release, except as required by law.

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  • MIL-OSI: Aptean’s Food and Beverage Partner Network Drives Record ERP Growth; Sparking Global Expansion of Partner Program

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    ALPHARETTA, Ga., July 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aptean, an AI-first company and global provider of mission-critical enterprise software solutions, today announced the expansion of its Global Food and Beverage ERP Partner Program. Driven by strong performance from its existing partner network, Aptean is seeing record-breaking growth in new ERP customer acquisition. To further scale this success, the company is expanding the program to meet the growing global demand for localized, industry-specific solutions.

    Building on a proven foundation, the enhanced program delivers even greater value for partners through innovative resources, strategic collaboration and new opportunities for growth. Designed to empower partners in an evolving industry landscape, Aptean’s latest advancements ensure they have the tools and supports needed to maximize success.

    Organizations interested in learning more or joining Aptean’s growing network of reseller and service delivery partners can visit: Aptean Global Partner Program – Become a Partner 

    With significant investments in state-of-the-art tools, comprehensive support and innovative technologies – including embedded AI – Aptean’s enhanced Partner Program empowers channel partners to seamlessly adapt and stay ahead of the evolving demands of the Food & Beverage sector. This robust framework enables partners to deliver exceptional service, deploy advanced technologies and offer expert guidance ensuring ERP customers worldwide gain lasting value and ongoing innovation.

    Aptean has also invested heavily in building a strong and comprehensive Partner Program supported by a dedicated global team and centralized online Partner Portal. Combined with extensive enablement resources, training, go-to-market strategies and ongoing support, this program ensures partners have everything they need to drive success and deliver exceptional value to the Food & Beverage industry.

    “Our investment in this Partner Program underscores our dedication to our partnerssuccess,” says Kara McClain, VP, Global Partner Program. “Through collaboration, we can unlock remarkable growth and deliver exceptional value to our customers. Aptean is deeply invested in our partners’ futures, providing the support and industry expertise they need to navigate change with confidence and drive sustained success.”  

    Benefits of The Aptean Global Partner Program  

    • Market Leadership: Aptean gives partners an opportunity to expand into new markets and boost win rates with the industry’s leading Food and Beverage ERP solution. By leveraging Aptean’s expertise and reputation, partners gain a competitive edge, driving growth and success in a rapidly evolving sector.  
    • Global Support: Aptean’s extensive global presence ensures consistency in delivering exceptional customer experiences. Partners benefit from unmatched expertise in the Food & Beverage industry, equipping them with the insights and resources needed to drive success in a changing market.   
    • Growth Opportunities: Aptean’s comprehensive suite of solutions – including its Beyond ERP offerings – empowers partners to expand their businesses and deepen customer relationships. By leveraging these advanced, industry-specific tools, partners can unlock new revenue streams, increase share of wallet and deliver transformative value across their customers’ operations. This positions partners as strategic advisors in the highly competitive Food & Beverage market, driving innovation and long-term growth
    • Enhanced Financial Incentives and Benefits: Aptean’s competitive pricing model and revamped compensation structure, delivers financial incentives for partners. By maximizing profitability and ensuring recurring revenue opportunities, Aptean enables partners to strengthen their financial position while delivering high value solutions.

    Commenting on the continued expansion of the Partner Program, Bob Kocis, President and COO, Aptean, said: “Aptean’s Partner Program remains a strategic priority, driving scalability across diverse regions and deepening our relationships with valued partners. Purpose-built for the Food & Beverage industry, our ERP solution is powered by the robust Microsoft Dynamics Business Central platform as its backbone, ensuring seamless functionality and adaptability. We remain committed to evolving and enhancing this program, equipping our partners with the tools, resources and support they need to thrive in a dynamic market.” 

    Partner Testimonial – Adroit:

    As a long-standing partner with Aptean, Richard Sides, CEO of Adroit North America shares:

    “We formed Adroit with a specific focus on the Food and Beverage industry. Our mission is to provide an integrated process and system transformation experience from Farm-to-Table. We specifically sought out a partnership with Aptean based on our experience with their legacy JustFood ERP and our understanding of their strategic vision for a fully built offering across the supply chain.”

    He continues:

    “Together, we leverage our combined expertise in Enterprise Resource Planning, Supply Chain, E-Commerce, and Hardware Solutions. Aptean’s new Food and Beverage ERP, including ‘Beyond ERP’ solutions such as TMS, OEE and EAM, now provides us with a fully integrated and leading-edge solution set. Over the past four years, we have successfully surfaced opportunities and collaborated with Aptean through multiple project cycles to deliver excellent value for our mutual customers.  Their continued investment in the development of the Partner Program has only served to enhance our partnership and to set us up for success.

    Taking the Next Step with Aptean

    If you are interested in joining Aptean’s Global Partner Program for Food and Beverage or you would like to learn more, visit: Aptean Global Partner Program – Become a Partner

    About Aptean

    Aptean is a global provider of industry-specific software that helps manufacturers and distributors effectively run and grow their businesses. Aptean’s solutions and services help businesses of all sizes to be Ready for What’s Next, Now®. Aptean is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia and has offices in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. To learn more about Aptean and the markets we serve, visit www.aptean.com.

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Government launches SEPs Consultation to Boost UK Innovation

    Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments

    Press release

    Government launches SEPs Consultation to Boost UK Innovation

    Businesses and stakeholders invited to respond by 7 October 2025

    Further details:

    • Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) are building blocks of our connected future, enabling our devices to communicate seamlessly. They help power our connected economy and deliver real technological change for real people

    • the Government is seeking views on proposed Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) measures to support the UK’s technology-driven economic growth

    • proposals aim to address challenges in transparency, dispute resolution and licensing efficiency

    • further evidence sought on ways to address knowledge and information gaps between parties in SEPs negotiations, helping avoid complex and costly litigation

    • interested parties from across the SEP ecosystem are invited to submit views and evidence by 7 October 2025

    The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has today launched a consultation on potential measures to address challenges in the UK’s Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) ecosystem.

    A patent that protects technology which is essential to implementing a technical standard (such as 5G) is known as a Standard Essential Patent (SEP). SEPs help our devices to communicate seamlessly – from smartphones to electric vehicles, smart manufacturing to innovations in healthcare. They are the building blocks of our connected future and help deliver real technological change.

    However, available evidence points to inefficiencies in the UK’s SEP ecosystem that may create barriers to innovation – particularly for smaller businesses when seeking to implement standardised technologies.

    These challenges include knowledge and information gaps between SEP holders and implementers, a lack of transparency in the SEPs licensing process, and a costly and often complex dispute resolution environment. Resolving disputes can be costly and time-consuming – one recently reported case cost £31.5 million.

    The Government is consulting on policy options to ensure the UK’s SEP framework operates more efficiently, supporting both patent holders and technology implementers. The proposals aim to reduce frictions in licensing, achieve greater efficiency in dispute resolution, and more effectively deal with knowledge and information gaps between parties.

    The proposed measures aim to enable businesses of all sizes, including start-ups and scale-ups, to navigate the SEP framework more confidently.

    Proposed measures include

    Specialist rate determination track: Introducing a specialist track to provide licence rates for SEP portfolios on a case-by-case basis. This could increase consistency and transparency in SEP pricing. It could give businesses of all sizes a more efficient and cost–effective route to obtain a SEP licence rate.

    Mandatory provision of searchable information: Requiring patent holders to disclose standard-related patent information to the IPO. This would help address the current lack of transparency around SEPs and licensing obligations.

    We are gathering further evidence on

    The use of pre-action protocols: We are seeking further evidence on pre-action protocols to establish if they work well in SEPs negotiations, by encouraging early disclosure of relevant information.  This will help establish if a specialist SEP pre-action protocol may be needed in cases where negotiations are less likely to reach agreement and may move towards litigation.

    Essentiality checking solutions: Conducting a landscape review of essentiality checking solutions, to establish whether they are accessible for all parties, and establish if there is a case for government to introduce an essentiality determination opinion service.

    SEP remedies:  We are seeking to better understand whether the patent framework provides adequate remedies for SEP disputes.

    Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) measures: We are also looking to understand the current provision of ADR services that can resolve SEP disputes, and the extent to which they are used and accessible for all businesses, especially smaller businesses.

    Minister for Intellectual Property Feryal Clark MP said:

    Intellectual property is central to the Government’s growth mission and underpins the technologies that power our connected future, from 5G and electric vehicles to smart manufacturing and healthcare.

    This consultation will help make the licensing of these technologies more straight forward and accessible – driving innovation, reducing costly litigation, and helping UK firms lead in developing the technologies of tomorrow.

    President of the IP Federation Sarah Vaughan said:

    The IP Federation welcomes the Government’s open and evidence-based approach in launching this consultation on standard essential patents (SEPs). As long-standing advocates for a balanced and effective IP framework, we support measures that enhance transparency, facilitate timely and fair licensing negotiations, and promote efficient dispute resolution.

    President of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) Bobby Mukherjee said:

    The UK patent profession is one of the most skilled and experienced in the world in the SEP arena and we welcome the IPO’s energy and vision in initiating activity in a vital support area for our market leading offering. CIPA members welcome the opportunity to participate in this evidence-led consultation openly, reflecting the spectrum of views from SEP rights holders to implementers.

    Chief Executive of the Intellectual Property Office Adam Williams said:

    This consultation is a critical opportunity for all stakeholders to help build a SEP ecosystem that works for everyone. We particularly want to hear from businesses developing or using standardised technologies about how proposed measures could affect their innovation, investment and growth plans.

    The proposals outlined seek to address the diverse needs within our innovation ecosystem and take a balanced approach. By combining possible regulatory interventions with market-driven solutions, we want to create a framework that enhances the UK’s competitiveness while ensuring fairness and transparency across the technology value chain.

    The Government is encouraging responses from interested parties across the SEP ecosystem.  These include patent holders and innovators who develop standard-essential technologies, technology implementers who incorporate SEPs into their products, legal services and academia. We are also encouraging views from start-ups and scale-ups who may face particular challenges with the current licensing system.

    Industry bodies and standards organisations, intellectual property experts and research institutions involved in standardized technologies, and consumer groups representing end-users of SEP-enabled technologies are also encouraged to share their views.

    The evidence and insights gathered will help ensure our proposed measures address a broad set of needs across the innovation ecosystem and support balanced growth across the UK economy.

    The consultation is open until 7 October 2025. Full details and response information are available at the consultation page.

    END

    Additional information:

    1. The consultation document is available on GOV UK.

    2. A technical standard is an agreed or established technical description of an idea, product, service, or way of doing things, which enables the sharing of knowledge. Standards can encourage innovation, enable jobs and growth, and ensure the interoperability, safety and quality of products.

    3. The number of patents declared as essential (SEPs) worldwide has been estimated to have more than tripled over the last decade, growing from 82,000 in 2010 to around 305,000 in 2021.

    4. This number is expected to continue to increase. Standard development organisations (SDOs), like ETSI, publish thousands of new technical standard specifications every year. Standards are currently being developed for emerging technologies, such as 6G and artificial intelligence, to support interoperability.

    5. The telecommunications sector alone adds over £40 billion annually to UK GDP, with SEP-dependent technologies playing an essential role.

    6. The consultation follows extensive research since 2021 to establish if the current system of licensing SEPs is functioning effectively.

    7. In July 2024, the IPO launched the world’s first SEP resource hub to help UK businesses navigate the SEP ecosystem more confidently.

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    Published 15 July 2025

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Birmingham fraudster spent part of Covid loan funds at safari park, restaurants and paying off personal credit card debt

    Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments

    Press release

    Birmingham fraudster spent part of Covid loan funds at safari park, restaurants and paying off personal credit card debt

    Money from the loans was only supposed to be used for the economic benefit of the business

    • Fitness company owner Junaid Dar dishonestly obtained £45,500 in Covid Bounce Back Loans during 2020 

    • Dar used some of the funds for legitimate purposes, but he also used money for personal spending at retailers, restaurants and leisure attractions 

    • The 34-year-old was handed a suspended sentence following investigations by the Insolvency Service 

    A Birmingham fraudster who secured three Covid loans for his company when businesses were only entitled to one used some of the funds for personal spending at restaurants and a safari park. 

    Junaid Dar, 34, made fraudulent applications to three separate banks for Bounce Back Loans worth a combined total of £45,500 during 2020 for his JDARPT Ltd fitness company. 

    Dar, of Stratford Road, Birmingham, was sentenced to 20 months in prison, suspended for 18 months, at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Thursday 10 July. 

    He was also ordered to complete 20 days of rehabilitation activity, 180 hours of unpaid work, and pay costs of £2,400. 

    David Snasdell, Chief Investigator at the Insolvency Service, said: 

    Junaid Dar deliberately made false representations to fraudulently receive three Bounce Back Loans when businesses were only entitled to one.  

    Instead of using this money to support his fitness business through the pandemic as intended, he diverted significant sums for personal spending.  

    Bounce Back Loans were designed to provide quick and simple financial support to businesses genuinely affected by Covid. The Insolvency Service will not tolerate abuse of the public purse and will continue to pursue fraudsters who exploited schemes designed to help legitimate businesses during a national crisis.

    JDAPRT was incorporated in March 2017 with Dar as its sole director. The company’s trading activities were recorded as fitness facilities on Companies House. 

    Dar’s first fraudulent application was for a £13,000 Bounce Back Loan in May 2020.  

    In the application, Dar claimed JDAPRT’s turnover was £55,000. 

    Just two days later, Dar made a second application to a different bank for a Bounce Back Loan of £15,000.  

    In this application, Dar said his company’s turnover was now £60,000. 

    Dar’s third and final fraudulent application in September 2020 was for a Bounce Back Loan of £17,500.  

    This time, Dar falsely claimed his company’s turnover was £70,000. Insolvency Service analysis of the bank account revealed the company’s turnover was closer to £61,000. 

    Dar used some of the Bounce Back Loan funds for legitimate purposes. However, several transactions were recorded which Insolvency Service investigators found to be for personal use. 

    Payments were made to Amazon and Argos, along with spending at restaurants and meat stores. Further spending was identified at West Midlands Safari Park and making credit card payments. 

    JDARPT went into liquidation in July 2021. 

    Dar was also disqualified as a company director for 11 years from April 2022 for his misconduct at JDARPT. 

    Further information  

    About us 

    The Insolvency Service is a government agency that helps to deliver economic confidence by supporting those in financial distress, tackling financial wrongdoing and maximising returns to creditors. 

    The Insolvency Service is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade

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    Journalists with enquiries can call the Insolvency Service Press Office on 0303 003 1743 or email press.office@insolvency.gov.uk (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm). 

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    For any out of hours media enquiries, please contact the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) newsdesk on 020 7215 2000.

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    Published 15 July 2025

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  • India’s trade deficit narrows to $18.78 billion in June

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    India’s trade deficit narrowed to $18.78 billion in June, down from $21.88 billion in May, according to data released by the Commerce and Industry Ministry on Tuesday.

    Merchandise exports remained nearly flat at $35.14 billion in June compared to $35.16 billion in the same month last year. Imports, however, declined by 3.71 per cent to $53.92 billion from $56 billion a year ago.

    In the services sector, India recorded an estimated surplus of $15.62 billion for June, with services exports at $32.84 billion and imports at $17.58 billion.

    Combined exports of merchandise and services stood at $67.98 billion in June, while combined imports were $71.50 billion, resulting in a net trade deficit of $3.51 billion for the month.

    Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal recently said that global conflicts and economic uncertainties are impacting Indian exports. The government, he added, is working closely with exporters to address issues related to shipping and insurance.

    The trade numbers come as India continues negotiations with the US and other partners to secure favourable market access. The US has been pushing for wider access for its agricultural and dairy products — a sensitive issue for India due to its impact on the livelihoods of small farmers.

    India is also seeking an exemption from former US President Donald Trump’s 26 per cent tariffs by aiming to conclude an interim trade deal. Simultaneously, India is pushing for tariff concessions on its labour-intensive exports, including textiles, leather and footwear.

    Trump has announced that his administration will begin notifying trading partners about tariff rates as early as Friday, even as last-stage talks continue with countries including India to avoid higher US duties.

    Meanwhile, India’s trade performance in Q3 FY25 (October–December 2024) reflected cautious resilience amid global geopolitical tensions, according to a quarterly report by NITI Aayog released on Monday. Merchandise exports in that quarter rose 3 per cent year-on-year to $108.7 billion.

    The report also highlighted a sharp rise in exports of aircraft, spacecraft and parts, which entered the top ten export categories with over 200 per cent annual growth driven by demand from Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the Czech Republic.

    India’s high-tech merchandise exports, led by electrical machinery and arms and ammunition, have maintained steady momentum since 2014, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 10.6 per cent.

    — IANS

  • MIL-OSI USA: Updated Release: Hartford Bakery, Inc. Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Hazelnuts in “Lewis Bake Shop Artisan Style ½ Loaf”

    Source: US Food and Drug Administration

    Summary

    Company Announcement Date:
    July 11, 2025
    FDA Publish Date:
    July 14, 2025
    Product Type:
    Food & BeveragesAllergens
    Reason for Announcement:

    Recall Reason Description
    Undeclared hazelnuts

    Company Name:
    Hartford Bakery, Inc.
    Brand Name:

    Brand Name(s)
    Lewis Bake Shop

    Product Description:

    Product Description
    Artisan Style 1/2 Loaf

    Company Announcement
    “A previous version of this press release was issued on 7/10/25. This press release was updated to include six additional lots.”
    EVANSVILLE, IN – July 11, 2025 — Hartford Bakery, Inc. is voluntarily recalling six lots of its “Lewis Bake Shop Artisan Style 1/2 Loaf” as this product may contain undeclared hazelnuts. People with a nut allergy or severe sensitivity to hazelnuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume these products.
    Out of an abundance of caution, Hartford Bakery, Inc. is removing all units of product included in the twelve effected lot codes noted below. Hartford Bakery, Inc has determined that no other lot codes were affected.
    The recalled “Lewis Bake Shop Artisan Style 1/2 Loaf” products were distributed in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri, Alabama, and Mississippi retailers, including Kroger and Walmart. The product comes in a flexible plastic bag marked with the following information:

    Lot code T10 174 010206, T10 174 010306, T10 174 010406, T10 174 020206, T10 174 020306, T10 174 020406, TH10 174 010206, TH10 174 010306, TH10 174 010406, TH10 174 020206, TH10 174 020306, and TH10 174 020406 found on the front panel of packaging.
    Net Weight 12OZ (340G), UPC 24126018152 found on the bottom of packaging.
    An expiration date of 07/13/2025 found on the front panel of packaging.

    The recall was initiated after discovering that approximately 883 loaves of bread from six production lots contained visible hazelnuts and were distributed in “Lewis Bake Shop Artisan Style 1/2 Loaf” packaging. While the packaging states “May Contain Tree Nuts,” it does not state that it “Contains Hazelnuts.” An investigation revealed an error in change of packaging for a hazelnut-containing bread to the implicated white bread product.
    While there have been no major reports of injury or illness to date, Hartford Bakery is aware of one customer who experienced digestive discomfort after consumption. Hartford Bakery also received consumer complaints from those who saw the nuts before consuming the product.
    Consumers who purchased the implicated products are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact Hartford Bakery at 1-812-425-4642 Monday through Friday, except for holidays, from 8:00am-3:00pm CST.
    ContactsTracy Wingo1-812-425-4642
    *This updated release corrects the previously reported lot codes.
    Link to Original Press Release

    Company Contact Information

    Consumers:
    Hartford Bakery, Tracy Wingo
    1-812-425-4642

    Content current as of:
    07/14/2025

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