Feb. 23, 2026Edition

Essex-based fintech startup Coinbax has raised $4.2 million to build tools that give banks greater control over stablecoin transactions, betting that new federal regulations will accelerate mainstream adoption of blockchain-based payments.

Fatima Lahnin has spent her entire 25-year career at Carmody, Torrance, Sandak and Hennessey — and now, as its new managing partner, she's focused on keeping others there just as long.

Gov. Ned Lamont's 2026 legislative agenda touches on artificial intelligence guardrails, solar permitting, warehouse worker protections and tax relief for businesses — here's what Connecticut companies and nonprofits need to know.

A Connecticut tax credit designed to help employers pay down workers' student loans has gone completely unused since its 2022 launch — and experts say poor promotion, administrative complexity and eligibility restrictions are largely to blame.

Electric Boat's submarine production buildup is sending ripple effects across Connecticut's manufacturing sector, prompting suppliers like Chapco Inc. and Collins & Jewell to expand facilities and add capacity to keep pace with surging demand.

Connecticut banks are moving beyond AI experimentation, deploying tools like Microsoft Copilot across their operations — though the pace of adoption varies sharply between large national institutions and smaller community banks.

Allied Printing Services is investing $15 million to add 68,000 square feet to its Manchester headquarters, betting that an expansion at home beats building a second facility somewhere else in the country.

Gov. Ned Lamont is promising affordable, universal health care through a "Connecticut Option," but with legislation that merely calls for a feasibility study and few details about how the plan would actually work, the proposal raises more questions than it answers.

Two developers are spending nearly $50 million to clean up the 77-acre former Stratford Army Engine Plant, but whether the waterfront site becomes a warehouse complex or a mixed-use district remains an open question.

Gov. Ned Lamont has signaled Connecticut may require new data centers to generate their own power, a policy shift that could reshape the state's approach to an industry straining electric grids across the country.

Connecticut banks and credit unions are moving quickly to capitalize on customer uncertainty surrounding Banco Santander's $12.3 billion acquisition of Webster Financial, deploying targeted marketing campaigns aimed at luring away customers rattled by the deal.

A developer that paid $2.1 million for a historic downtown Middletown building plans a 42-unit mixed-use apartment redevelopment.