Topline Citigroup has lost out on an attempt to retrieve more than $500 million it mistakenly wired last year to a group of companies that loaned money to embattled cosmetics firm Revlon, marking what could be the end to a lengthy saga sparked by a massively costly mishap from one of the nation’s largest banks.… More
Airbnb cofounders: Chief product officer Joe Gebbia (left), chief strategy officer Nathan … [+] Blecharczyk (center) and CEO Brian Chesky (right). Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Airbnb Airbnb’s much-anticipated initial public offering was well worth the wait for the company’s three billionaire cofounders. Shares soared on their first day of trading Thursday, more than doubling the… More
getty This week has been a busy one for American Express. The globally integrated payments firm has had a busy year, in fact, charging up over half a billion dollars in losses in the second quarter of 2020 alone. However, although the company reported an 85% slump in quarterly profit as of June 30, they… More
Topline JPMorgan Chase will pay a record $920 million to resolve a criminal investigation by three federal agencies over its role in the alleged manipulation of precious-metal and Treasury markets, federal regulators said on Tuesday. The bank settled probes of market manipulation in precious-metal and Treasury markets over an … [+] eight-year period. Win McNamee/Getty… More
Topline The market fell sharply on Thursday as tech stocks continued to struggle, while conflicting timelines on a coronavirus vaccine and uncertainty around the next fiscal stimulus bill from Congress also weighed on investors. Stocks were under pressure again on Thursday. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Key Facts The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1%, nearly… More
Ohpen, the Dutch cloud-based banking system, has announced the acquisition of Davinci, a provider of cloud-based cross-border loans and mortgages. With the acquisition, Ohpen can offer a full suite of products — across savings, investments, loans, mortgages and current accounts — in a cloud environment. The company works with traditional banks that want to move to… More
getty The first Black-owned bank to reach $1 billion in assets has been created, due to the merger of City First Bank of D.C. in Washington and Los Angeles-based Broadway Federal Bank. Both banks had been working on this deal for a year and the newly created lender will focus on housing, small businesses, and… More
TOPLINE Though many on Wall Street were surprised by Walmart’s recent announcement that it has teamed up with Microsoft in a bid to buy TikTok, a deal would allow the retailer to leverage the social media app to reach younger consumers and build its e-commerce platform, analysts say. A deal for TikTok could be a… More
Follow my leader could be ruinous in the WFH revolution Volkanakmese for Shutterstock To a deserted Canary Wharf, London. Barclays is – or was – headquartered here. Its chief executive Jes Staley has signaled he wants people back in the office. “It is important to get people back together in physical concentrations,” he said. “We want our… More
TOPLINE Apple hit a new milestone on Wednesday, becoming the first publicly traded U.S. company to reach a market capitalization of over $2 trillion and doubling in valuation over the last two years. Apple CEO Tim Cook. Taylor Hill/WireImage KEY FACTS The iPhone maker’s stock is up almost 55% so far in 2020, and shares… More
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