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Fintech Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - October 25th
3 Stocks Built for Higher Rates—And 2 That Could Break Rocket Companies, Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz, Wealthfront, Netcapital, and IDT are the five Fintech stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Fintech stocks…
Apollo says AI has delivered 'zero financial payoff' outside the tech industry
One of the world's largest investment firms says that only tech companies are getting a share of the AI pie. In an economic analysis published on Saturday, Apollo Global Management said that while the Magnificent Seven — a group of…
Hong Kong fully prepared for APEC delegates heading to Shenzhen, Paul Chan says
Hong Kong is ready to welcome the foreign delegates heading to the 2026 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen via the city, said Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT His…
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Visa wants to make payments invisible, build relevance through experiences
For Visa, the challenge is to make payments seamless while building a human connection with consumers beyond the transaction. Speaking at a one-on-one session at the afaqs! BankFin 360 conference, Gaurav Ramdev, chief marketing officer, India and…
Big Week Ahead: Ripple Heads to NYC With Wall Street Heavyweights
This week, Ripple will bring 1,500 of the world's top decision-makers across traditional finance, crypto, academia and the XRP ecosystem to New York City. Ripple is preparing for a major week ahead as the Swell 2026 conference brings together…
Big Tech is cashing in on AI while the rest of corporate America sees no financial returns - report outlines how rising token costs threaten to squeeze corporate profit margins
AI spending is generating revenue for technology providers, but most other S&P 500 companies have yet to show comparable gains in productivity or profit margins, a report by Apollo's Daily Spark analysis has shown. Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and…
Microsoft, McDonald's, Verizon, and Others Tell Crypto Platform Not to Tokenize Their Stocks
Both crypto startups and more traditional financial institutions have spent the past year promoting tokenized stocks as the next major use case of blockchain technology. But many publicly traded companies aren't interested in the sales pitch.
Grab Is Down 83.5% and Growing. Here's Why It Has the Makings of a Monster Stock for the Next Decade.
Grab (GRAB -2.10%) is a Singapore-based company that provides ride-hailing, restaurant delivery, grocery delivery, and other services. In addition to its home market, the company also operates in countries including Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam…
Nationwide to cut 275 jobs in latest round since takeover of Virgin Money
Nationwide building society is slashing another 275 jobs in the latest round of cuts since bank bosses pushed through a £2.9bn takeover of Virgin Money. Bosses made the announcement to staff on Wednesday, saying it was part of efforts to…
Latvia targets tokenization rules in 2027 with commercial property in focus
Latvia could have rules for tokenizing real-world assets in place in the first half of 2027, with commercial property as a possible starting point and government bonds on the list as well. In an interview with CoinDesk, Economics Minister Viktors…
Defying The Skeptics, The Economy Is Humming
US economic expansion remains resilient, with S&P Global's Flash Composite PMI at 57.6, signaling robust growth entering Q4. Manufacturing and services growth are at five-year highs, driven by strong domestic and export demand, supporting…
Nu Holdings Earned More Than $1 Billion in a Quarter for the First Time. Now It's Launching in the U.S.
Nu Holdings (NU +2.92%) has quickly become a financial services leader in Latin America. And now, the business has its sights on global expansion. Nu recently launched limited offerings in the U.S. This fintech stock, which trades 20% below its…
Here are 4 big things we're watching in the stock market this week
The busiest week of third-quarter earnings season is here. And if that wasn't enough, there's also a Federal Reserve policy meeting and fresh inflation data on deck. The jam-packed week arrives at a critical moment for Wall Street, as the engine of…
Musk says SpaceX raised $40 billion in debt deal, predicts neocloud shakeout
Callable debt will fund GPU deliveries expected in first and second quarters Musk predicts neocloud failures and consolidation as AI-focused providers lose access to debt Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX had closed $40 billion in debt…
Don't overlook the 'Power Premium' supporting US Treasuries | Cash Call | Andrew Wong
Many investors rely on the debt-to-GDP ratio to assess the outlook for a country's bonds. However, this approach is incomplete, as a country's attractiveness to bond investors depends on more than its debt-to-GDP ratio. One factor that is…
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