US-based hedge funds are making more conservative bets on stock prices than they have in a decade. Funds like Bridgewater and BlackRock have increasingly taken short positions on billions of dollars in assets.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, ending the federally protected right to an abortion. In response, banks and financial institutions like JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and Goldman Sachs said they would cover travel costs for employees seeking an abortion in other states.
Read MoreResearch by Alto Solutions, Inc., a self-directed IRA provider, claims 53% of millennial investors aren’t confident they will ever be able to afford retirement. And 76% worry that a market crash could erase their savings.
Read MoreA recession is defined as a “significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy and lasts more than a few months.” The uncertainty of the term, as well as improving supply-chain conditions in the auto industry, suggest a slump isn’t inevitable.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Gary Paulin, Head of Global Strategic Solutions at Northern Trust, argues that the future of the front office rhymes with the cloud-computing landscape. He envisions an ecosystem of partnerships built around a client’s value chains, which, he asserts, would offer all firms the opportunity to compete with the fund manager giants.
Read MoreThe Council of Economic Advisers reported that skyrocketing rents were responsible for 40% of the Consumer Price Index increase in May. At least 35% of people in the U.S. live in rented housing.
Read MoreThe BNPL giant is in talks to fundraise at a $15B valuation. It had previously been valued at $46B.
Read MoreSamsung announced that it’s merging its Pay and Pass apps into Samsung Wallet, a single, integrated platform for financial products, official documents, home and car keys, and more. Users in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the US are the first to have access to the updated service.
Read MoreGolden Ark, a marijuana payments startup, has launched a metaverse-based payments system. It’s developed virtual cannabis as a cryptocurrency that supports real-life cannabis authentication and transactions.
Read MorePayPal announced the launch of its “PayPal Pay Monthly” service, which lets customers pay in monthly installments for purchases between $199 and $10,000. WebBank is the lender for the service.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Brian McLoughlin, Partner and Co-Founder of MTech Capital, details upcoming fundraising challenges, discusses the likelihood of major acquisitions, and describes why insurtech remains a promising site for investment.
Read MoreBrian Brooks, former acting Comptroller of the Currency during the Trump administration, said the head of “one of the two largest banks in the United States” was considering a ban on gun purchases using the bank’s debit and credit cards. Brooks convinced the bank CEO to not go ahead with the move.
Read MoreA report by the Filene Research Institute and Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets suggests more than 60% of credit unions risk climate-related losses. These credit unions represent over $1.2T in assets.
Read MoreAxie Infinity, a “play-to-earn” video game in which users receive tokens for playing on the platform and trading characters as NFTs, has seen the value of its tokens decline by more than 90%. Hackers also robbed Axie’s creators of more than $620M in cryptocurrencies.
Read MoreThe Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) said Apple will comply with a ruling that requires the computing giant to allow other payments methods for dating app purchases. Penalty payments surrounding the case totaled €50M.
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