January 2026 – Page 28 – Finance Updates

Denmark’s High-Stakes Strategy: Spending Big to Hold Greenland Amid Geopolitical Tension

Denmark is spending more political and milita...

Keeping Greenland is costly for Denmark (abou...

Greenland’s Arctic location is central to NAT...

Denmark must balance upholding sovereignty an...

ACF Investment Bank’s Strategic Media M&A Expansion into Germany

Europe Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

ACF Investment Bank is expanding into Germany...

ACF says Germany is a cornerstone market as E...

The move builds on ACF’s broader expansion, i...

Backed by owner Forest Road, ACF is positioni...

Alantra Names Alexander Matthes to Lead German Consumer Sector Push in Investment Banking

Europe Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Alantra appointed Alexander Matthes as Managi...

Matthes brings nearly 25 years of investment ...

The hire supports Alantra’s plan to rebuild i...

Alantra is positioning the move to capitalize...

Healthcare PE Hits $191B in 2025: Biopharma, Medtech & IT Fuel Global Surge

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Global healthcare PE deal value hit a record ...

Exits rebounded to ~$156B from ~$54B in 2024,...

Biopharma (~$80B), provider services (~$62B) ...

Europe nearly doubled to ~$59B and Asia-Pacif...

EU Court Slams Backlash Over “Killer Acquisitions”: Impacts of the Illumina-GRAIL Ruling

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

The ECJ ruled on 3 September 2024 that the Co...

This overturns the Commissions 2021 policy ai...

DMA Article 14 forces gatekeepers to inform t...

Scrutiny of risky below-threshold acquisition...

Regulators Challenge Google’s $32B Wiz Deal Over Cloud Competition & Digital Sovereignty

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Google plans to buy cloud-security firm Wiz f...

European policymakers worry the acquisition c...

The European Commission must decide by Feb. 1...

The outcome could reshape cloud-security comp...

SEBI Charges BofA Over Leaked Block Trade Data in Aditya Birla AMC Deal

Americas Risk Depository Credit Intermediation

Indias SEBI says Bank of America leaked price...

SEBI alleges the information spread beyond th...

The regulator also says BofA initially misled...

BofA may seek a multimillion-dollar settlemen...

Citi’s APAC Investment Banking Surge: $514M in 2025 Through Strong Cross-Border Deals

Asia Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Citi’s APAC investment-banking client revenue...

Results were driven by strong M&A and equity-...

For 2026, Citi expects robust cross-border an...

Outperformance in APAC IB will hinge on local...

Why Google’s CAPTCHA Lock Hits You & How to Restore Secure Web Access

Global FYI Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals

Bloomberg/Google blocked access with a CAPTCH...

The page provides a block reference ID and re...

Common triggers include shared IPs, VPN/proxy...

Solving the CAPTCHA and cleaning up the netwo...

How Community Banks Can Win with Fintech, API Integration & GenAI Investments

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Smaller banks can compete with fintechs by us...

Bank tech priorities skew to near-term securi...

McKinsey argues tech spend rarely creates dif...

Winning strategy combines inward customer-dat...