Finance Updates – Page 34 – Finance Updates

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

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...

How Fintechs Are Outpacing Banks: Innovation, AI & M&A as the Leap Forward

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Fintechs are growing far faster than banks (~...

They also lead AI execution, driving ~70% of ...

To close the innovation gap, banks are accele...

More permissive regulation on charters and co...

OBOS Bank Chooses Netcompany Banking Services for Core Banking Overhaul

Europe Firms Depository Credit Intermediation

OBOS Bank will switch from Tietoevry Banking ...

The framework deal covers core banking plus d...

NBS is the merged Netcompany-SDC banking unit...

The move aims to improve OBOS’s digital capab...

Corporate Bonds Shine as Spreads Tighten — But How Much Gain Can You Still Grab?

Americas Markets Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

U.S. corporate bond spreads have tightened to...

Moderating inflation, steady jobs, and solid ...

Reduced new issuance amid high borrowing cost...

With spreads already near historic tights, an...

China’s 2025 Interbank Debt Hits ¥10.1 Trillion as Private Issuers Surge

Asia Markets Depository Credit Intermediation

China’s interbank market debt issuance reache...

Outstanding interbank debt instruments exceed...

Average issuance rates fell to roughly 2.05%,...

Issuance broadened to new and private firms, ...

Anchorage Digital’s Federal Charter Boosts Stablecoin, Custody & Settlement — But Costs and Rules Loom

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Anchorage Digital marks five years since beco...

The OCC issued a 2022 consent order over AML/...

Operating under federal oversight, Anchorage ...

The charter creates a regulatory moat and sig...

Regulators Propose Cutting Community Bank Leverage Ratio to 8% — What It Means for Lending

Americas Policy Depository Credit Intermediation

Federal regulators (FDIC, Fed, and OCC) propo...

The proposal would extend the noncompliance g...

About 475 more community banks would qualify ...

Regulators say capital safeguards would remai...

Why Google Shows CAPTCHAs: How Shared IPs, VPNs & ISP Reputation Trigger Blocks

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Accessing the Bloomberg link via Google News ...

The block is typically caused by Google’s aut...

Shared or institutional networks are more lik...

Workarounds include completing the CAPTCHA, d...

Rokos Capital Posts 21% Return in 2025, Chris Rokos Takes Home £477M

Europe Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

Rokos Capital founder Chris Rokos withdrew £4...

Firm revenue jumped to £1.2bn from £445m and ...

The macro fund returned about 21% in 2025 (lo...

Results highlight the payoff—and key-person r...

Why Hedge Funds Are Bullish on Meta: AI, Ad Revenue & Valuation Risks

Americas Firms Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals

Hedge funds favor Meta for strong ad growth, ...

Meta trades near ~19–25× forward earnings, wh...

Bears flag surging capex ($70–$72B in 2025 wi...

Positioning is split, with some funds adding ...