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Fintech Focus For December 11, 2020
Thursday, December 10, 2020 - 6:51pm | 2295Read More...Quote To Start The Day: US President Donald Trump and his backers, having been stymied dozens of times by judges and elections officials across the country, are confident one last-ditch lawsuit will overturn his election loss. “All I ask for is people with wisdom and with courage, that...
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Fintech Focus For December 1, 2020
Monday, November 30, 2020 - 6:07pm | 1524Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Whatever you do, do it well. Source: Walt Disney One Big Thing In Fintech: Business information provider S&P Global Inc agreed on Monday to pay $44 billion in stock to acquire IHS Markit Ltd in the year’s biggest acquisition that will create a new data powerhouse...
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Fintech Focus Roundup For November 28, 2020
Friday, November 27, 2020 - 7:21pm | 1747Read More...Metromile To Go Public Via SPAC, Expand Licensing What Happened: In partnership with INSU Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC sponsored by the insurance-focused Cohen & Company Inc., insurtech Metromile announced it will become a publicly listed company that would trade on the Nasdaq exchange under...
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BNP Paribas Looks To Transform Finance With Tech: 'A Place For Open Innovation'
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 - 3:38pm | 805Read More...Innovation and growth in fintech erupted during the coronavirus pandemic. That’s according to Matthieu Soulé, the head of BNP Paribas S.A.’s (OTCQX: BNPQY) Silicon Valley-based Innovation Lab, a space to foster innovation and reshape financial services. Over his career working in...
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Fintech Focus For October 7, 2020
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 - 6:59pm | 2504Read More...Quote Of The Day: Merely raising tax rates on the wealthy and corporations wouldn’t really make the system any fairer. - Bloomberg Fintech Movers: Crypto-friendly bank Silvergate said it was particularly "bullish" on its payments platform during its Q2 earnings call. Now it's...
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These Were The Most Actively Traded Securities On OTC Markets In The First Half Of 2020
Monday, August 3, 2020 - 11:26am | 813Read More...The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. With the first half of 2020 in the books and the second-quarter earnings season in full swing, it looks as if global markets are starting...
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Roland Garros Is Giving Us Hope – Shall We Dare to Dream?
Friday, April 3, 2020 - 12:45pm | 938Read More...Considering that the Olympics Games in Tokyo have been postponed until 2021, it was to be expected that most other major sporting events around the globe would soon follow. However, France has always had a mind of its own when it comes to its annual tennis Major the French Open. Unlike...
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These OTC Market-Traded Securities Had The Largest Volume Increases In August
Monday, September 30, 2019 - 9:01am | 1421Read More...This article is from Benzinga’s Partner Content team Roughly 5.7 billion shares traded on the OTCQX Best Market in August, the most transparent of OTC Markets’ three tiers. That volume was 3.5x the volume on the second tier, the OTCQB Venture Market, which had 1.6 billion shares trade...
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HSBC Leverages Voltron Trade Finance Platform To Further Joint BNP Paribas, Standard Chartered Blockchain Efforts
Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - 7:34am | 186Read More...HSBC completed its first yuan-denominated blockchain letter of credit transaction, according to a Sept. 2 Reuters report, taking a step forward in its use of the Voltron platform, developed jointly with other large financial institutions. MTC Electronic, of Hong Kong, was involved in the...
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Market Strategists Are Both Right And Wrong At The Same Time
Thursday, July 21, 2016 - 11:16am | 396Read More...Set your clocks back to December 31, 2015. Imagine a futurist accurately tells you Britain will vote to leave the European Union, Donald Trump will win the Republican nomination, terrorism will strike major European cities, Brazil's presidency will spiral into turmoil and a military coup will occur...
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U.S. Rig Count Falls For Ninth Straight Week
Friday, October 30, 2015 - 2:26pm | 464Read More...U.S. oil rig counts fell by 16 this week, the ninth consecutive week of declines. A Reuters survey also indicates that OPEC production declined modestly in the month of October. Crude oil prices are on pace to finish the week higher after two straight weeks of declines. This week’s Baker...
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Why M&A, Buyback-Driven Growth Will Be Eliminated By Higher Interest Rates
Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 12:10pm | 358Read More...In a new report, analysts at BNP Paribas discuss the disconnect between rising corporate bond yields and the elevated level of M&A deals and buybacks. According to BNP, buyback levels, M&A deals and corporate bond yields cannot all continue to rise for much longer. Ignoring Borrowing...
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Baidu Analysts Mostly Positive Heading Into Earnings; Mobile Search Monetization In Focus
Monday, July 27, 2015 - 12:59pm | 812Read More...Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ: BIDU) is scheduled to report its second quarter results after Monday's market close. The Estimize community (based on 62 estimates) is calling for the company to earn $1.85 per share on revenue of $2.629 billion. This compares to the Wall Street consensus estimate...
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6881 HK...The Best Way To Play A China A-Share Recovery?
Sunday, July 5, 2015 - 2:25pm | 197Read More...In a report published Friday, BNP Paribas analyst Judy Zhang upgraded the rating on China Galaxy Securities Company Ltd (HKG: 6881)(OTC: CGXYF) from Hold to Buy, while raising the price target from HKD11 to HKD 13.90. China Galaxy Securities' share price has declined by 27 percent from its peak on...
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Baidu Shares Fall On Rumor Of Weak Quarter; Here's What Analysts Dispute
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 11:36am | 360Read More...Shares of Baidu Inc (NASDAQ: BIDU) were lower on Wednesday following market chatter that the firm is expected to report a slow quarter. A Baidu spokesperson declined to comment on the rumor of a weak quarter. At least one analyst's recent research report supported the rumor of a weak quarter,...
