US Banks Took In $645M in Equity Capital Market Fees This Year, Down From $5.3B in ’21
US Banks Took In $645M in Equity Capital Market Fees This Year, Down From $5.3B...
March 20, 2022  |  Investments

Big U.S. investment banks have taken a $4.6 billion revenue hit from the freeze on equity raisings, a Financial Times report said. Get the Full...

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GM Buys Out SoftBank to Get 80% of Self-Driving Startup Cruise
GM Buys Out SoftBank to Get 80% of Self-Driving Startup Cruise
March 20, 2022  |  Acquisitions

General Motors has bought out SoftBank Vision Fund 1’s stake in Cruise, a self-driving startup, for $2.1 billion, Bloomberg reported Friday (March 18). Get the...

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Judge Tosses Antitrust Lawsuit Against Amazon Over Pricing
Judge Tosses Antitrust Lawsuit Against Amazon Over Pricing
March 20, 2022  |  Amazon

Amazon won a dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit that the District of Columbia had leveled at it, saying the eCommerce giant had blocked sellers from...

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National Bank of Egypt, Others Launch Nclude Venture Fund Aimed at Young Innovators
National Bank of Egypt, Others Launch Nclude Venture Fund Aimed at Young Innovators
March 20, 2022  |  International

Egypt’s largest national banks, Banque Misr, National Bank of Egypt and Banque du Caire, have launched a new venture fund called Nclude, the banks announced...

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Connected Car Initiatives Rev Up at the High End
Connected Car Initiatives Rev Up at the High End
March 20, 2022  |  Connected Economy

It might make sense that the high-end, luxury vehicles are where we’ll see some torque in the development of the connected car. Get the Full...

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CBDC Weekly: Executive Order Reignites CBDC Privacy Concerns; Canada Ramps up Tech; Qatar Looking Into CBDC
CBDC Weekly: Executive Order Reignites CBDC Privacy Concerns; Canada Ramps up Tech; Qatar Looking Into...
March 20, 2022  |  CBDC

With its prominent inclusion in President Joe Biden’s executive order on crypto, the topic of a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) was back on...

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Three Pandemic Nesting Trends Likely to Continue in 2022
Three Pandemic Nesting Trends Likely to Continue in 2022
March 20, 2022  |  Coronavirus

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Today in FinTech: Changes Coming to WeChat Pay; Binance Seeks Brazilian Bank; Monite Automates SME AP
Today in FinTech: Changes Coming to WeChat Pay; Binance Seeks Brazilian Bank; Monite Automates SME...
March 20, 2022  |  Regulation

In today’s FinTech news, Tencent could be faced with spinning WeChat Pay into its payments subsidiary, while crypto exchange Binance looks to acquire a bank...

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Will Consumers’ Response to Inflation Be as Accurate as Their Outlook on COVID?
Will Consumers’ Response to Inflation Be as Accurate as Their Outlook on COVID?
March 19, 2022  |  Economy

Back in March of 2020, it was all about “the new normal,” and then trying to get to “the next normal.”   Get the Full Story Complete...

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