moodys

Moody's Investors Service, often referred to as Moody's, is the bond credit rating business of Moody's Corporation, representing the company's traditional line of business and its historical name. Moody's Investors Service provides international financial research on bonds issued by commercial and government entities.

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NYCB Targeted With Class-Action Lawsuit Alleging Securities Fraud
NYCB Targeted With Class-Action Lawsuit Alleging Securities Fraud
February 07, 2024  |  Legal

New York Community Bank (NYCB) is the target of a class-action lawsuit alleging securities fraud. The lawsuit comes after the bank acquired certain assets of...

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NYCB Credit Grade Lowered to ‘Junk’ By Moody’s
NYCB Credit Grade Lowered to ‘Junk’ By Moody’s
February 07, 2024  |  News

New York Community Bank (NYCB) has had its credit rating cut to “junk.” The downgrade late Tuesday (Feb. 6) by Moody’s Investment Services marks the...

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Fitch Warns That Even JPMorgan Isn’t Immune to Downgrading
Fitch Warns That Even JPMorgan Isn’t Immune to Downgrading
August 15, 2023  |  Banking

America’s banking sector is creeping closer to a wide-ranging downgrade. That’s according to Fitch Ratings analyst Chris Wolfe, who told CNBC Tuesday (Aug. 15) that such a downgrade could...

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Moody’s Is Working on Scoring System for Crypto Stablecoins
Moody’s Is Working on Scoring System for Crypto Stablecoins
January 26, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Moody’s is reportedly developing a scoring system — though not a credit rating — for stablecoins. Bloomberg reported Thursday (Jan. 26) that Moody’s will analyze...

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Goldman Deals Down-and-Out Crypto Another Blow, Dropping Coinbase to ‘Sell’
Goldman Deals Down-and-Out Crypto Another Blow, Dropping Coinbase to ‘Sell’
June 27, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Brian Armstrong isn’t having a good summer — and it’s only a week old. On June 14, J.P. Morgan downgraded the Coinbase CEO’s Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency...

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El Salvador Weekly: With Bitcoin Bond Fading, President Bukele ‘Buys the Dip’
El Salvador Weekly: With Bitcoin Bond Fading, President Bukele ‘Buys the Dip’
May 13, 2022  |  Bitcoin

Given the unpopularity and slender use of bitcoin as a currency in El Salvador, you’d think that President Nayib Bukele’s decision to spend another $15...

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Moody’s Acquires Two European KYC Firms 
Moody’s Acquires Two European KYC Firms 
December 03, 2021  |  Acquisitions

Moody’s Corporation is acquiring two European companies in a bid to enhance its Know Your Customer (KYC) capabilities.  The company announced in a news release...

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Moody’s To Buy RMS For Climate, Natural Disaster Risk Modeling
Moody’s To Buy RMS For Climate, Natural Disaster Risk Modeling
August 06, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Moody’s Corp. is buying Risk Management Solutions Inc. (RMS), a California company that specializes in predicting what Mother Nature will dish out, for about $2...

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Moody’s Launches ESG Scoring Tool For Small Businesses
Moody’s Launches ESG Scoring Tool For Small Businesses
July 13, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Moody’s has launched what it calls a “first-of-its-kind” tool for generating environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores for public and private small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs)....

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