Tariffs are doing more than reshaping trade flows across the global marketplace. They are becoming a stress test for business models, with trade policy and regulatory uncertainty increasingly acting as amplifiers of both advantage and vulnerability. The latest findings in the October 2025 edition of...
The prediction-market moment is here. At its best, the embrace of events-based contracts could represent a new asset-class: event outcomes traded with derivatives-grade infrastructure transparency and liquidity. At its worst, it could serve as a potential regulatory arbitrage path around state gaming laws, one with...
U.S. banks are benefiting from a surge in equity markets and continued resilience in consumer spending, while being wary of some possible bubbles in the markets, Reuters reported Tuesday (Oct. 14). Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Citigroup all reported “solid” investment banking performance...
With several banks set to report their third quarter earnings this week, analysts reportedly expect them to show strong growth but will also be looking for signs of headwinds from delinquencies in student and auto loans. The sector’s growth has been fueled by a surge...
November 14, 2025
Tariffs are doing more than reshaping trade flows across the global marketplace. They are becoming a stress test for business models, with trade policy and regulatory uncertainty increasingly acting as amplifiers of both advantage and vulnerability. The latest findings in the October 2025 edition of the PYMNTS Intelligence 2025 Certainty Project, done in collaboration with […]
February 25, 2025
Treasurers are vital in transportation and logistics companies, managing liquidity and influencing financial health. But how often do companies underuse their expertise due to limited interdepartmental influence? Treasurers in this sector...
January 22, 2025
Treasurers can play a vital role in consumer packaged goods (CPG) firms. Their input allows for better management of liquidity and positively influences the firm’s financial health. But how often...
July 15, 2024
The Connected Economy (CE) 100 Stock Index was launched in February 2022. It was introduced as an equity index of 100 publicly traded companies across 11 categories, aiming to track the...
January 21, 2026
The effort to uncover insider trading within prediction markets is reportedly gaining steam. That’s according to a report by Bloomberg News Wednesday (Jan. 21), which cites the example of a new tool from financial data provider Unusual Whales. It examines the prediction platform Polymarket for unusual activity and possible insider bets. “We thought prediction markets were almost a required expansion […]
October 14, 2025
U.S. banks are benefiting from a surge in equity markets and continued resilience in consumer spending, while being wary of some possible bubbles in the markets, Reuters reported Tuesday (Oct....
October 13, 2025
With several banks set to report their third quarter earnings this week, analysts reportedly expect them to show strong growth but will also be looking for signs of headwinds from...
June 18, 2025
Private equity (PE) groups are sitting on roughly $1 trillion in unsold assets. That’s capital that, in a normal market climate, would have been given back to investors, Reuters reported Wednesday (June...