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Fiserv’s Shares Fall as Clover Growth Slows and Merchant Payments Processing Revenues Dip

April 24, 2025
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Nasdaq and AWS Partner to Take Global Capital Markets to the Cloud
Partnerships // April 24, 2025

Global stock markets are heading to the cloud. Nasdaq and Amazon Web Services (AWS) partnered to modernize the infrastructure of capital markets to help market operators transition to cloud-based systems while maintaining data sovereignty, according to a Thursday (April 24) press release. The key benefits...

Revolut to Add UK Stocks to Trading Platform
Investments // April 11, 2025

Revolut reportedly plans to add U.K. stocks to its trading platform within days. The company gained its U.K. trading license in November, has over 800,000 U.K. trading customers, and already offers U.S. and European equities, Bloomberg reported Friday (April 11). “We are including U.K. stocks in...

Bank of England Warns of Higher Market Volatility From AI-Driven Trading
Artificial Intelligence // April 11, 2025

The use of artificial intelligence in algorithmic trading could exacerbate market volatility and amplify financial instability, according to a policy paper by the Bank of England released this week. As global markets reel from President Donald Trump’s tariff policy changes, the United Kingdom’s central bank...

Alphabet Faces Investor Concern About AI Challenge to Search Business
Artificial Intelligence // April 10, 2025

Alphabet’s stock is reportedly considered to be undervalued as investors wonder if artificial intelligence will take away some of its market share in search. The Google parent company’s stock is down 16% this year, is underperforming other AI stocks like Microsoft and Meta, and is...

Interviews & Exclusives
Trump’s Tariff Freeze: What Could Have Happened if They Stayed in Place?

April 10, 2025
Hate to say you read it here first, but here’s a prescient quote left on the cutting room floor from PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster’s interview with QED Investors partner Amias Gerety just two days ago: “Because this is a self-inflicted economic wound, we get an extra dollop of uncertainty. Trump could reverse all of these […]

FinTech IPO Index Breaks Even Despite Volatile Trading Week

September 13, 2024
Economic data remained the key driving force behind stocks this past week, and the FinTech IPO Index was no exception. But despite volatile trading action throughout the group, the Index...

FinTech IPO Index Up 3.8% as Lemonade Surges on UK Expansion

July 19, 2024
Earnings season has yet to start making headlines and moving stocks in the FinTech IPO Index, but the overall group was up 3.8% through the week, and platforms were the...

What We’ve Learned Tracking the 100 Connected Economy Leaders Since 2022

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...

Quick Reads
Nasdaq and AWS Partner to Take Global Capital Markets to the Cloud

April 24, 2025
Global stock markets are heading to the cloud. Nasdaq and Amazon Web Services (AWS) partnered to modernize the infrastructure of capital markets to help market operators transition to cloud-based systems while maintaining data sovereignty, according to a Thursday (April 24) press release. The key benefits are promoting greater global market interconnectivity, improving liquidity, and supporting […]

Revolut to Add UK Stocks to Trading Platform

April 11, 2025
Revolut reportedly plans to add U.K. stocks to its trading platform within days. The company gained its U.K. trading license in November, has over 800,000 U.K. trading customers, and already...

Alphabet Faces Investor Concern About AI Challenge to Search Business

April 10, 2025
Alphabet’s stock is reportedly considered to be undervalued as investors wonder if artificial intelligence will take away some of its market share in search. The Google parent company’s stock is...

Report: Tech Companies Pause IPO Plans Amid Investor Uncertainty Caused by Tariffs

April 04, 2025
Several technology and FinTech companies reportedly paused their activities related to initial public offerings (IPOs) amid the stock market fall and investor uncertainty caused by the President Donald Trump administration’s...