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November Jobs Report Preview: Will It Seal The Deal For A Fed Interest Rate Cut?
Thursday, December 5, 2024 - 1:25pm | 700Traders are laser-focused on November's jobs data, slated for release this Friday, as one of the last pivotal data points — along with next week's inflation report — that could shape the Federal Reserve’s decision on a potential rate cut at its Dec. 18 meeting. With market odds sitting at...
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BNP Paribas Reverses Stance On Crypto, Invests In BlackRock's Spot Bitcoin ETF
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 12:37pm | 642BNP Paribas, a multinational investment bank and one of the largest financial institutions in Europe, has made a landmark move by purchasing shares in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (NASDAQ:IBIT), according to an SEC filing. What Happened: The 13F report filed with the U.S. Securities and...
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Banking Giant BNP Paribas Partners With Metaco To Offer Crypto Custody Services
Wednesday, July 20, 2022 - 12:26pm | 172International banking group BNP Paribas seeks to immerse itself in the digital asset space. The Paris-based company, one of the largest in Europe, has partnered with Metaco to offer cryptocurrency custody services to its users. The partnership also includes Fireblocks, a blockchain platform. With a...
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Economists Assess Omicron Risk For Investors: 'A Global Issue In The Coming Weeks'
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 - 5:51pm | 646The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) lost ground once again Tuesday as investors try to get a clear picture of just how much of a negative economic impact the omicron variant of COVID-19 will have on the global economy. Near-Term Weakness: Omicron was a major topic at the BNP Paribas 2022...
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Earnings Highlights From Four International Companies On OTC Markets
Monday, March 29, 2021 - 8:33am | 891The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. As we near the end of the March earnings season, below is a recap of earnings highlights from four companies traded on OTC Markets. All...
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Fintech Focus For March 15, 2021
Sunday, March 14, 2021 - 7:50pm | 1808Quote To Start The Day: The first step is you have to say that you can. Source: Will Smith One Big Thing In Fintech: The fintech space is rapidly maturing. Investors are backing huge deals, with Q1’21 already setting the record for total mega-rounds in a quarter. It has also seen the highest...
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Fintech Focus For March 10, 2021
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - 11:30pm | 1545Quote To Start The Day: Best friends don’t expect anything from you. They just accept you the way you are. Source: Maxime Lagacé One Big Thing In Fintech: M1 Finance is a platform for digital investing, borrowing and banking. As part of its vision to help self-directed investors build...
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Fintech Focus For February 24, 2021
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - 1:31am | 1375Quote To Start The Day: The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Source: Lao Tzu One Big Thing In Fintech: Doug Cifu chief executive of Virtu Financial, the market maker, broker and technology provider, defended payment for order flow as retail investors receive price improvement and...
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Fintech Focus For February 15, 2021
Monday, February 15, 2021 - 12:20am | 2274Quote To Start The Day: Do not confuse motion and progress. Source: Alfred A. Montapert One Big Thing In Fintech: More than 90M millennials will soon be in what Goldman Sachs calls their “prime spending years.” Millennials have overtaken the baby boomers to become the largest...
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Fintech Focus For December 11, 2020
Thursday, December 10, 2020 - 6:51pm | 2295Quote 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 | 1524Quote 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 | 1747Metromile 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 | 805Innovation 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 | 2504Quote 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 | 813The 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...