Finance

Bankers insist borrowing will pick up on the back of a post-pandemic economic recovery. But so far there are few signs of a rebound, and analysts are skeptical one is imminent.

The fintech company Wise rose in its debut following a direct listing on the London Stock Exchange, in the largest such deal ever, bolstering Brexit Britain’s capital-market hopes.

The company is looking to sell 20 million shares, with a 3 million underwriters' option, at between $16 and $18 per share.

On Mar. 31, 2021. Dollars in thousands.

William "BJ" Losch will become chief financial officer at the Wilmington, North Carolina-based small-business lender. The former CFO of Iberiabank will take over the vacated position at First Horizon on an interim basis.

Dozens of digital tools are billed as democratizing finance. But a number of entrepreneurs still see massive gaps.

Fed Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles says the benefits of a central bank digital currency are “unclear,” and that a digital dollar could actually “pose significant and concrete risks.”

Deserve, a credit card technology startup, raised $50 million from backers including Mastercard and Ally Financial’s strategic investment arm, its chief executive said in an interview.

Upgrade, a lending startup that counts Banco Santander SA and SVB Financial Group’s Silicon Valley Bank as investors, is seeking to triple its valuation in a fresh funding round, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Four companies — Regions Financial, MUFG Americas Holdings and the U.S. arms of the Royal Bank of Canada, BMO Financial— felt they had something to prove to the Federal Reserve after being assigned higher capital buffers than most of their peers last year. Will their decisions pay off for shareholders?

How the pandemic is accelerating trends in financial advice and changing the way Americans manage their money.

The cloud-based software vendor has completed a $10 million funding round through BlackFin Capital Partners and Picus Capital.

How technology is enabling new types of payment transmission and what this means for banking.

The huge buffers that banks built up over the pandemic are protecting the financial system from looming threats, regulators told President Biden during a meeting that also touched on climate change, extension of credit to the underserved and other topics.

The company, which started in personal financial management, has grown quickly by helping consumers avoid overdraft fees and, more recently, adding a no-fee bank account. It's counting on a merger deal with a special-purpose acquisition company to fuel further growth.

Revolut is in the early stages of a fundraising round that could value the British company at $20 billion or more.

The Series B round, also led by Blockchain Capital, marks the first investment in the blockchain industry by Morgan Stanley's opportunistic investment arm.

Building a safer ecosystem: Why transparency, controls, and partnerships will drive next era of financial services.

Rapyd's new venture capital arm seeks companies that can develop or benefit from an international identity verification system.

The New Jersey bank has been informally funding startups for more than a year. Now it has established Cross River Digital Ventures, which will focus on backing fintechs the bank wants to work with or ones that it feels will benefit the broader industry.