Capital markets

Just as pre-crisis success was illusory, so too might be expectations that banks could ever regain that type of profit growth again.

Klarna recently received a banking license in Sweden, and is in the midst of an international expansion.

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As retailers scratch their heads to find ways to counter Amazon's ongoing disruption of their industry, investment is flowing to technology companies that meld shopping, payments and fulfillment.

A new blockchain network that promises to compete with Ethereum is taking the token sale trend to the next level.

The app allows users, many of them first-time investors, to get started for as little as $5.

The Spanish bank's VC arm added two companies focused on artificial intelligence to its portfolio this week. Both firms promise to help banks connect better with customers.

It’s not speed, which will steadily if not exponentially increase in the near term. It’s the centralists that are holding onto their roles as reconcilers of data.

Chinese banks and insurance companies represent a new and potentially large source of capital that could crowd out U.S. banks as investors in collateralized loan obligations.

Much like the consumer retail acquisition market, business payment companies are expanding the appeal of transaction automation by tying it to international growth and value-added merchant services.