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What’s driving Wall Street stablecoin interest? Trillions, and maybe biggest global money-moving shift since credit cards
After a brief pullback this week, shares of stablecoin issuer and recent IPO darling Circle were in rally mode again, soaring double-digits on a percentage basis in trading on Thursday, after having moved up by more than 600% percent since its debut on the New York Stock Exchange earlier this month. Bitcoin and ether have […]
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Bank investors bet on looser regulation under Trump. They are starting to see it
The first domino has fallen in the Trump administration’s bid to loosen regulations on Wall Street’s biggest banks. The Federal Reserve proposed changes Wednesday that would lower capital requirements for large U.S banks that were implemented in the years following the 2008 financial crisis. Tweaks to these rules, known as the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio, […]
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Divided Fed proposes rule to ease capital requirements for big Wall Street banks
The New York Stock Exchange in lower Manhattan on Nov. 24, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Federal Reserve on Wednesday proposed easing a key capital rule that banks say has limited their ability to operate, drawing dissent from at least two officials who say the […]
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Deutsche Bank’s CEO is doubling down on defense investment
Deutsche Bank is doubling down on defense investment as a broader European drive to rearm unlocks fresh capital in the region. Speaking to CNBC’s Annette Weisbach at the Tag der Industrie conference in Berlin on Monday, Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing said that the German lender has increased its exposure to the defense industry to […]
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Fiserv debuts bank-friendly stablecoin as fintechs join digital dollar race
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Fiserv is making a big entrance into the stablecoin market. The payments and fintech giant announced on Monday plans to roll out a new blockchain-based digital asset platform anchored by a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin called FIUSD — a product it hopes will bring thousands of banks and millions […]
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JPMorgan Chase beefs up mobile app with bond trading as bank targets $1 trillion in assets
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the JPMorgan China Summit in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Once a laggard in the online investing game, JPMorgan Chase now believes it is a leader. The […]
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Klarna CEO wants to turn the platform into a ‘super app’ with AI
Key Points Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski wants to make the platform more of an all-encompassing financial “super app” that’s personalized and can offer non-financial services. “With AI, you can abstract and adopt the experience much more to the specific user you’re dealing with,” Siemiatkowski told CNBC in an interview this week. On Wednesday, Klarna is […]
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JPMorgan moves further into crypto with stablecoin-like token JPMD
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., speaks to the Economic Club of New York in Manhattan, New York City, on April 23, 2024. Mike Segar | Reuters JPMorgan Chase is taking a step further into the cryptocurrency space with its own stablecoin-like token, called JPMD. The U.S. banking giant told CNBC […]
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JPMorgan Chase unveils new Sapphire Reserve card perks and $795 annual fee
Key Points JPMorgan Chase is betting that a long list of new perks will keep affluent Americans hooked on its Sapphire Reserve card, despite a hefty bump in its annual fee. The bank on Tuesday unveiled an update to its premium credit card, which will now carry a $795 annual fee. The bank is touting […]
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Luxury credit card rivalry heats up as Amex, JPMorgan tease updates to their premier cards
Anna Barclay | Getty Images The long-running rivalry between the country’s top premium credit cards is about to heat up again. JPMorgan Chase announced last week that a refresh of its Sapphire Reserve — the travel and dining rewards card that went viral when it arrived in 2016 — was imminent. In response, American Express […]
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