Banks
Art Cashin, New York Stock Exchange fixture for decades, dies at age 83
Art Cashin, UBS’ director of floor operations at the New York Stock Exchange and a man The Washington Post called “Wall Street’s version of Walter Cronkite,” has died. He was 83 and had been a regular on CNBC for more than 25 years. In the intensely competitive and often vicious world of stock market commentary, […]
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This ‘stepping stone’ strategy helps parents boost their kids’ credit score. Here’s how it works
Key Points Parents can add a child as an authorized user to their credit card account to help build a kid’s credit history and credit score. The strategy is generally best for kids in their later teenage years, maybe around 16 years old, or those in their early 20s, experts said. Parents may want to […]
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Swiss wealth manager Lombard Odier indicted for money laundering
Key Points Lombard Odier — one of Switzerland’s oldest private banks — has been indicted by Swiss prosecutors for “aggravated money laundering.” In a release out on Friday, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland said it filed an indictment against Lombard Odier and a former employee of the bank at Switzerland’s Federal Criminal […]
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Banco BPM says UniCredit’s ‘unusual’ $10.5 billion takeover offer does not reflect its profitability
A Banco BPM SpA bank branch in Milan, Italy, on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Italian lender Banco BPM on Tuesday said the unexpected takeover offer by domestic rival UniCredit does not reflect its profitability. The 10 billion-euro ($10.52 billion) bid presented by UniCredit on Monday was not previously agreed […]
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UK financial regulator fines Barclays $51 million over disclosures related to Qatar dealings
One Churchill Place skyscraper, the Barclays Plc headquarters, at Canary Wharf in London, U.K., on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Britain’s financial regulator has fined Barclays 40 million pounds ($50.9 million) for its failure to disclose payments made to Qatari entities in 2008, after the bank on Monday said it […]
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UniCredit offers to buy rival Italian lender Banco BPM for $10.5 billion
A logo on the UniCredit SpA headquarters in Milan, Italy, on Saturday Jan. 22, 2022. Bloomberg | Getty Images Italian lender UniCredit on Monday offered to snap up its domestic rival Banco BPM for roughly 10 billion euros ($10.5 billion) in a move it says is separate from its pursuit of German bank Commerzbank. The […]
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‘I have no money’: Thousands of Americans see their savings vanish in Synapse fintech crisis
Key Points Thousands of Americans will receive little or nothing from savings accounts that were locked during the collapse of fintech middleman Synapse. Customers believed the accounts were backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. CNBC spoke to a dozen customers caught in the predicament, people who have lost sums ranging […]
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Dozens of retailers jacked up interest rates on store cards ahead of Fed cuts
Tommy | Digitalvision Vectors | Getty Images Dozens of the largest U.S. retailers and their bank partners jacked up interest rates on their store-branded cards to record highs in the months before the Federal Reserve began cutting rates, as the companies looked to pad profits during a stretch of sluggish sales. At least 50 companies […]
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CFPB expands oversight of digital payments services including Apple Pay, Cash App and PayPal
Rohit Chopra, director of the CFPB, testifies during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report to Congress,” in the Dirksen Building on Nov. 30, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday issued a finalized version […]
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Archegos’ Bill Hwang sentenced to 18 years in prison for massive U.S. fraud
Archegos Capital Management founder Sung Kook “Bill” Hwang attends his sentencing on a fraud conviction stemming from the 2021 collapse of his $36 billion private investment firm, at the United States District Court in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., November 20, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Former billionaire investor Sung Kook “Bill” Hwang was […]
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