Digital banking startup Mercury has raised $300 million in primary and secondary funding at a $3.5 billion post-money valuation, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Wednesday. The valuation is more than double the startup’s valuation when it last raised capital – a $120 million Series B round in 2021 that...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaking with CNBC's Sara Eisen (not shown) at the U.S Treasury Department on Jan. 8th, 2024.CNBCFormer Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will be joining an advisory board for bond giant Pimco, CNBC has learned.Joining other prominent officials in the world of economics and finance, Yellen, who...
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: GameStop — The meme stock soared about 15%. On Tuesday, GameStop's board announced it had unanimously approved a plan to buy bitcoin with a portion of its corporate cash, following a similar move by MicroStrategy. Dollar Tree — The discount...
Seoul, Korea, March 26th, 2025, FinanceWireCROSS Protocol, a blockchain gaming pioneer, has secured $10 million in its private token sale while establishing an unprecedented equal pricing model for all investors.The company sold 100 million tokens—10% of its planned 1 billion supply—at $0.10 per token, a price that will remain...
People take pictures of the U.S. Treasury Department building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 6, 2025.Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Treasury Department is planning to furlough a "substantial" level of its workforce in conjunction with Elon Musk's efforts to shrink the size of the federal government, according...
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. GameStop — The meme stock surged 16% a day after the company's board announced it had approved a plan to buy bitcoin and stablecoins with a portion of its corporate cash, in a move similar to that of MicroStrategy. Dollar...
New York, United States, March 26th, 2025, FinanceWireChargeAfter was chosen by Authority Brands to enhance BuyFin, its consumer financing platform, delivering a seamless customer experience that maximizes approval rates by embedding customized financing choices for its in-home service brands.ChargeAfter, the embedded lending platform for point-of-sale financing, announced today that...
Rachel Reeves, UK chancellor of the exchequer, outside 11 Downing Street ahead of presenting her budget to parliament in London, UK, on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesHome improvement retailer Kingfisher became the latest British company to report a negative impact from U.K. Finance Minister Rachel...
In recent years, fintech apps have become pivotal in shaping financial literacy among Millennials and Gen Z. These innovative platforms, often mobile-first and user-friendly, simplify complex financial topics. Through interactive tools and easy-to-use interfaces, fintech companies educate young users on personal finance, budgeting, and investing. Traditional methods of financial...
London, United Kingdom, March 25th, 2025, FinanceWireTaxTec Group Ltd, the world’s first fully digital tax reclamation service has forged two new official partnerships with NRW Consulting LLC and WTS Hansuke.NRW Consulting LLC is a premier consultancy specializing in global litigation and shareholder engagement solutions for investors and consumers across...
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Gregg Greenberg spent 14 years as a journalist at TheStreet.com where he wrote the highly popular column "The 5 Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week". His work has appeared in magazines ranging from Glamour to ESPN the Magazine, and on humor sites such as Points in Case.
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett on Saturday assailed regulators, politicians and the media for confusing the public about the safety of U.S. banks and said that conditions could worsen from here.Buffett, when asked about the recent tumult that led to the collapse of three mid-sized institutions since March, launched...
Follow our live coverage of Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway meeting.OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett said Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway doesn't plan on taking full control of Occidental Petroleum, an oil giant where it has amassed a stake north of 20%."There's speculation about us buying control, we're not going to buy...
Follow our live coverage of Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway meeting.Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett said Saturday that regulators avoided a financial disaster by making sure that Silicon Valley Bank customers didn't lose money in the firm's collapse.The sudden downfall of SVB in March forced the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to seize the...
Warren Buffett is set to kick off Berkshire Hathaway 's annual shareholder meeting Saturday before tens of thousands of adoring shareholders. Here's your complete guide to the highly anticipated event. Berkshire's annual "Woodstock for Capitalists" will be held in Omaha, Nebraska, the second straight in-person gathering after two virtual...
When Warren Buffett takes the stage at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting in Omaha on Saturday, he'll have a lot to talk about. The 92-year-old investor has had a busy year. He snapped up additional shares of one of his favorite energy plays, Occidental Petroleum , on several occasions —...
Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway, photographed during a 2011 trip to Japan.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJapanese stocks have been on a tear since late last year, up nearly 15% since November, as the weak yen and inbound tourism help to reactivate the economy....
So much has been written lately about the integration of Quantitative Investing and Machine Learning. Are you wondering about whether to apply ML to your investment process or feel like your team isn’t progressing fast enough? We hope that our new blog series on applying Machine Learning algorithms will...
