Austin North went haywire at a hospital in Vegas this week — attacking several emergency room staffers and needing to be restrained … so claim cops, anyway. According to the police report, obtained by TMZ, officers were dispatched to UMC Hospital Tuesday night for reports of an assault and battery that had occurred in the … Read more
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 17: President and CEO of Wells Fargo Charlie Scharf attends The Future of Everything presented by the Wall Street Journal at Spring Studios on May 17, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Steven Ferdman/Getty Images) Steven Ferdman | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Wells Fargo said Thursday … Read more
Commerzbank on Thursday reported a 55% hike in net profit for 2023, as high interest rates helped the German banking giant report its best results in 15 years. Net profit for the year beat expectations to come in at 2.2 billion euros ($2.36 billion), up from 1.4 billion euros a year earlier. For the fourth … Read more
A Y Combinator-backed startup called Cambio is bringing AI to the banking world in a surprising way: it’s putting AI bots on the phone with companies and consumers. The startup began by offering an AI-powered service that negotiated debt collections on behalf of consumers, which helped around 70% of customers resolve their collections and raise … Read more
The Hunger Games movies, adapted from Suzanne Collins‘ dystopian novels, have left a lasting legacy on pop culture that we are still feeling in 2024! Boasting an ensemble cast of A-list talent, many actors who appeared in the initial set of movies have amassed impressive fortunes in Hollywood. While Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam … Read more
A logo outside a Societe Generale SA bank branch in Paris, France. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Societe Generale on Thursday reported a sharp decline in fourth-quarter net profit on the back of weaker net banking income, but launched a new 280 million euro ($302 million) share buyback program. The French lender posted group … Read more
The New York Community Bank (NYCB) headquarters in Hicksville, New York, US, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images New York Community Bank’s shares whipsawed between losses and gains early Wednesday after Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the bank’s credit ratings two notches to junk. NYCB shares fell 2.8%, reversing earlier … Read more
Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty Images Swiss banking giant UBS on Tuesday narrowly beat fourth-quarter earnings expectations and announced that it would recommence share buybacks worth up to $1 billion in the second half of the year. The group posted a net loss attributable to shareholders of $279 million for the quarter, its second … Read more
A logo on the UniCredit SpA headquarters in Milan, Italy, on Saturday Jan. 22, 2022. Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Italian bank UniCredit hit their highest level since 2015 on Monday, after announcing that it would return 8.6 billion euros ($9.2 billion) to investors on the back of higher-than-expected profits. The Milan-based bank shared … Read more
Shares of Paytm fell another 20% Friday before hitting the lower circuit that temporarily halts trading as the Indian financial services firm reels from the clampdown by the central bank. Paytm fell to 487 Indian rupees, or $5.88 within minutes of the market opening, the lowest it has hit in 55 weeks. Paytm shares also … Read more