Category: Corporate Banking

March 23, 2023

The acquisition, expected to close in H1 2023, will build out JP Morgan’s private markets platform for companies, employees and investors. The US multinational says the deal will complement its recent acquisition of Global Shares and the launch of its […]

March 16, 2023

The new offering, which can be integrated into existing checkouts via an API, will enable multinational corporates to provide payment alternatives such as BNPL to their business customers. Hokodo says that through its real-time credit decision process and “highly configurable” […]

March 7, 2023

A class-action lawsuit filed against Bank of America last month claims the bank misrepresented the amount of pandemic aid small business owners were eligible for, leaving firms saddled with unforgivable debt. Three California-based small businesses — Happy Puppy LA, Brandamize […]

February 15, 2023

IDB Bank (IDB), a New York-based private and commercial bank, has announced the expansion of its Sponsor & Leverage Finance team. As part of this expansion, IDB aims to further its presence within the leverage finance space, a key area […]

February 7, 2023

The investment, the financial details of which are undisclosed, marks the company’s return to the South Korean market after its exit in 2021. Announcing the deal, Binance says that in November, Gopax “halted the withdrawal of principal and interest payments […]

February 1, 2023

FNZ acquired Swiss private banking technology firm New Access for an undisclosed sum last year, which provides a scalable and modular “core-to-digital” banking tech suite designed to meet the specific requirements of the private banking and wealth management industry. Bergos […]

January 30, 2023

Following the investment, Monument, which is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), says it is looking to expand its product suite and services to cater to the mass-affluent both in the UK and globally. […]

January 25, 2023

The total funding is made up of a mix of revolving credit facility capacity and new term loan funding. The revolving credit facility has been provided by Barclays ($100 million) and Angelo Gordon ($60 million), and the $100 million in […]

January 12, 2023

According to the lawsuit, filed in December last year in the US District Court in Delaware, Javice allegedly claimed Frank – a student loan application fintech – had more than 4.25 million student users but had used “synthetic data” techniques […]

December 16, 2022

In the first stages of the pandemic, it became apparent that many banks were unable to effectively meet the needs of their small business customers in terms of convenience, response time, fast access to capital and overall customer experience. Innovative […]

December 15, 2022

Barclays says it arrived at the decision following “substantial interest and demand”. The move will see the bank’s Sustainable Impact Capital investment mandate increase from £175 million by 2025 to £500 million by 2027. “The success of the investments to […]

December 15, 2022

The announcement was made by Visa chairman and CEO Alfred Kelly, Jr. at the US-Africa Business Forum, alongside the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC. Expanding its investment, Visa says, will enable “greater access” to digital payments, which will further […]

December 13, 2022

Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL), a leading investment banking and financial advisory firm, is pleased to announce a new partnership between Synergy Plastic Surgery, a highly regarded plastic surgery practice based in Austin, Texas, and Pinnacle Dermatology. BGL’s Healthcare […]

December 5, 2022

Texas Regional Bank (TRB) announced the addition of insurance to its suite of financial services. TRB Insurance will offer a wide range of products and services, including home, auto, and life insurance, as well as commercial insurance. “At TRB, we […]

December 1, 2022

U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of MUFG Union Bank’s core regional banking franchise from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: MUFG). The transaction brings together two premier organizations to serve customers and communities […]

November 16, 2022

In a filing last week, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B), the massive conglomerate run by legendary investor Warren Buffett, reported that it had significantly trimmed its position in large regional lender U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB). Berkshire and Buffett first purchased […]

November 14, 2022

Enstar Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based legacy acquisition specialist, announced that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has closed its loss portfolio transfer transaction with specialty insurance underwriter Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. to reinsure a number of its direct U.S. […]

November 4, 2022

“As we refocus on retirement, we have decided now is the appropriate time for TIAA Bank to begin a new chapter under new ownership,” David Nason, TIAA’s chief operating officer said in a statement. “The changes we’re announcing are in […]

October 5, 2022

The past two years have seen more than a handful of banks based on other continents pull up the stakes on their foreign outposts. BBVA sold its U.S. footprint to PNC. HSBC spun off its U.S. branches to Citizens and […]

August 11, 2022

Arab Palestinian Investment Company (APIC) Chairman and CEO Tarek Aggad announced that APIC achieved net profits from continuing operations of USD 20.4 million in the first half of 2022, versus USD 16.9 million for the same period of 2021, a […]