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January 23, 2020

European planemaker Airbus is working with Nasdaq to develop a derivatives-based trading platform that will allow airlines to protect against swings in ticket prices. Just like airline companies use oil futures to hedge against the volatility in fuel costs, they […]

January 22, 2020

U.S. insurers are ramping up cyber-insurance rates by as much as 25% and trying to curb exposure to vulnerable customers after a surge of costly claims, industry sources said. The changes follow a challenging year of hackers using malicious programs, […]

January 21, 2020

Shares of Visa are on track to notch their longest win streak since 2009, with a potential ninth straight gain, as an analyst said the stock looks like a smart way to bet on millennial finance trends. The credit-card giant’s […]

January 21, 2020

J.P. Morgan Chase announced the creation of a new business called the Development Finance Institution to boost private investment in emerging-market development projects. The lender said it can finance more than $100 billion annually from its investment bank and created […]

January 20, 2020

The report models how a cyberattack on a single large bank, a group of smaller banks or a common service provider can be transmitted through the wholesale payments network. The researchers estimate that a hit on a big five bank […]

January 15, 2020

Americans’ credit scores continue to improve. But credit scores don’t tell the whole story of how consumers are faring financially. A new report from Experian EXPN, +1.46% found that the average FICO Score in the U.S. reached an all-time high […]

January 14, 2020

Plaid, which calls itself the “plumbing” behind fintech, provides the application programme interfaces (APIs) which connect users’ bank accounts with third party providers (TPPs) such as Venmo, Square Cash and Robinhood. The size of the deal is roughly double the […]

January 14, 2020

Analysts sometimes tout diversified banks that can move revenue exposure to businesses away from the yield curve. That thread of logic proved very valid Tuesday. Here were the earnings: JPMorgan reported revenue of $28.3 billion, beating estimates of $27.8 billion. […]

January 13, 2020

General Electric (GE) – Get Report is expected to beat fourth-quarter earnings expectations Deutsche Bank analysts said in a note. GE shares at last check were 1.1% higher at $11.80 in Monday trading. They’d fallen more than 2% Friday. Deutsche […]

January 13, 2020

As long as Americans keep spending, the economy is all but certain to sidestep a recession in 2020 for a record 11th straight year. The crucial question is, can they? And the answer seems to be, quite clearly, yes. What’s […]