Season 2 of Anatomy of a Scam Podcast to focus on cutting-edge technology used by cybercriminals
Voice cloning, deep fakes and AI are among the new cutting-edge technologies being used by scammers explored in the second season of Anatomy of a Scam. The latest season – launching during ACCC’s Scams Awareness Week – brings listeners the real-life stories of…
Royal Bank of Canada declares dividends
Royal Bank of Canada (TSX: RY) (NYSE: RY) announced that its board of directors has declared an increase to its quarterly common share dividend of three cents or two per cent to $1.38 per share, payable on and after February 23, 2024, to common shareholders of record…
Wells Fargo to Present at the Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) said today that Chief Executive Officer Charlie Scharf will present at the Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. ET. The live webcast will be available online at …
Wells Fargo Announces Expansion at Hudson Yards
Wells Fargo announced its formal plans to expand its Hudson Yards office footprint and create a better, more collaborative employee experience with the purchase of additional space at Hudson Yards. This transaction represents a significant investment in the New York City…
BofA Global Research Calls 2024 “The Year of the Landing”
Few have experienced today’s macro uncertainty in their lifetime, and investors have underappreciated and underpriced its impact. The recession that many expected in 2023 never arrived. Inflation rates peaked in the fall of 2022 in many geographies and disinflation continued…
Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund Raises $50 Million to Invest in Early-Stage Technology Companies
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) announced the final close of Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund, L.P. (“Next Level” or the “Fund”) at its target size $50 million of total capital commitments. Investors in the strategy include the inaugural corporate partners…
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners Announces Investment in UltraEdge
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (“MSIM”), through investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (“MSIP”), a private infrastructure investment platform within MSIM, announced it has entered into an exclusivity agreement to partner with Altice France S.A. (“Altice France”) to establish…
Blackstone to Acquire Civica
Blackstone (NYSE: BX), the world’s largest alternative asset manager, announced that private equity funds managed by affiliates of Blackstone (“Blackstone”) have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Civica, a global leader in public sector software solutions, from Partners Group,…
Trading statement
Trading statement Shareholders are advised that the Prosus group (“the Group”) is finalising its condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the period ended 30 September 2023. Prosus N.V. (“Prosus”) is a subsidiary of Naspers Limited (“Naspers”), a company incorporated in South Africa and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (“JSE”) in South Africa. For context, in terms of the JSE Listings Requirements, South African listed entities with a primary listing on the exchange are obliged to issue a trading statement as soon as they are reasonably certain that the upcoming financial results would differ by at least 20% from those of the previous corresponding period. Trading statements are generally issued to provide shareholders with a range of…
Feedzai and Mastercard to expand crypto fraud protection for consumers globally
Feedzai a financial crime and risk management solution, and Mastercard – a global technology company in the payments industry – are combining technologies to increase crypto fraud protection for hundreds of millions of consumers. Today, an estimated 40% of scam transactions…
Mastercard JV approved to begin domestic payments processing in China
Mastercard announced that its joint venture entity, Mastercard NUCC Information Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., has received formal approval from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and the National Administration of Financial Regulation (NAFR) to commence domestic bankcard clearing activity in…
Denis Coleman to Speak at The Goldman Sachs U.S. Financial Services Conference
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) announces that Denis Coleman, chief financial officer, is scheduled to speak at the Goldman Sachs U.S. Financial Services Conference on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at approximately 10am (ET). A live audio webcast of…