Finance Updates – Page 34 – Finance Updates

Why the Aya–Cross Country Merger Failed: FTC Delays, Breakup Fee, and Strategic Fallout

Cross Country Healthcare and Aya Healthcare e...

FTC Second Request review and a 43-day govern...

Aya declined to seek another extension, termi...

Cross Country said it will continue standalon...

Trump’s 10% Credit-Card APR Cap Could Hit Bank Profits and Consumer Credit Access

Americas Policy Depository Credit Intermediation

Trump proposed a one-year 10% cap on credit-c...

Banks say the cap would gut card profits, for...

Card-focused stocks sold off on the threat to...

Some fintech and personal-loan lenders see a ...

Citigroup Earnings: Banking Strengths Offset by Write-Downs as RoTCE Still Lags Targets

Americas Firms Depository Credit Intermediation

Citi’s Q4 2025 adjusted EPS beat estimates, b...

Dealmaking rebounded as investment-banking fe...

RoTCE was 5.1% (7.7% excluding Russia), still...

Citi is pushing simplification via Banamex st...

How Rising Rates & Regulation Are Shaping Big Bank Profits and Policy Risk

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Q4 2025 bank earnings were mixed, with Bank o...

Trump’s proposed one-year 10% credit-card APR...

With average card APRs near 21–22%, a 10% cap...

Key uncertainties include how any cap would b...

What Bank Investment-Banking Earnings Reveal About Deal Flow & Investor Expectations

Americas Markets Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Big banks posted year-over-year gains in Q4 i...

Citigroup’s investment-banking fees rose 35% ...

Bank of America’s investment-banking fees gre...

Investors are prioritizing 2026 deal pipeline...

2025’s M&A Boom: Mega-Deals, Rio-Tinto-Glencore Merger & Warner Bros Discovery Bids

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Global M&A in 2025 reached roughly $4.5–4.8T,...

Rio Tinto and Glencore revived talks on a $26...

A high-stakes media auction for parts or all ...

Advisers expect deal momentum to carry into 2...

Apple Moves Apple Card from Goldman to JPMorgan: What Users & Markets Should Know

Americas M&A Depository Credit Intermediation

Apple and Goldman Sachs’ Apple Card partnersh...

The breakup follows heavy losses and friction...

Regulatory and reputational damage intensifie...

The deal cements JPMorgan’s strength in U.S. ...

JPMorgan Acquires $20B+ Apple Card Balances from Goldman Sachs in Co-Brand Shift

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

JPMorgan Chase will replace Goldman Sachs as ...

JPMorgan expects to book a US$2.2B Q4 2025 cr...

Cardholders should see little change during t...

The deal reinforces JPMorgans scale in co-bra...

2025 M&A Surge: Goldman Sachs Dominates While Morgan Stanley Investment Banking Russia Booms

Global M&A Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Goldman Sachs retook the No. 1 global M&A spo...

Morgan Stanley’s investment-banking rebound a...

Deal value surged even as deal counts stayed ...

Tailwinds include steadier rates, easing anti...

Goldman Sachs & BlackRock Q4 2024: Earnings Surge, AI, Fee Growth, What’s Next Heading Into ‘25

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Goldman Sachs posted a big Q4 2024 beat on re...

BlackRock finished 2024 at about $11.6T in AU...

Attention now turns to Morgan Stanley and the...

Key themes to watch are AI-driven efficiency ...