Affirm shares soar 22% on revenue beat, surprise profit during holiday

Affirm shares soar 22% on revenue beat, surprise profit during holiday

Max Levchin, co-founder of PayPal and chief executive officer of financial technology company Affirm, arrives at the Sun Valley Resort for the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, in Sun Valley, Idaho. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Affirm shares jumped 22.8% on Friday after the buy now, pay later company topped Wall Street’s fiscal … Read more

Closing Bell: Sensex Tumbles 1,031 Points, Nifty At 23,086; NSE Mid, SmallCap Fall 4%

Closing Bell: Sensex Tumbles 1,031 Points, Nifty At 23,086; NSE Mid, SmallCap Fall 4%

Last Updated:January 13, 2025, 15:48 IST Indian benchmark equity indices, the BSE Sensex and Nifty50, opened sharply lower on Monday due to growing global concerns. Stock Market Crash Benchmark equity indices, BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50, closed lower on the first trading session of the week, each declining by more than 1 per cent. The … Read more

UBS chair says Swiss banking giant is not ‘too big to fail’

UBS chair says Swiss banking giant is not ‘too big to fail’

Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty Images UBS Group Chairman Colm Kelleher on Wednesday said the Swiss bank is “not too big to fail,” as he criticized Swiss government proposals to strengthen its capital requirements. Kelleher was delivering a speech during the UBS annual general meeting — the first such gathering held since the bank … Read more

Abrdn CIO slams jabs at company’s rebranded name

Abrdn CIO slams jabs at company’s rebranded name

The abrdn Plc office at St Andrew Square in Edinburgh, U.K. on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. Jonne Roriz | Bloomberg | Getty Images The press making jabs at the current name of asset manager Abrdn, which was rebranded from ‘Standard Life Aberdeen’, amounts to “corporate bullying,” the firm’s chief investment officer Peter Branner said. The … Read more

UK and Switzerland to sign post-Brexit financial services deal

UK and Switzerland to sign post-Brexit financial services deal

The U.K. and Switzerland are deepening the ties between their financial services sectors with a new post-Brexit deal. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. and Switzerland on Thursday will sign a post-Brexit financial services deal designed to bring two of Europe’s largest banking centers closer together. British Finance Minister Jeremy … Read more