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Wall Street | April 07, 2020

U.S. stocks are set to push higher at the open Tuesday, continuing Monday’s strong gains, on tentative signs the spread of coronavirus is slowing as well as talk of more funds to support the battered economy. At 7:00 AM ET (1100 GMT), futures for the S&P 500 traded 89 points, or 3.4%, higher, futures for the Nasdaq up 251 points, or 3.1%. The Dow futures contract rose 817 points, or 3.6%. Wall Street closed firmly higher Monday, with all three major cash indices up over 7%, the best se...

Wall Street | March 31, 2020

Wall Street’s slide deepened on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 was set for its worst first quarter since 1938 on growing evidence of a largescale corporate damage from the coronavirus pandemic as well as a near collapse in oil prices. The benchmark index was tracking its biggest quarterly decline since the 2008 financial crisis, losing more than $5 trillion in market value, as the health crisis worsened in the United States and brought business activity to a standstill. Real estate stocks. ...

Santander | March 13, 2020

Banco Santander is to acquire a majority 50.1% stake in Spanish trade finance software house Mercury TFS through a €30 million investment. Santander has used Mercury TFS’s services in Spain, Mexico, Chile and Germany for years, helping customers to manage their entire trade finance activity online or via mobile phone. The bank's businesses in the UK and Portugal will begin using it at year-end through Global Trade Services (GTS), Santander's global trade platform. The head of ...

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Burkland | March 18, 2021

Burkland, a full service fractional CFO and accounting provider for startups, today announced another dedicated Financial Technology practice team. Specifically created to address the issues and address the challenges facing Financial Technology startups, the new Fintech practice at Burkland offers a seasoned team of CFOs, Controllers and Bookkeepers. Not at all like most re-appropriated CFO and accountancy services, Burkland's new Fintech practice is the just one of its sort ...