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Mastercard | December 27, 2021

It’s been a resurgent season for retailers as consumers stocked their carts with gifts and gadgets. According to Mastercard SpendingPulseTM, holiday retail sales excluding automotive increased 8.5% year-over-year this holiday season, running from November 1 through December 24. Notably, online sales grew 11.0% compared to the same period last year, the preliminary insights show. Mastercard SpendingPulse measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment. S...

Cision PR Newswire | August 18, 2020

Blockchange Inc, the digital asset investing platform for professional wealth managers, and Gemini Trust Co. LLC, a cryptocurrency exchange and custodian, today announced a partnership to provide registered investment advisors (RIAs) a secure one-stop-shop for buying, selling and storing digital assets. The integrated solution is the first of its kind, combining Blockchange's recently announced BITRIA™ Digital Turnkey Asset Management Platform (DTAMP) with Gemini's exchange and cus...

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

SFS | March 31, 2022

SFS (Scientific Financial Systems, Inc.) announced that it had been accepted into the FinTech Sandbox. The FinTech Sandbox provides market data and infrastructure technologies to FinTech startups from partners such as Factset, Refinitiv, and S&P. In exchange, the startups collaborate with other startup companies to share innovations and technologies for collaborating on projects. We are ecstatic to be part of the FinTech Sandbox. The breadth and depth of ...

SoftBank | February 28, 2020

Elliott Management Corp is pressing SoftBank Group Corp (9434.T) for details of nearly-$10 billion of investment securities on its balance sheet, as part of its campaign to improve the value of the Japanese conglomerate in which it holds a stake, sources said. The $40 billion hedge fund, one of the most powerful activist investors, has a $3 billion stake in the company and is trying to push for changes after SoftBank’s bet on start-ups such as space-sharing firm WeWork soured. SoftBank&rsq...