ProfitStars

Wall Street | April 22, 2020

U.S. stock markets opened higher after two days of losses as a measure of confidence returned thanks to a rebound in crude oil prices and the Senate's passing of another economic support package, which tops up the existing program for small businesses by more than $400 billion while also channelling more money to hospitals. By 10:10 AM ET (1410 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 405 points, or 1.8%, at 23,424 points. The S&P 500 was up 1.7% and the Nasdaq Composite was ...

Bitcoin and Crypto

Plug and Play | November 16, 2022

Global innovation platform, Plug and Play, together with founding partners Visa, AllianceBlock, The INX Digital Company, IGT, and Franklin Templeton, has announced the launch of their new Crypto and Digital Assets program in Silicon Valley. The program aims to connect international startups with the founding partners to pilot the startups' technologies and drive the future of Crypto and Digital Assets as world-class leaders. "Plug and Play is excited to part...

Google | April 20, 2020

Google could soon follow Apple in launching its own branded payments card, according to TechCrunch. The tech giant is developing physical and virtual debit cards that would be co-branded with financial services players, including Citi and Stanford Federal Credit Union. These two firms were floated in a November Wall Street Journal report on a possible Google checking account, code-named Cache. Cache was initially expected to launch early this year but has yet to materialise ...

Financial Management, Wealth Management

PRnewswire | May 23, 2023

Arcesium, a leading global financial technology firm, and BlueCrest Capital Management, the prominent private investment firm led by Mike Platt, announced their agreement to commence the implementation of Arcesium's fully integrated technology platform and Financial Operations professionals, which will, once deployed, support BlueCrest's operational teams. BlueCrest will seek to leverage Arcesium's cloud-based infrastructure, which assists with post-trade operations ...