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The Wall Street Journal | January 30, 2020

Banks in the U.S. would no longer face limits on ownership stakes in venture capital funds under a proposal put forth on Thursday by regulators including the Federal Reserve. The proposal to remove a 3% cap on such stakes is the latest step to ease a set of regulations known as the Volcker rule, which were enacted after the 2008 crisis in a bid to strengthen the financial system and reduce the chance of taxpayer-funded bailouts....

Reuters | January 28, 2020

Oil futures edged up on Tuesday after falling for five days, bouncing up with Wall Street, and crude also drew support from talk that OPEC and its allies might tighten the market amid fears the coronavirus could weigh on oil demand. “WTI is correlating to U.S. equities, which are stronger,” said Bob Yawger, director of energy futures at Mizuho in New York. Stronger equities can indicate economic strength and, therefore, a better demand outlook for crude. U.S. stocks rose as gains in ...

FINTECH

Equifax | April 28, 2021

Equifax has launched a new InnovationX immersive experience to assist fintech, existing financial institutions, and other organizations in speeding up innovation in today's competitive market. This one-of-a-kind testing ground for emerging financial services products allows companies to validate innovative ideas and gain a better understanding of new opportunities by having ready access to real-time, cloud-native data and advanced analytics that only Equifax can offer. Innovations are develo...

PAYMENTS

Conferma | November 20, 2021

Conferma Pay, the leading B2B virtual payment platform, today announced a strategic collaboration with Boost Payment Solutions, Inc. (Boost), the leader in optimizing the use and acceptance of commercial cards, providing Conferma Pay’s network of issuers and card holders with payment flexibility via Boost’s proprietary straight-through processing (STP) solution, Boost Intercept®. The global B2B payments marketplace is estimated at more than $120 trillion, yet it is...