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HSBC | February 06, 2020

As digital challenger banks expand their product suites, large players like HSBC are quickly evolving their digital offerings to attract and retain customers. The bank recently rolled out a digital personal loan product, a high-yield savings account and Treasury APIs to speed up payments for business clients. Later this year, the bank will launch a robo-adviser and new domestic and cross-border payments products, said Alvaro Teixeira, HSBC Bank USA’s executive vice president and head of cu...

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SAT | December 30, 2021

SAT creates an electronic cash system that meets the needs of daily life, is of justice and equity, and has a high degree of privacy. As in the digital age, when using fiat for online transactions, people rely more on third-party institutions for transaction confirmation. Perhaps the concept introduced by SAT is not the most novel, but it is the most practical one. Because they believe payment is the most frequent behavior in people's daily life, which is important for everyone's lives.<...

Wells Fargo | January 14, 2020

The S&P 500 eased from record levels on Tuesday, as technology stocks handed back gains made on hopes of a preliminary U.S.-China trade deal and Wells Fargo slid in a mixed start to big banks’ quarterly earnings. Kicking off the fourth-quarter earnings season, the largest U.S. bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N), rose 2.3% after reporting a better-than-expected profit on strength in its trading and underwriting businesses, keeping the blue-chip Dow index in the positive territory. We...

Cision PR Newswire | August 19, 2020

Factor, the leader in next-generation solutions for complex legal work at scale, today announced a significant new investment to be provided by Carrick Capital Partners (Carrick), an investment firm focused on software and software-enabled businesses with over $1B in assets under management. As part of the deal, Carrick would be multiplying their original investment to become the majority shareholder of Factor. The deal, expected to close by October 2020, represents one of the biggest net new in...