Venture capital firms are reportedly struggling amid a lack of mergers, acquisitions and public listings. It’s a situation that has led to a liquidity drought as artificial intelligence (AI) startups draw investor attention, CNBC reported Thursday (Nov. 14). “In the U.S., when you talk about...
Pent-up demand for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity has been released by the election of Donald Trump, Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser said Tuesday. Speaking with Bloomberg Television, Fraser said the bank’s clients had been waiting to begin M&A activity and are now focused on doing so, Bloomberg reported Tuesday....
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s finalized Statement of Policy on Bank Merger Transactions will have a “chilling effect” on bank mergers and other strategic decisions on investment, risk management and competitive positioning, a Bank Policy Institute (BPI) senior associate general counsel wrote. Writing in a...
AI software that crafts consensus statements from opposing viewpoints could one day be a tool for smoothing corporate negotiations and stakeholder disputes. A new breed of artificial intelligence system can analyze conflicting positions and generate balanced group statements that capture majority and minority perspectives. This...
October 14, 2024
We at PYMNTS have long been covering the trend that, in shorthand, is “embedded everything,” where payments, especially, are being woven inextricably into software and into platforms. The embedded route has the potential to change — and indeed is changing — entire industries. That evolution is impacting even the digital only players, who themselves need […]
April 02, 2024
2019, the year of the payments industry mega-deals, seems long ago and far away. Before the pandemic, the headlines were awash in waves of verticalization, where large firms scooped up...
October 16, 2023
A decade ago, there were nearly 7,000 credit unions, and that number’s been consolidated to about 4,700. Scott Young, managing VP of Emerging Services at PSCU, told PYMNTS that the...
July 10, 2023
As companies look to steer their business strategy to drive growth, Pierre Lion, chief growth officer at FinTech firm Mangopay, says thinking globally should be a priority right from the...
November 19, 2024
Goldman Sachs Chairman David Solomon has reportedly predicted stronger capital raising under the next Trump administration. Solomon also said Tuesday (Nov. 19) that there will be a more robust merger and acquisition (M&A) environment under the new president. “Given where we are at the moment, … you’re starting to unleash some of those animal spirits, and you’re seeing a […]
November 14, 2024
Venture capital firms are reportedly struggling amid a lack of mergers, acquisitions and public listings. It’s a situation that has led to a liquidity drought as artificial intelligence (AI) startups...
November 12, 2024
Pent-up demand for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity has been released by the election of Donald Trump, Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser said Tuesday. Speaking with Bloomberg Television, Fraser said the bank’s clients...
October 29, 2024
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s finalized Statement of Policy on Bank Merger Transactions will have a “chilling effect” on bank mergers and other strategic decisions on investment, risk management and...
