Morgan Stanley news and trends

Morgan Stanley Taps Wise Platform to Accelerate Cross-Border Settlements
B2B Payments // December 17, 2024

Morgan Stanley will offer its clients high-speed cross-border settlements through Wise Platform. The investment bank tapped this solution from Wise, a global technology focused on money movement, to facilitate foreign exchange international settlement for its corporate and institutional clients, the companies said in a Tuesday...

Banks and Private Finance Seek Slices of $1 Trillion AI Pie
artificial intelligence // November 18, 2024

Big banks and private finance groups are both chasing the artificial intelligence (AI) craze. But for at least one of those Wall Street banking giants — Morgan Stanley — there’s plenty to go around, Bloomberg News reported Sunday (Nov. 17). That report tells the story...

OpenAI Liquidity Reaches $10 Billion With New Credit Facility
artificial intelligence // October 03, 2024

The world’s biggest companies can’t seem to stop giving OpenAI money. One day after securing $6.6 billion in new funding from an array of tech giants and venture capitalists, the artificial intelligence (AI) startup revealed it had established a $4 billion credit facility with nine...

Report: Connected TV Ad Platform MNTN Considering Early 2025 IPO
IPO // September 27, 2024

Connected TV advertising platform MNTN is reportedly considering going public in early 2025. The firm, whose chief creative officer is actor Ryan Reynolds, selected Morgan Stanley to work on its initial public offering (IPO), Bloomberg reported Friday (Sept. 27), citing unnamed sources. Deliberations around the...

Interviews & Exclusives
Banks’ Cautious Approach to Generative AI Is More Internal Than Customer-Facing

July 25, 2023
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly become one of the most important topics of our time, and global banks are beginning to explore the possibilities of the technology so as not to miss out on the impact it is poised to have on the financial services sector. Citi CEO Jane Fraser recently expressed the importance of banks […]

LendingClub and Morgan Stanley, A Tale of Two Bank Deals

February 24, 2020
Two deals this past week shone a spotlight on the lure of financial services — done digitally — and the “build vs. buy” debate, settled firmly on the side of...

FI’s $52 Trillion Threat

April 15, 2019
Shadow banking now has $52 trillion in assets under its belt. FinTech firms are crowding financial services’ flanks, looking for customers who crave mobile means of managing their financial lives....

Urban FT Makes Bid For Troubled Online Bank Digiliti

August 16, 2017
Urban FT has launched a bid for struggling mobile money firm Digiliti. To get a sense of the strategy behind the deal, Karen Webster got an exclusive first look with Urban FT's CEO Richard Steggall about...

Quick Reads
Morgan Stanley Expects Favorable Environment for Lenders in 2025

December 19, 2024
Morgan Stanley reportedly upgraded its rating and price targets on shares of several credit card companies and lenders, citing stabilization in consumer credit and an anticipated favorable regulatory environment. Analysts at Morgan Stanley said Thursday (Dec. 19) that several trends are expected to support the stabilization in consumer credit, Seeking Alpha reported Thursday. These trends […]

Morgan Stanley Taps Wise Platform to Accelerate Cross-Border Settlements

December 17, 2024
Morgan Stanley will offer its clients high-speed cross-border settlements through Wise Platform. The investment bank tapped this solution from Wise, a global technology focused on money movement, to facilitate foreign...

Banks and Private Finance Seek Slices of $1 Trillion AI Pie

November 18, 2024
Big banks and private finance groups are both chasing the artificial intelligence (AI) craze. But for at least one of those Wall Street banking giants — Morgan Stanley — there’s...

OpenAI Liquidity Reaches $10 Billion With New Credit Facility

October 03, 2024
The world’s biggest companies can’t seem to stop giving OpenAI money. One day after securing $6.6 billion in new funding from an array of tech giants and venture capitalists, the...