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Virtu Financial Announces New Business Unit For Capital Markets

PYMNTS

Virtu Financial has announced the launch of its new business unit, dedicated to capital market clients. Before joining Virtu, he spent 18 years at Cantor Fitzgerald as head of Equity Capital Markets. During his time at Cantor, Lumby built and oversaw the market-leading ATM team.

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Capital Market Assumptions

TrustBank

Emotions drive markets in the short term, so no matter how good your information is, trying to guess where the market will be in a year is just that – a guess. In fact, research has shown that the statistics used to make short-term predictions have no near-term predictive power. Stocks, measured by the S&P 500, gained 18.4%

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Elizabeth Warren urges regulators to block Capital One’s takeover of Discover

TheGuardian

Senator says $35bn deal merging two of the largest US credit card firms would ‘threaten financial stability’ and reduce competition Senator Elizabeth Warren has urged regulators to block Capital One’s $35bn takeover of Discover Financial, arguing that combining two of the US’s largest credit card companies would harm consumers and challenge financial (..)

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Drip Capital Aims To Create Trade Finance Network For Cross Border Buyers, Suppliers

PYMNTS

And enter Drip Capital , the middleman that serves as the financial grease that enables trade to flow, easing concerns of both buyers and suppliers. said Pushkar Mukewar , co-founder and CEO of Drip Capital in a conversation with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster. When you think of any cross-border transaction — let’s say an importer in the U.S.

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Here Are The Blockchain Networks Most Popular With Capital Markets Players

CB Insights

As blockchain tech gains commercial traction, a growing number of companies want to use it to reimagine the capital markets infrastructure that powers the trade of stocks, bonds, and other securities. The “Other” category represents any blockchain tech being used by 3 or fewer projects/corporates. . New York, US.

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10 Big Bank Marketing Lessons from the ABA Bank Marketing Conference

South State Correspondent

Last week, the American Banking Association (ABA) held its annual Bank Marketing Conference in Denver, receiving rave reviews. The theme was – developing your marketing superpowers. Amid the brewery networking, superhero costumes, and fun, some fantastic bank marketing lessons were had, and not just for bank marketers.

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Apple Is First US Company To Reach $1.5T Market Cap

PYMNTS

trillion market capitalization, 9to5Mac reported. . Last week, Apple inched closer to the all-time high market cap when its stock sold at $326 a share. Market capitalization is the share price multiplied by the number of outstanding shares of the company’s stock, which yields the company’s overall stock market value.

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