Tag: Financial Services

Societe Generale lifted a key performance target to 2029 and pledged more cost cuts ‌to achieve it under a new strategic plan announced on Monday.

Warren Buffett will step down as the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway effective immediately, the company announced Friday.

Στα 79,653 δισ. ευρώ αυξήθηκε η συνολική αξία των κόκκινων δανείων που διαχειρίζονται οι Εταιρίες Διαχείρισης Απαιτήσεων (servicers στο β΄τρίμηνο του 2026 από 79.5 δισ. ευρώ το προηγούμενο τρίμηνο.

Revolut founder Nik Storonsky has for the first time said that the fintech is exploring a dual stock market listing in New York and London. The chief executive said his bank wanted any listing to be in the US because the American market offers greater liquidity and a larger population of big institutional investors. 

Stock slipped 2.0% in pre-open trading to trade at $16.41 after the Columbus, Ohio-based regional bank disclosed a meaningful downward revision to its earnings outlook, rattling investors who had been expecting a more constructive margin trajectory through the remainder of the year and into 2027.

Berkshire took a $10 billion stake in Google 15 months ago at a 6.5% discount, CEO Greg Abel said to CNBC’s Becky Quick.

Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO Greg Abel said that rising yields in Japan isn’t impacting the major trading houses in the country the holding company has stakes in. 

Klarna Group’s chief executive purchased nearly $10 million of the company’s stock this week, snatching up shares that have remained under pressure in the wake of the fintech’s second-quarter earnings report.

A consortium of buyout firm Advent and payment processor Stripe has decided to abandon its pursuit of fintech pioneer PayPal Holdings Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.

Berkshire Hathaway’s operating earnings climbed 16% in the second quarter as strength across its energy, railroad and manufacturing businesses more than offset weaker insurance results.

Shares of Circle Internet Group advanced Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings even as cryptocurrencies of late have hit a rough patch.

Just months into its turnaround, PayPal needs all the help it can get to show investors that things are progressing smoothly. Second-quarter earnings just delivered.

Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL), one of the world’s leading financial platform companies, today announced the acquisition of fundamental assets from the IBM blockchain patent portfolio.

Schwab posted second-quarter earnings per share of $1.62, beating the analyst estimate of $1.54. Revenue came in at a record $7.1 billion, up 21% year-over-year and above the $6.85 billion consensus.

Payments company Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal Holdings ​Inc for $60.50 per share, in a deal that would value the payments company at more than $53 billion, two people said.

Goldman Sachs said Tuesday that profits soared 78% in the second quarter, fueled by a windfall of fees from stock trading and dealmaking.

Circle said on Friday it has received a final regulatory approval from the U.S. Office of ​the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a ‌national trust bank, sending the stablecoin giant’s shares surging 10% in premarket trading.

 Berkshire Hathaway agreed on Sunday to buy Taylor Morrison Home Corp for $6.8 billion in cash, expanding the conglomerate’s housing business.

Berkshire Hathaway added a sizeable stake in Delta Air Lines, marking the conglomerate’s return to the airline industry after exiting the sector entirely during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

Klarna Group Plc reported a small profit in the first quarter that beat analyst estimates as the company looks to diversify its funding sources and grow into everyday consumer spending.