InvestingCentral bank gold demand hits first-quarter record, investments surgeMay 5, 202359In the three months to the end of March, central banks added 228 tons to global reserves, the highest rate...
BankingUniCredit CEO warns of more U.S. bank rescues after First RepublicMay 3, 2023158JPMorgan announced Monday it acquired a substantial majority of assets of First Republic.Banking authorities in the European Union, where UniCredit...
MortgagesFirst Republic likely headed for FDIC receivership, sources say; shares drop 40%April 28, 202358People walk in front of a First Republic Bank branch on March 20, 2023, in New York City.Gary Hershorn |...
BankingSAFE Banking Act reintroduced; cannabis industry hails billApril 27, 202368Lawmakers from both parties reintroduced the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, which the cannabis industry views as a...
MortgagesMortgage demand rebounds, interest rates at highest level in over a monthApril 26, 202373Prospective buyers at an open house in Florida.Mike Stocker | South Florida Sun Sentinel | Tribune News Service | Getty...
EconomyHow the U.S. built a junk fee economyApril 25, 2023307Americans are collectively spending nearly $65 billion on sneaky fees, according to the White House."Sometimes they're called convenience fees. Sometimes...
Cryptocurrency‘Crypto is dead in America,’ says tech investor Chamath PalihapitiyaApril 24, 202379Tech investor Chamath Palihapitiya, who said two years ago that bitcoin has replaced gold and predicted the digital currency would...
CurrenciesEconomic and political factors behind acceleration of de-dollarizationApril 24, 202357The U.S. dollar has been king in global trade for decades — not just because the U.S. is the world's...
InvestingThree foreign investors to pour US$3.7 billion into Vietnamese projectsApril 22, 202370At a meeting between the Prime Minister and foreign businesses in Hanoi on April 22, Dung said a Korean firm...
MortgagesSVB failure was caused by a banking — not tech — crisis, top VC saysApril 21, 202371Anne Glover, CEO and co-founder of Amadeus Capital, said that the SVB crisis was caused by "utterly irresponsible" practices by...