The banking industry is seeking help from the federal government and the social media industry to stop an escalating crisis that’s costing Americans billions of dollars every year: online romance scams. These digital crimes have proliferated since the pandemic, as criminals pose as attractive partners and reach out to lonely Americans on social media. “We
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In this article XLV XLC XLP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Evercore ISI’s Julian Emanuel thinks Nvidia’s monster rally is fueling a fear of missing out in the market. He finds clients, including many who traded through the dot-com boom and subsequent collapse, are more worried about being underinvested than overexposed right now. “That’s
A bank employee count China’s renminbi (RMB) or yuan notes next to U.S. dollar notes at a Kasikornbank in Bangkok, Thailand, January 26, 2023. Athit Perawongmetha | Reuters BEIJING — Venture capitalists in China that once rose to fame with giant U.S. IPOs of consumer companies are under pressure to drastically change their strategy. The
In this article SMH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Investors may want to consider putting money to work in a lagging part of the market. According to VanEck CEO Jan van Eck, oil stocks are getting a raw deal. “The [oil] supply is there. The companies are arguably the next best cash flowing companies
Pedestrians pass a JPMorgan Chase bank branch in New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The three biggest American retail banks collected 25% less overdraft revenue last year as the companies, under pressure from regulators to cap the fees, created new ways for customers to avoid the penalties. JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and
A logo outside a Societe Generale SA bank branch in Paris, France. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Societe Generale on Thursday reported a sharp decline in fourth-quarter net profit on the back of weaker net banking income, but launched a new 280 million euro ($302 million) share buyback program. The French lender posted a
A coffee shop at Beijing Capital Airport shows customers can use Visa, Mastercard, the digital Chinese yuan and other payment methods. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng BEIJING — China is encouraging banks and local businesses to accept foreign bank cards and is considering other steps to make mobile pay for international visitors even easier, said Zhang
Izusek | E+ | Getty Images Checking a bag at the airport has gotten pricier for travelers — and harder to avoid. A checked bag is one stored in a plane’s cargo hold during a flight. While that service was free in years past, it’s now standard for major airlines to charge for checked bags,
Ken Griffin, CEO of Citadel, at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha on Sept. 28, 2022. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Billionaire investor Ken Griffin’s flagship hedge fund rose last month as volatility made a return amid the debate about rate cuts, according to a person familiar with the returns. Citadel’s multistrategy flagship Wellington fund climbed 1.9% in January, following
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference following the release of the Fed’s interest rate policy decision at the Federal Reserve in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2024. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell vowed in an interview aired Sunday that the central bank will proceed carefully with interest rate cuts
In this article Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Big Tech’s market dominance may push more investors to equal-weight exchange-traded funds, according to VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth. “Investors are getting nervous that too much money is concentrated in a handful of stocks within the broader ETFs that they have available that [are] tied to the S&P
Kathrin Ziegler | Digitalvision | Getty Images “Sorry I am dead.” This is how Doug Boneparth, a certified financial planner, starts what he calls a “death note” to his wife, Heather. Such a document, he says, is distinct from other estate-planning cornerstones like drafting a will, which lays out one’s wishes for how to distribute