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Wall Street’s big banks score $1trn of profit in one decade

Bloomberg Malick Diop felt something shifting on Wall Street. He’d joined Morgan Stanley in the grim days of 2009, when big banks were trying to pay back taxpayer bailouts and deflect public fury. But four years later, the ire was fading and ambition was the order of the day. “It really felt like, for the first time, the job and ...

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Solana tumbles again, bringing crypto token’s plunge to 94%

  Bloomberg Solana, the cryptocurrency backed by fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried, tumbled amid concerns that large holders may be about to offload the token. Solana dropped as much as 12% on Wednesday and was trading 8.8% lower as of 8:40 am in London. Other tokens saw modest declines, with Ether slipping 1.3% and Bitcoin down 0.3%. While other so-called ...

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Indian fintechs to face tough 2023, says Bain & Company

  Bloomberg India’s $50 billion fintech industry will face hurdles in the form of tougher regulatory scrutiny and tighter liquidity leading to higher cost of capital for some companies next year, Rakesh Pozhath, partner at consulting firm Bain & Company, said. Investors into the country’s fintech space that has drawn heavyweights from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc to Masayoshi Son’s ...

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