Banks have enjoyed a formidable moat built on customer relationships, regulatory privilege, and distribution networks for decades. – but that moat was breached in 2025. Embedded finance, the integration of payment, lending, insurance, and investing directly into non-financial platforms, became mainstream this year – shifting the locus of value creation away from banks and toward
The Strategy stock price continued its freefall this month and is now hovering at its lowest level since September last year. MSTR stock has plunged by over 70% from its highest level in 2024, even as the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 indices jumped to a record high. Strategy enterprise NAV is about to
US stocks rose on Monday, kicking off a shortened holiday week on a firmer footing as gains in technology shares lifted the broader market. The S&P 500 advanced 0.5%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 133 points, or 0.3%. The Nasdaq Composite outperformed, climbing 0.7% as investors returned to growth-oriented names after recent sector
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has agreed to personally backstop a crucial portion of the financing behind Paramount Skydance’s hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), intensifying a high-stakes takeover battle that could reshape Hollywood’s streaming landscape. Paramount said on Monday that Ellison has provided an “irrevocable personal guarantee” covering $40.4 billion of equity financing for
Gold prices eased and remained flat on Friday due to a stronger dollar against a basket of major currencies. Meanwhile, silver climbed more than 1% on robust industrial demand, with prices outperforming gold comfortably. Oil prices ticked up on Friday on concerns over lower supply from Venezuela. But prices are set for a second consecutive
The US Federal Reserve could be on course for several interest rate cuts in 2026, even if a pause is more likely in January, Commerzbank AG said. The US labour market’s momentum has significantly stalled, with minimal job creation observed in recent months. The US labour market showed surprisingly weak growth in November, with the
UK-based OXCCU is advancing a game-changing one-step power-to-liquids (PtL) process that could dramatically lower the cost of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and accelerate aviation’s path to net-zero, CEO and co-founder Andrew Symes tells Invezz. In this exclusive Invezz interview, Symes – an Oxford University chemistry graduate with deep experience in climate tech investing at BP
US initial jobless claims fell by 13,000 to a seasonally adjusted 224,000 for the week ending December 13. The development comes as a reversal to the previous week’s sharp spike and points to continued restraint in corporate layoffs. The reading is slightly better than consensus expectations of 225,000 and provided reassurance that labor market conditions
Silver prices hit fresh record highs on Wednesday, above $66 per ounce. Gold prices also advanced on Wednesday, with softer labour market data from the US on Tuesday signalling a cooling economy. Meanwhile, oil prices jumped more than 2% as US President Donald Trump ordered the blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving
The IREN stock price made a strong bearish breakout on Monday as it plunged to its lowest level since September this year. It has now erased some of the gains it made a few months ago when it jumped from $5 to $76. This article explores why the IREN share price has crashed and the