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
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Britain’s government has announced a significant change to its inheritance tax plans for farmers, scaling back a policy that triggered months of protests across the country. As per a Reuters report, the decision follows sustained opposition from agricultural groups after an inheritance tax charge on farms was announced in 2024, ending a long-standing exemption for
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
US stocks displayed resilience on Friday as Nvidia and other AI-focused semiconductor names powered a tech-led rebound, sending the Nasdaq Composite higher while the S&P 500 and Dow Jones also advanced. The rally came after Micron Technology’s blowout earnings and upbeat guidance reignited confidence that artificial intelligence infrastructure spending remains robust despite recent market volatility.
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
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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
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of jailed former President Jair Bolsonaro, is meeting with business and finance figures this week as he prepares to run for president next year, according to persons familiar with his intentions. The outreach comes as investors question the seriousness of his candidacy and the lack of clarity surrounding his
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