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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South Korean satellite launch company Innospace attempted to achieve its first commercial rocket launch mission from Brazil’s Alcantara Space Centre on Monday, but the launch led to a failure, a setback for both the company and Brazil’s aerospace aspirations. Five days after its initial target timeline, the launch of Innospace’s HANBIT-Nano vehicle occurred at 10:13 p.m.
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
From Silicon Valley power plays to international legal battles, the overnight news cycle was relentless. Here is your cheat sheet: PayPal is eyeing a banking charter, Tesla is testing driverless tech in Texas, and SpaceX just made Elon Musk wealthier than ever. But the biggest headline might be happening in the courtroom, where President Trump
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
India’s parliament has approved raising the foreign ownership cap in Indian insurance companies from 74% to 100%. The move marks a historic financial-sector liberalisation. The Lok Sabha passed the bill on Tuesday, followed by Rajya Sabha approval on Wednesday, clearing the way for global insurers to establish fully owned operations in India without needing domestic
US stocks edged lower on Tuesday as investors assessed the long-awaited November employment report. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1%, the Nasdaq Composite declined roughly 0.2%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average traded near unchanged. The development came as the investors finally digested the latest jobs report, which hit the wires just moments ago. The key
On Wednesday, Lithium Americas, a Vancouver-based company, announced that the US Department of Energy (DOE) has acquired a 5% stake in the company. Additionally, the DOE has taken a separate 5% stake in the Thacker Pass lithium project, a joint venture with General Motors. Lithium Americas saw a significant premarket surge, with its US-listed shares