The Lightyear app. Lightyear Lightyear, a European challenger to trading platform Robinhood, has raised $25 million of funding in an investment round backed by British billionaire Richard Branson. Silicon Valley’s Lightspeed Venture Partners led the deal, the company told CNBC exclusively — a rare vote of confidence for an upstart brokerage at a time when
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Celsius on Thursday was sued by former investment manager Jason Stone, as pressure continues to mount on the firm amid a crash in cryptocurrency prices. Stone has alleged, among other things, that Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky (above) was “able to enrich himself considerably.” Piaras Ó Mídheach | Sportsfile for Web Summit | Getty Images Crypto
The logo and trading symbol for Twitter is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, July 11, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Unity Software — Shares tumbled 17% after the interactive software company announced a
Regulators need to “get on with the job” of bringing the use of crypto technologies within the “regulatory perimeter,” says Jon Cunliffe, Bank of England’s deputy governor for financial stability. Speaking at the British High Commissioner’s residence in Singapore on Tuesday, Cunliffe shared insights on the recent “crypto winter,” which refers to a period of
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, July 12, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures were little changed in overnight trading on Tuesday as investors awaited a key inflation report that is expected to show a fresh high. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 18 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures
In this article AAL BA GPS PTON TWTR PLAY A Gap store in New York, August 2, 2020. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Gap — Shares of the apparel retailer dropped more than 3% after Gap announced Monday that CEO Sonia Syngal is stepping down from her
Currently, most buy now, pay later services don’t impact a person’s credit score. That’s now set to change in the U.K. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Klarna saw its valuation slashed by 85% in a new financing round announced Monday, reflecting grim investor sentiment surrounding high-growth tech stocks and “buy now, pay later”
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, June 27, 2022. Source: NYSE U.S. stock futures were little changed after hours Monday as Wall Street looks ahead to what many expect will be the start of a volatile second quarter earnings season this week. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose by 16 points, or 0.05%. S&P
In this article WYNN TWTR LULU Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Twitter — Shares of the social media company dropped more than 8% after Elon Musk walked away from his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter. Musk alleged that Twitter
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, June 24, 2022. Source: NYSE U.S. equities futures dipped slightly Sunday evening as Wall Street looked ahead to big company earnings reports and key inflation data, on the heels of a strong employment report. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped by 27 points, or 0.1%.
It’s a type of ETF seeing near-record inflows. New data shows dividend exchange-traded funds totaled almost $50 billion in fresh money in the first half of 2022, according to Todd Rosenbluth of VettaF, a financial services company. “We recently did a survey of advisors at VettaFi, and dividend strategies were most popular in terms of
In this article MRVL SLB GME SPCE BBBY HELE Shoppers wait for a GameStop store to open on at the Tysons Corner Center, in Tysons, Virginia, November 27, 2020. Hannah McKay | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. GameStop — Shares of the video game retailer jumped more than 8% after the