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Transactions grew larger and more frequent this year. As a result, aggregate value more than tripled from 2023 and topped $15 billion.
December 27
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The president-elect's history of deregulatory financial services policies could offer some benefits to minority businesses and consumers, but the more likely outcome is reduced access to capital and higher costs.
December 27
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The executive dubbed "Captain Emergency" stabilized ailing companies such as AOL Time Warner and Dime Savings Bank before being named chairman of Citigroup in 2009.
December 27
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Improved consumer confidence helped to drive greater use of buy now/pay later as younger generations turned to short-term installment options.
December 27
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This year saw the impact of Donald Trump's return to the White House, the first rate cut from the Federal Reserve in roughly four years and more.
December 26
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Ross Buckley is a scientia professor at UNSW Sydney. He is a board member of Australia's central bank and chairs the Digital Finance Advisory Panel of Australia's securities regulator. He has twice been a Fulbright Scholar, at Yale and Duke.
December 26
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The Federal Open Market Committee cut the fed funds target again in December but signaled fewer cuts in 2025. There was some dissent. The markets are watching to see if the Federal Reserve pauses its easing cycle in January. Join us at noon, Eastern, on Jan. 30 as Brian Rehling, head of global fixed-income strategy at Wells Fargo Investment Institute, recaps and parses the previous day's FOMC meeting and Fed Chair Jerome Powell's press conference.
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The New Canaan, Connecticut-based company agreed to allow Larry Seidman, who sits on its board, buy an additional 5% of its shares. Seidman currently owns about 9.5% of Bankwell.
December 26
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A roundup of the past year's profiles of senior executive women in banking and finance.
December 26
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Analysts are unsure what the Federal Open Market Committee will do with monetary policy in 2025. The panel projects two rate cuts, but some analysts expect more, and others see fewer.
December 26
