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Klarna secures $1.7B risk transfer and $2B funding facility to boost lending
Klarna unveiled a $2 billion forward‑flow facility with Elliott Investment Management that will back up to $17 billion of U.S. loan originations over the next three years. It also completed a €1.7 billion Significant Risk Transfer led by Värde Partners, freeing capital for broader lending.
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Emmi Group posted CHF 4.75 bn net sales in FY25, a 9.1% year‑on‑year increase, with organic growth of 4.3% and net profit rising 3.1% to CHF 227.1 m. The performance was powered by a series of strategic acquisitions that added 7.9% to sales and by strong demand in high‑margin categories such as RTD coffee, premium desserts and specialty cheeses. Geographic diversification, especially volume‑led growth in Brazil, Chile and Mexico, helped offset weak consumer sentiment in Europe. Efficiency programmes lifted EBITDA margin to 10.4% and reduced net‑debt to 1.79× EBITDA.
Netflix co‑founder Reed Hastings and CFO Spencer Neumann sold a combined $48.1 million in Netflix shares, according to March 4 regulatory filings. Hastings disposed of $39.8 million worth of 410,550 shares at $96‑$97.50 each and simultaneously bought back the same number at $9.7...
TAPP Engine’s subsidiary 9Squid Private Markets has launched an AI‑driven platform that lets credit unions and community financial institutions (CFIs) securitize loan portfolios. The solution embeds modern asset‑liability and liquidity management tools, turning securitization into a repeatable balance‑sheet strategy rather...
Insight Works has extended its Enhanced Forecasting Worksheet to link Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central AI forecasts directly to item planning parameters such as safety stock, reorder point, and maximum inventory. Users can create expressions that combine forecast quantities, historical...
RightRev unveiled Revi, an AI‑powered revenue automation platform, on March 4 2026. The suite embeds two AI agents—a Contract Review Agent that extracts terms and generates audit‑ready checklists, and an Anomaly Detector Agent that flags revenue schedule variances. Revi also includes a...
The World Bank’s January 2026 Global Economic Prospects report finds that more than half of emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) now operate under at least one fiscal rule, up from roughly 15 % in 2000. Fiscal rules are linked to medium‑term...
Intapp unveiled Celeste, an agentic AI platform that leverages a firm’s entire data set to execute complex, judgment‑intensive workflows such as deal screening, conflict clearance, and revenue realization. The system uses firm‑specific "Playbooks" and modular "skills" to codify best‑practice methodologies...
That is an old saying I learned in Hong Kong that is meant to convey that any place can become unsafe and that having the ability to go to other places is invaluable. It is a lesson from history that...
There are so many financial games being played that we don't even know exist. There's a scene in Batman where they take over the trading floor and one of the traders says "there's no money here that you can steal" Bane replies...
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has asked the IRS to grant penalty relief to qualified farmers affected by recent changes to Form 8995 instructions. The IRS delayed the revised form until February 23, 2026, compressing the window to file by the...
Senators Dick Durbin and Roger Marshall are seeking to attach their Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA) to the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing bill, hoping to secure a Senate vote. The CCCA would require banks to provide merchants with...
On March 4, South Korean equities plunged 12% as the Korea Exchange triggered a twenty‑minute circuit breaker on both the KOSPI and KOSDAQ after the benchmark fell 8.1% in early trading. The sharp sell‑off was driven by heightened volatility linked...
JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group arranged a $37 million non‑recourse refinancing for Ambiente, a 40‑room adults‑only luxury landscape hotel in Sedona, Arizona. The deal, executed through a debt fund, includes a sizable cash‑out component that recapitalizes the property to fund ongoing...
Global corporates are intensifying foreign‑exchange risk management as trade volatility spikes. A new Treasury Today survey shows 88% now hedge FX, with 61% of previously unhedged firms contemplating hedging. Despite a 67% surge in hedging costs, activity has risen and...
SkySelect announced a $9 million funding round to scale its AI‑powered aviation procurement platform, aiming to alleviate the $11 billion supply‑chain crisis highlighted by IATA. Airlines spend $60 billion annually on parts, yet manual processes generate $50 billion in excess inventory and grounding delays....
Bill Holdings CEO René Lacerte told investors at the Morgan Stanley TMT conference that the company is actively evaluating merger‑and‑acquisition opportunities as activist shareholders increase pressure. He cited recent fintech consolidations—such as the sales of Brex, AvidXchange and Melio—as proof...
U.S. sponsored loan issuance reached $148.7 bn YTD through February 2026, a 26% decline compared with the same period last year. Refinancing activity accounted for $82.3 bn, or 55% of total volume, while new money contributed $66.4 bn (45%). The slowdown reflects tighter...
Senators Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act, proposing a 5 percent annual wealth tax on the 938 U.S. billionaires who hold $8.2 trillion collectively. The tax would raise about $4.4 trillion, funding $3,000 direct payments...
Advanced Flower Capital Inc. posted a modest Q4 FY25 net income of $0.9 million, or $0.04 per basic weighted‑average common share. The quarter also recorded a distributable loss of $2.8 million, or $0.12 per share, while net interest income was $5.19 million against...
American Express is leveraging direct conversations with cardholders who have faced fraud to gather real‑time intelligence on scam tactics. The data helps the firm refine detection models as U.S. consumers lost $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024, a 25 percent rise. Executives...
Wiss announced its new status as a Certified Netgain Implementation Partner, giving it the authority to deploy Netgain’s native NetSuite add‑ons directly within client ERP environments. The partnership enables Wiss to embed automation across critical accounting workflows such as fixed‑asset...
U.S.–Iran hostilities and renewed Trump tariff threats pushed the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow below their 50‑day moving averages, deepening market volatility. The IBD Breakout Opportunities ETF (BOUT) gapped down, testing its 10‑week average, while individual breakout candidates like Ubiquiti, Motorola...
KBRA released its latest Direct Lending Default Index data covering the trailing twelve months through March 3, 2026. The chart shows a 12% increase in defaults compared with the prior year, reflecting heightened stress in the private credit market. The index, which...
The UK games trade body TIGA is urging the government to boost the Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC) in the upcoming Autumn Budget, proposing a 53% credit rate for projects with budgets up to £23.5 million. It also recommends expanding qualifying...
ARQ, formerly DolarApp, raised $70 million in a Series B led by Sequoia Capital and Founders Fund. The funding will fuel a rebrand, team expansion, and rollout of new financial products beyond its core stablecoin remittance service. With more than two million...
The FinOps Foundation’s 2026 State of FinOps survey reveals that FinOps has broadened from cloud‑cost management to a multi‑technology discipline, now handling AI, SaaS, licensing and data‑center spend. Collaboration with IT service management is highlighted, especially for automating remediation and...
Case Study: Effective Vendor Financing in Business Acquisitions This topic was highlighted by a question from Tomo, a follower intrigued by the mechanics behind vendor take-back notes. Challenge: When purchasing a business with vendor financing, one of the key concerns for both...
This is bigger news than people realize: @krakenfx just became the first crypo exchange to receive a "Master Account" from the @FederalReserve. Narrow banking is back. 👉 A Fed master account provides direct access to the central bank’s core payment systems — including...
In this episode of M&A Talk, host Jacob Oros interviews serial entrepreneur Travis Jameson, who has founded and exited a dozen businesses across tech, e‑commerce, SaaS, and health products. Jameson shares his core lesson for building a sellable company: make...
74Software disclosed its capital structure as of February 28, 2026, reporting 29,746,194 total shares and 41,275,436 theoretical voting rights, of which 40,787,088 are exercisable. The figures are provided under French Commercial Code Articles L.233‑8 II and R.225‑73 I and AMF regulations for threshold‑crossing disclosures....
Shell plc disclosed that Andrew Smith, President of Trading and Supply, received a conditional award of 11,269 ordinary shares under the Shell Share Plan 2023. The award, valued at €404,895, was priced at €35.93 per share and recorded on 2 March 2026....
Tim Whittaker of the European Investment Partners Association (EIPA) argues that while infrastructure is often marketed as a defensive asset class, current valuation practices smooth out volatility and conceal true risk. He calls on regulators to require private market investors...
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"As announced on October 2, 2025, the Board authorized the repurchase of $400 million of outstanding shares of Class A and Class B common from October 1, 2025, through October 1, 2026… The $400 million repurchase program was completed in...
Aqua Bio Technology ASA announced that its NOK 10 million share‑capital increase, approved at the extraordinary general meeting on 16 February 2026, has been formally registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises. The company’s total share capital now stands at NOK 26,139,675, divided...
Great point in @SecScottBessent speech: Post-2008 liquidity buffers were designed to be spent in a crisis. Instead, they are treated as untouchable minimums and so banks hoard liquid assets rather than deploy them, making stress worse. (1/3) @vtg2 @BrendanPedersen @amacker...
Animal Spirits: A Wave of Redemptions Geopolitics vs the stock market vs AI Is inflation risk back? Is it time for a correction? The optimistic view on AI The most broken housing market in America The private credit crisis of confidence & more https://t.co/3VV58HRcdq https://t.co/V5eIvRDjMe
The UK’s official international reserves rose in February 2026, reaching approximately £115 billion, driven primarily by gains in foreign‑currency assets. Gold holdings remained steady at around £10 billion, while IMF‑related assets showed a marginal increase. The reserve portfolio’s composition shifted slightly toward US‑dollar‑denominated...
It’s not just “AI efficiency” that will cause massive layoffs in 2026. Many overhired and can’t “grow into it” now because revenue growth slowed a lot. -What are companies doing right now? -What are severance benchmarks? -How to best do a layoff https://t.co/Db7jHp7KFa
Weekly #Mortgage demand surged 11% higher last week, as rates sat near 4-year low https://t.co/2HClawHnMz @MBAMortgage
Institutional investors are accelerating into crypto, but large‑scale participation hinges on trustworthy custody solutions. Custodians protect private keys, offer multi‑signature and MPC safeguards, and align with regulatory frameworks, turning speculative assets into investable instruments. Providers such as WhiteBIT Institutional illustrate...
Fitch Ratings lowered Indonesia's credit outlook to negative, citing rising policy uncertainty. The agency kept the long‑term foreign‑currency issuer default rating at BBB, an investment‑grade level. This follows Moody's February decision to downgrade the outlook amid concerns over governance under...
Benefit Street Partners argues that private credit is entering its third act, defined by greater scale, operational flexibility, and industry consolidation. Institutional investors are allocating more capital to alternative credit for its excess returns and diversification benefits. However, they are...
Catastrophe‑bond yields stayed flat in February 2026, ending at 8.91% versus 8.87% in January. Primary issuances were priced roughly 30% lower than recent historical levels, generating price pressure that muted the expected seasonal spread widening after the hurricane season. Strong...
The European Union’s revised anti‑money‑laundering (AML) and counter‑terrorist financing framework transfers crime‑detection duties from public authorities to private banks and other obliged entities. By mandating extensive collection of personal and transactional data, the rules compel institutions to flag customers as...
The 2025 cleared rates‑swap data show that just over 62% of the $1,076 trillion notional is tied to risk‑free rate (RFR) indexes, leaving a 38% minority still anchored to legacy IBORs. Major currencies such as GBP, JPY and CAD have largely...
Accounting firms are urged to formalise AI usage policies as artificial intelligence becomes integral to audit, tax and advisory work. The Finance, Accounting & Bookkeeping Show in Birmingham will host a dedicated programme on AI threats and opportunities, highlighting the...
Ghana's banking sector is stabilizing as macroeconomic recovery and sweeping reforms take hold. Inflation fell from a record 54.1% in 2022 to 5.4% by early 2026 and the cedi appreciated about 30% while the Bank of Ghana cut its policy...
Chinese sovereign bonds are positioning themselves as a strategic alternative to US Treasuries, driven by investor demand for geopolitical hedges. Recent dollar‑denominated issuances in Hong Kong saw a 30‑times oversubscription, with coupon rates closely matching Treasury yields. Economist Xu Qiyuan...
