Tagged: goldman sachs

May 30, 2018 @ 8:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Business commerce platform Tradeshift announced on Wednesday it secured $250 million through its latest Series E funding round, which was led by Goldman Sachs and Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments). The company reported that the additional participation comes from HSBC, H14, GP Bullhound, and… Read More

May 16, 2018 @ 10:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Marcus, a fast emerging digital only challenger bank, is poised to enter the UK market and then cross the channel to set up operations in Germany. This is according to multiple reports as the erstwhile online lender leverages its successful US tech in other markets…. Read More

May 10, 2018 @ 11:32 am By JD Alois  |  

An article in WSJ is reporting that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has decided to partner up with Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) on a new joint credit card. Expected to launch early next year, the initiative is described as “a move that would deepen the technology giant’s push into… Read More

May 3, 2018 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

As has been widely rumored, Goldman Sachs finally has outed itself regarding its cryptocurrency ambitions of launching a digital assets trading desk. NYT spoke to Goldman Sachs executive Rana Yared, who is helping set up the operations, who said that Bitcoin is not a fraud… Read More

April 24, 2018 @ 3:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs is not just embracing Fintech change in digital banking with leading online lender Marcus but the global investment bank is adding names to its long rumored cryptocurrency trading desk. Meanwhile, other big banks continue to stare and wonder why. Tearsheet has reported that… Read More

April 18, 2018 @ 12:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein told CNBC today they have not “lost their minds” by moving into the highly competitive consumer banking business with Marcus. Blankfein explained that the consumer business has moved to them because the digital world can allow them to scale. “If… Read More

April 17, 2018 @ 8:46 am By JD Alois  |  

A report yesterday stated that Barclays bank is considering launching a cryptocurrency trading desk. Barclays is not alone in considering this new line of business as it has been widely reported that Goldman Sachs is looking at doing the same. Other banks are expected to… Read More

April 15, 2018 @ 6:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs Bank USA has acquired Clarity Money a Fintech founded by CEO Adam Dell. Clarity Money is an app based service that helps consumers better manage their personal finances with machine learning and intuitive design to provide actionable insights. The robo-advisor claims over one million… Read More

April 13, 2018 @ 10:19 am By Cali Haan  |  

Press tracking events in crypto have been reporting on talent migrating from traditional tech and finance into blockchain and crypto for some time now. The latest news concerns an announcement that Richard Kim, formerly VP London at Goldman Sachs, is now CEO at Mike Novogratz’s new… Read More

February 15, 2018 @ 6:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment banking is a highly profitable business. Goldman Sachs, perhaps the most prominent investment bank in the world, raked in $32 billion during fiscal 2017 with the majority of this revenue driven specifically by investment banking. Yet arguably, much of the value that is provided… Read More

February 13, 2018 @ 12:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Today, during an investor presentation at the Credit Suisse 19th Annual Financial Services Forum in Key Biscayne, Florida, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein delivered a presentation on his bank’s operations. Buried in the middle of the deck was some interesting perspective on Marcus, Goldman’s foray into… Read More

February 7, 2018 @ 1:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Steven Strongin, Goldman Sachs Global Head of Investment Research, has published a report claiming most cryptocurrencies are going to zero. The harsh assessment comes at a time when pretty much all cryptocurrencies have been experiencing some gut wrenching volatility. At the end of 2017, Bitcoin hit… Read More

February 7, 2018 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Online lending eventually will be the norm, not the exception. As bricks and mortar ebbs away, Fintech is filling the void due to demand and the sheer efficacy of the online lending process. Indicative of this systemic trend is a report this week in WSJ.com… Read More

January 17, 2018 @ 8:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Meeting a prediction from this past June set by Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, online lending platform Marcus topped $2 billion in loan originations. Additionally, Marcus reported online deposits of over $5 billion. Deposits and consumer lending have now been combined under a single brand, thus,… Read More

January 17, 2018 @ 1:30 am By Timothy Li  |  

Last year, I boldly predicted 10 Fintech movements that will take place as Earth makes another perfect rotation around our Sun. It’s always fun to look back and see how wrong I was, so let’s stump the chump! Here are my original predictions. Let’s score… Read More

January 4, 2018 @ 9:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Ron Suber is one of the best known names in the marketplace lending world and a staunch champion of the future of online lending. For many years, Suber was President of Prosper – a leading platform that targets the consumer lending sector – mainly… Read More

December 21, 2017 @ 4:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is getting into crypto. This is according to a report by Bloomberg that states the august investment bank will have a cryptocurrency trading desk set up by June 2018. The story is still developing but should come as no surprise as recent additions… Read More

October 27, 2017 @ 8:17 am By JD Alois  |  

CommonBond, an online lender that helps students and graduates finance their loans, has closed a $248 million securitization of refinanced student loans. This is the largest and highest rated securitization for the Fintech to date. The offering’s most senior notes achieved AA ratings from Moody’s,… Read More

October 24, 2017 @ 10:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Klook, Asia’s largest in-destination services booking platform, has raised nearly $60 million in a Series C funding round.  The financing was led by Sequoia China which also led the Series B Funding. Goldman Sachs and Matrix Partners joined in the round. OurCrowd, a leading global investment… Read More

October 2, 2017 @ 12:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs is strongly considering launching a cryptocurrency trading division. This is according to a report by WSJ.com that apparently received the information directly from  GS executives. If Goldman Sachs launches the new operation, it will be the first Blue Chip Wall Street firm to… Read More