Ex-Celsius CEO Mashinsky gets 12-year sentence for crypto fraud
Alexander Mashinsky, the former CEO of crypto firm Celsius Network, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for commodities fraud and securities fraud.
Vroom, pressed for capital, shutters e-comm
Vroom is discontinuing its e-commerce and used-vehicle dealership businesses as the retailer faces ongoing liquidity challenges. The retailer on Jan….
Bank of Israel selects 14 teams to present use cases for digital shekel
The Bank of Israel has assembled 14 teams from the private sector, the public sector, and academia to study potential use case for a digital shekel.
JPMorgan Chase to launch digital bank in Germany
JPmorgan Chase is to launch its retail digital bank in Germany next year.
Auto lease ABS issuance hits 10-year high
Auto lease asset-backed securitization issuance volume reached a 10-year high this year, led by captive finance companies. “Retail auto lease…
Ford expands EV offerings to all US dealers to juice sales
Ford Motor Co. will sell its lineup of electric vehicles through all 2,800 of its US dealers in a bid…
Honda Powersports launches nonprime financing with Octane
Powersports lender Octane has inked an agreement with Honda that allows nonprime customers to finance Honda powersports products for the…
IBM hires BoA CTO Boville to lead cloud biz
IBM has hired former Bank of America chief technology officer Howard Boville as head of its cloud business.
Nordis Technologies partners with Solutions by Text to boost customer communications
TransUnion spots another quarterly decline in subprime auto
Average monthly new-vehicle loan payment hits $761 in June
Consumers are slowing purchases and auto lenders are tightening credit standards as auto loan delinquencies and monthly payments continue to…
ABN Amro joins hyperledger hackathon
ABN Amro, IBM, Holland FinTech and Linux Foundation are to run the first-ever Hyperledger hackathon, inviting coders to develop new financial applications capable of running on distributed ledgers.
Google Cloud predicts four ways that GenAI will transform financial services
The next year will see an industry tipping point for AI innovation in the financial sector, says Zac Maufe, global head of regulated industries at Google Cloud.
US credit risk gauge shows fear rising as tariffs loom this week
A gauge of credit risk rose on Monday as looming tariffs stoked concerns of an economic slowdown and stock markets fell. The…














