Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) has quietly joined Wall Street's stablecoin race, investing in U.K.-based BVNK as banks prepare for what could become a $1.9 trillion market for tokenized dollars. Citi Deepens Push Into Tokenized Money The deal came through Citi Ventures on Thursday. BVNK handles over $20 billion in annual transactions for clients such as Worldpay, Flywire, and dLocal. "Stablecoins are gaining tra ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's government on Friday announced a new real estate funding framework that loosens rules on the mandatory allocation of bank resources to the sector, releasing 36.9 billion reais ($6.72 billion) for them to boost housing loans. The changes are based on easing the use of savings accounts as the main source of housing credit in Latin America's largest economy. Although exempt from income tax, savings accounts offer returns well below the benchmark interest rate, leading to signifi ...

Welcome to Market Catalyst. I'm Julie Hyman. We are 30 minutes into the US trading day. Here's what we're watching this hour. First up, how far can the tech trade run. We'll discuss with Dan Ies of Wed Bush. Plus, big banks gear up for earnings. We'll preview what to watch. and we sit down with the incoming CEO of Plug Power to discuss the state of the business, its stock rally, and more. First up, let's take a look at what's going on in stocks here today. Right now, we've got the Dow trading higher by abou ...

Bank of America recently turned bullish on large-cap growth ETFs in its latest 2025 outlook. It changed ratings for more than a dozen funds, including initiating coverage on 14 growth ETFs and refreshing the ratings on five others. Overall, a total of 8 ETFs earned its highest rating. The upgrade comes at a time when tech, mega-caps and AI stocks have dominated the market since 2023. Concentration at the top of the S&P 500 is reaching unprecedented highs and the magnificent 7 continue driving the S&P 500’ ...

(Bloomberg) -- Mining magnate German Larrea’s conglomerate, Grupo Mexico SAB, said it accepts Citigroup Inc.’s decision to reject its $9.3 billion offer for the US bank’s Grupo Financiero Banamex business.“Grupo Mexico respects Citi’s determination and wishes it success in the transaction it has opted for and in the fate it has chosen for Banamex,” the company said in a statement Friday, adding that it hopes the move “will result in stability and growth for the Mexican financial sector.”Citi said on Thursda ...

RUSTON, La., Oct. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Origin Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: OBK) (“Origin”), the financial holding company for Origin Bank, plans to issue third quarter 2025 results after the market closes on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, and hold a conference call to discuss such results on Thursday, October 23, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. Central Time (9:00 a.m. Eastern Time). The conference call will be hosted by Drake Mills, Chairman, President and CEO of Origin, William J. Wallace, IV, Chief Financial Officer of ...

RUSTON, La., Oct. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Origin Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: OBK) (“Origin”), the financial holding company for Origin Bank, plans to issue third quarter 2025 results after the market closes on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, and hold a conference call to discuss such results on Thursday, October 23, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. Central Time (9:00 a.m. Eastern Time). The conference call will be hosted by Drake Mills, Chairman, President and CEO of Origin, William J. Wallace, IV, Chief Financial Officer of ...

Getting big returns from financial portfolios, whether through stocks, bonds, ETFs, other securities, or a combination of all, is an investor's dream. But for income investors, generating consistent cash flow from each of your liquid investments is your primary focus.While cash flow can come from bond interest or interest from other types of investments, income investors hone in on dividends. A dividend is that coveted distribution of a company's earnings paid out to shareholders, and investors often view i ...

Goldman Sachs is out with its quarterly list of top 25 tactical trades for earning season. Familiar segment on this program. Their top upside names include Broadcom, Disney, Celsius, and Win. Some downside names include MAS and Super Micro.List has outperformed the S&P by 3% annually over the last 13 years. And joining us here at Post9 as always, Goldman Sachs head of derivatives research John Marshall is with us. John, happy earnings season.Thank you very much. You we you know the pattern here. We generall ...

Investors looking for stocks in the Banks - Foreign sector might want to consider either Lloyds (LYG) or Mizuho (MFG) . But which of these two stocks presents investors with the better value opportunity right now? Let's take a closer look.We have found that the best way to discover great value opportunities is to pair a strong Zacks Rank with a great grade in the Value category of our Style Scores system. The Zacks Rank favors stocks with strong earnings estimate revision trends, and our Style Scores highli ...