Standard Chartered shares fell nearly 9% on Friday after US Republican lawmaker Elise Stefanik asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to launch a probe into the bank over alleged sanctions evasion.

SoftBank and Intel confirmed Monday that Masayoshi Son’s conglomerate will invest $2 billion in Intel stock, making SoftBank the chipmaker’s sixth-largest shareholder.

Facing critical shortages of doctors and nurses, startup Medallion launched a new financial intermediary to ease the administrative burden on physicians.

A perfect storm of rising health care costs, expensive new drugs, and the scheduled end of enhanced federal subsidies could drive Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace premiums to their steepest levels in years—hitting more than 24 million Americans in their wallets.

President Donald Trump said Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon should either replace the bank’s chief economist or “just focus on being a DJ.”

Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp. posted a 421.8 billion yen ($2.9 billion) profit in the April–June quarter, rebounding from a loss a year earlier.

Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters is standing out in the global banking sector by maintaining a flexible hybrid work policy and resisting the rigid office mandates now sweeping Wall Street.

Weaker-than-expected economic data—underscored by July’s disappointing payroll report recently released—is challenging the strong momentum that has propelled U.S. bank stocks to record highs this year.

The Bank of England (BOE) is likely to deliver another interest rate cut on Thursday, as tax hikes and wary consumers weigh down Britain’s economy and prompt firms to slow hiring.

Millions of student borrowers could begin having their wages garnished as soon as this summer, according to estimates from credit bureau TransUnion.

The United Kingdom’s leading financial technology (fintech) firm, Revolut—which currently serves over 60 million users and facilitates more than half a billion transactions every month worldwide—is set to establish its second Global Tech Hub in Asia, right in the Philippines.

UBS said it will pay $300 million to settle outstanding obligations related to the misselling of mortgage-linked investments by Credit Suisse in the U.S.

ericans are carrying more debt than ever, but so far, borrowers appear to be managing, according to financial results from Synchrony.

Sanford “Sandy” Weill, the former CEO and chairman of banking giant Citigroup, and his wife Joan, longtime donors to medical research on both coasts of the U.S., are stepping up their efforts.

HSBC Holdings reported a sharper-than-expected drop in profit, weighed down by write-downs linked to its exposure to a Chinese bank and Hong Kong real estate.

BDO Unibank, Inc. successfully raised PHP115 billion for its fourth peso-denominated ASEAN Sustainability Bond issuance—23 times oversubscribed from the original offer of PHP5 billion.

Japan’s $550 billion investment package, agreed to under this week’s U.S. tariff deal, could help finance a Taiwanese company building semiconductor plants in the U.S.

A new but familiar player is entering the high-end credit card arena. Citigroup is launching the Strata Elite Card, its latest attempt to claim a share of the high-fee, high-rewards market.

Government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) have remitted a total of ₱105 billion to the National Treasury as of July 2025, providing crucial funding for the administration’s public services and development projects.

Fears that employees of foreign firms could become entangled with Chinese authorities have resurfaced following news that a U.S. bank employee at Wells Fargo has been banned from leaving the country.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is ramping up efforts to expand and enhance financial inclusion across all sectors in the country.

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has completed the sale of stock holdings it acquired from distressed banks during Japan’s domestic banking crisis in the early 2000s and the subsequent global financial crisis.

As the four largest U.S. banks—JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup—report earnings this week, some analysts are warning clients that valuations are stretched and that the current market rally could soon lose momentum.

Bank of America has lost another key investor as the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA)—the Gulf state’s trillion-dollar sovereign wealth fund—sold its $3.1 billion stake in the bank.