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UST Provides Cautionary Tale: Protocol Liquidity Is a Fundamental Operational Imperative

Josh FormanMay 25, 202214 min

The space is moving fast, and new instruments and methods are constantly being developed. Josh Forman shares insights on how protocol liquidity is a fundamental operational imperative today!

Investments

BlackRock Completes Acquisition of HPS Investment Partners

BusinessWireJuly 8, 20258 min

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) and HPS Investment Partners (HPS) today announced the successful completion of BlackRock’s acquisition of HPS. Private credit is reshaping financial markets and the structural trends supporting its growth have accelerated the convergence of public and private markets. Financing activity is being shifted toward the capital markets, positioning asset managers to match long-dated capital with long-term investors, including insurance companies, pensions, sovereign wealth funds, wealth managers, and individuals saving for retirement. With...

Investments

Foresight Raises $5.5M Seed to Unite Data & AI in Private Market

BusinessWireJune 27, 20255 min

NEA leads investment in NYC-based SaaS startup building the first data and AI infrastructure layer for private company investors, lenders, and acquirers

In-House Features

DeFi vs TradFi: What Traditional Finance Can Learn from DeFi

FTB News DeskJune 27, 202521 min

Explore how traditional finance (TradFi) can adopt key innovations from decentralized finance (DeFi) to stay relevant in a rapidly evolving financial ecosystem.

Direct Lending

martini.ai Launches Free Credit Intelligence Platform for Corporate Lending

BusinessWireJune 25, 20258 min

Opening Access and Transparency to $10 Trillion Corporate Credit Market

Investments

Singapore Stocks Shine in Moomoo 2025 Investor Survey

PRNewswireJune 25, 20257 min

Singapore stocks remain the strategic foundation of retail portfolios, as shown by data from Moomoo Singapore’s 2H2025 Retail Investor Sentiment Survey. Over 7 in 10 investors in Singapore consider Singapore stocks an integral part of their investment portfolios, saying they intend to either maintain or increase their exposure to local stocks in the coming months. The survey, conducted in April 2025 with nearly 1,500 respondents across a broad cross-section of Singapore’s retail investor base, captures a comprehensive view of how investors in Singapore, from...

Guest Articles

The Intelligence Core: The Missing Link in Banking’s Data Strategy

Kevin GreenJune 25, 202515 min

Bankers are struggling to connect the dots between all the data they have at their disposal. Purpose-built generative AI provides them with the context needed to do their jobs effectively.

Banking

Glia Named to 2025 AIFinTech100 for AI Customer Interaction Leadership

BusinessWireJune 20, 20256 min

Award Highlights Glia’s Success in Automating and Elevating Customer Interactions With AI Built for Financial Services

Insurance

SmartStream Brings AI-Powered Data Management to the Insurance Sector

BusinessWireJune 12, 20255 min

SmartStream, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM®) and solutions provider, has announced the expansion of its AI-driven reconciliation and data management platform, SmartStream Air, into the insurance sector. This move aims to help insurers tackle fragmented data challenges, reduce operational costs, and strengthen compliance through robust audit trails. As the insurance industry struggles with limited digital maturity, it faces mounting pressure from increasing transaction volumes, persistent data quality issues, and the complex demands of evolving...

Banking

Synovus strengthens South Carolina presence

BusinessWireJune 11, 20257 min

Synovus is accelerating its growth by adding new relationship managers in commercial and middle market banking and wealth services, reinforcing its commitment to delivering personalized, relationship-driven banking. The bank expects to increase its hiring of relationship managers by 20%-30% across target growth markets in the southeast over the next three years. “As we expand in high-opportunity markets across the southeast, we’re investing in talented people who understand local economies and prioritize a client-centric approach,” said...

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