Banking / Financial Services News and Press Releases

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Hospitality and leisure sector boosts investment in the experience economy despite rising costs: 6/4/2026 9:39:26 AM; Barclays’ new Hospitality & Leisure (H&L) report reveals that businesses are continuing to invest and expand, particularly in providing experience-led offerings, even as rising costs and geopolitical uncertainty impacts confidence and consumer spending.
Are You Ready to Buy a Home? Most Prospective First-Time Buyers Aren’t and Don’t Know It: 6/3/2026 11:00:24 AM; For many Americans, buying a home is the largest financial commitment they will ever make. But with the annual homebuying season kicking into full gear, a new Wells Fargo quiz reveals a troubling knowledge gap: most would-be buyers don’t understand some basic facts about purchasing a home.
Nippon Life Insurance Company Enters into Strategic Partnership with Blackstone: 6/3/2026 10:22:05 AM; Nippon Life Insurance Company (“Nippon Life”) has entered into a memorandum of understanding for a comprehensive strategic partnership (the “Strategic Partnership”) with Blackstone (“Blackstone”) to provide investment management services in the private credit and real estate sectors.
Rick Hansen Foundation, RBC and RBC Foundation Announce 40 Recipients of the RBC Barrier Buster Grants Program: 6/3/2026 10:18:29 AM; • Forty communities across Canada -- including municipalities, schools and community groups -- will each receive grants of up to $40,000 to fund physical accessibility improvements through RBC Barrier Buster Grants Program.
“Future Walking” by Rafael Manzon is Now an International Bestseller: 6/2/2026 2:27:39 PM; Best Seller Publishing is proud to announce the International Bestselling status of “Future Walking: Déjà Vu for Money, Health, and Happiness” by entrepreneur, strategist, and thought leader Rafael Manzon.
Barclays calls for refocussed UK strategy to attract global capital: 6/2/2026 9:49:20 AM; Today, Barclays has published a report calling for a refocussed UK foreign investment strategy to strengthen its position as a global investment hub, helping to deliver an investment-led growth model by attracting more high-quality international capital.
Blackstone Raises its Largest Asia Private Equity Fund at $13.1 Billion: 6/2/2026 9:36:59 AM; Blackstone (NYSE: BX) today announced the final close of Blackstone Capital Partners Asia III (“BCP Asia III”) at $13.1 billion, exceeding its $10 billion target and marking the firm’s largest private equity fundraise in the region.
RBC Investor Services surpasses $3 trillion assets under administration with strong momentum in Canadian market: 6/2/2026 9:33:14 AM; RBC Investor Services (RBCIS), a Canadian leader in asset servicing, reached C$3.1 trillion in assets under administration in Q2 2026, up 15% year over year.
Oracle, Related Digital, Blackstone, OpenAI, Walbridge and Governor Whitmer Celebrate Construction of Stargate Campus in Saline Township: 6/2/2026 9:08:10 AM; Oracle, Related Digital, Blackstone, OpenAI, Walbridge, and Governor Gretchen Whitmer celebrated construction of The Barn, the multi-billion-dollar Stargate data center campus under construction in Saline Township, which is the single largest economic investment in Michigan’s history.
Papua New Guinea to expand drinking-water networks with $25 million in financing from EIB Global: 6/2/2026 9:01:07 AM; • EIB Global provides Papua New Guinea with €25 million concessional loan combined with a €16.4 million financial contribution by the European Union to increase availability of drinking water countrywide.
Visma’s Inexchange emerges as Europe’s leading e-invoicing solution: 6/1/2026 1:56:07 PM; Visma, a global provider of mission-critical business software, announces the merger of four of its Nordic companies - Inexchange, Maventa, mySupply and efacto - to create one of Europe’s leading providers of e-invoicing solutions.
I Squared Capital Launches U.S. AI Inference and Edge Colocation Data Center Platform: 6/1/2026 1:53:21 PM; I Squared Capital (“I Squared”), a leading global infrastructure investment manager, announced that it has entered into a definitive Purchase and Sale Agreement to acquire a portfolio of ten data center facilities from Cogent Fiber, LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.
Americans Are Paying More at the Pump–But Buying Less Overall, Rocket Money Study Reveals: 6/1/2026 1:48:32 PM; • The average Rocket Money user spent 29% more on gas in early May than in early February, and 34% more than a year ago. Gas prices rose nearly twice as much, though, signaling that drivers are getting by on less fuel.
Indosuez Wealth Management in Monaco, partner of the Monaco Blue Initiative and the Blue Economy & Finance Forum 2026: 6/1/2026 6:46:28 AM; CFM Indosuez, the leading wealth management bank in the Principality, alongside Crédit Agricole CIB and Crédit Agricole S.A., renewed its partnership with the Monaco Blue Initiative and the Blue Economy & Finance Forum, which will take place in Monaco from 27 to 29 May 2026.
Ennov Announces Strategic Growth Investment from Bregal Sagemount and Ardian: 6/1/2026 6:41:55 AM; Ennov (the “Company”), a global provider of end-to-end regulatory, quality, and clinical software solutions for life sciences and healthcare companies, announced a strategic growth investment led by Bregal Sagemount (“Sagemount”), a leading growth-focused private equity firm, with participation from Ardian, a global private investment firm.
SAS launches its own business credit card program: 5/29/2026 11:47:34 AM; The new program marks a significant milestone for SAS as the company develops and operates its own business credit card under the SAS EuroBonus umbrella.
Standard Chartered appoints Shebani Baweja as Group Chief Data Officer: 5/29/2026 8:44:14 AM; Standard Chartered today announced the appointment of Shebani Baweja as Group Chief Data Officer (CDO) with immediate effect. Shebani will be reporting to Alvaro Garrido, Chief Operating Officer for Technology & Operations (T&O) and Chief Information Officer for Information Security & Data, and will be based in Singapore.
Apogee Therapeutics Announces $1.3 Billion Strategic Financing Collaboration with Blackstone Life Sciences to Advance Phase 3 Development and Commercialization of Zumilokibart: 5/29/2026 8:42:57 AM; Up to $1.3 billion in flexible, non-dilutive capital, including up to $800 million of synthetic royalty and access of up to $500 million in senior corporate debt Combined with company’s current total cash of $1.3 billion, this transaction positions Apogee to achieve a self-sustainable financial profile through commercialization of zumilokibart without need for future …
Main Source Funding Highlights the Importance of Simplicity in a Complex Debt Relief Landscape: 5/27/2026 9:53:26 PM; Main Source Funding, a national debt consolidation loan provider, highlights what it sees as a critical and underserved need in the consumer lending market: simplicity.
Iconic Launches AI-Powered M&A Platform to Unlock $5 Trillion in Small-Business Wealth: 5/27/2026 11:20:15 AM; Iconic, a tech-enabled M&A advisory firm, today launched publicly with a purpose-built AI system that cuts deal time in half and gives small-business brokers the infrastructure to build scalable, six-figure practices serving Main Street.