Wall Street hovers near record highs. Here’s why we want to see choppiness

Wall Street hovers near record highs. Here’s why we want to see choppiness

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments. 1. Stocks opened higher Monday in a continuation of last week’s momentum, which saw all major indexes gain more than 1%. The Dow closed Friday at a record while the … Read more

UniCredit boosts its stake in Commerzbank, applies to own up to 29.9% of the German bank

UniCredit boosts its stake in Commerzbank, applies to own up to 29.9% of the German bank

Commerzbank headquarters in the financial district of Frankfurt, Germany, on Sept. 12, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images UniCredit announced on Monday it had increased its stake in German lender Commerzbank to around 21% and submitted a request to boost the holding to up to 29.9%. The Italian bank acquired the additional Commerzbank shares … Read more

AA in talks to pick Citigroup over Barclays

AA in talks to pick Citigroup over Barclays

An American Airlines’ Embraer E175LR (front), an American Airlines’ Boeing 737 (C) and an American Airlines’ Boeing 737 are seen parked at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York on May 24, 2024.  Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images American Airlines is in talks to make Citigroup its exclusive credit card partner, dropping rival issuer … Read more

What buying Commerzbank would mean for UniCredit and German banks

What buying Commerzbank would mean for UniCredit and German banks

The Commerzbank building (second from right) in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on Sept. 25, 2023. Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty Images UniCredit‘s move to take a stake in German lender Commerzbank is raising questions on whether a long awaited cross-border merger could spur more acquisitions and shake up the European banking sector. Last … Read more

JPMorgan investment bank creates new role overseeing junior bankers

JPMorgan investment bank creates new role overseeing junior bankers

JPMorgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon gestures as he speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 6, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters JPMorgan Chase has created a new global role overseeing all junior bankers in an … Read more

JPMorgan Chase in talks with Apple to take card from Goldman Sachs

JPMorgan Chase in talks with Apple to take card from Goldman Sachs

Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces Apple Card during a launch event at Apple headquarters on Monday, March 25, 2019, in Cupertino, California. Noah Berger | AFP | Getty Images Apple is in discussions with JPMorgan Chase for the bank to take over the tech giant’s flagship credit card program from Goldman Sachs, a person with … Read more

FDIC rule would make banks keep fintech customer data after Synapse debacle

FDIC rule would make banks keep fintech customer data after Synapse debacle

Tsingha25 | Istock | Getty Images The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Tuesday proposed a new rule forcing banks to keep more detailed records for customers of fintech apps after the failure of tech firm Synapse resulted in thousands of Americans being locked out of their accounts. The rule, aimed at accounts opened by fintech … Read more

Tech might not be the biggest beneficiary of rate cut

Tech might not be the biggest beneficiary of rate cut

The sun rises behind the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center on September 14, 2024, in Jersey City, New Jersey.  Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need … Read more

India’s central bank chief plays down fears of a deposit crunch

India’s central bank chief plays down fears of a deposit crunch

Despite widespread bullishness on India, with its stock market highs and healthy bank balance sheets, a shortage of deposits is causing some uneasiness in the country’s financial sector. Speaking to CNBC in an exclusive interview, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das discussed the issue of slowing growth in bank deposits underperforming an expansion … Read more

UniCredit’s Andrea Orcel plays a bold hand, with Commerzbank in his sights

UniCredit’s Andrea Orcel plays a bold hand, with Commerzbank in his sights

UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel during an interview at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images UniCredit‘s CEO Andrea Orcel revealed his hand this week as the Italian lender built a 9% stake in Commerzbank — and a takeover bid for the German rival could … Read more