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Three-quarters of healthcare payouts still arrive by check. Visa Direct's Edward Galvin explains the hidden costs and why FSAs are the proving ground for real-time.
A $4.8M, five-year contract with a top investment bank pushes AI into trade routing and settlement monitoring. Three recent deals signal infrastructure oversight is now a budgeted use case.
Travel demand has held up better than expected, and Expedia's valuation discount may be overdone. A contributor argues the stock could re-rate if bookings stay steady through the next earnings cycle.
PSU banks and consumer durables lead the session as crude oil retreats and US-Iran optimism lifts sentiment. Nifty eyes 24,200 resistance ahead of the Fed decision.
Visa's Click to Pay is rolling out to millions of Revolut cardholders, cutting checkout time by 20 seconds and reducing fraud by up to 91%.
Rigel plans to launch Veppanu in August after antitrust clearance for a deal with Arvinas and Pfizer. The $70 million upfront payment and up to $320 million milestones are now active.
Trident Resources hit 41.46 g/t gold over 3.42m at BK3 Zone. Winter program exceeded expectations. A $26M treasury funds a 20,000m summer program.
An analyst initiated coverage on Skyworks Solutions with a Buy rating and $116 price target, implying 53% upside from $76. The analyst argued the discount is too wide for the catalysts ahead.
Morgan Stanley Saudi Arabia will market-make for Hamad Mohammed Bin Saedan Real Estate on Nomu starting June 17, with a 5% spread cap and 50% session presence requirement.
The Trump administration delayed adding DeepSeek and CXMT to a trade blacklist to avoid escalating tensions with Beijing. Markets rallied on the news.
Aegon appointed Will Fuller as President and COO and selected New York City as its global headquarters, advancing its planned relocation to the United States.
Maharashtra hiked MSRTC DA by 5 points to 58%, costing ₹13.75 Cr/year plus ₹100 Cr in HRA arrears. Unions threaten chakka jam in late June if back pay is not cleared. The next marker is the CM meeting.
Oklahomans voted against raising the minimum wage to $15, keeping it at $7.25. Rep. Kevin Hern won the GOP Senate primary with 69.7%. The governor's race heads to a runoff.
Jio and NSE may file IPO papers this week. At $6 billion combined, the offerings would test India's capacity to absorb mega-listings without disrupting existing portfolios.
Durov aimed at the wrong target. Reliance Communications, not Meta-backed Jio, runs the subsea cables he says were hijacked. The Indian government's Telegram ban stems from exam paper leaks.
Puravankara acquired land in North Bengaluru for a housing project that could generate ₹800 crore in revenue. The missing cost data leaves margin expectations unclear for investors.
Schneider Electric pushes demand-side efficiency for AI energy at VivaTech, citing a Texas credit union. Building management and smart grid vendors benefit.
EquipmentShare upsized its second lien note offering to $1.35B, raising $300M more than planned for corporate purposes and refinancing.
The famous short seller questioned SpaceX's $3 trillion valuation on X. He said put options are too costly to act. The post highlights the difficulty of betting against private companies commanding sky-high secondary market prices.
India's new labour code cuts compliance friction with single registration, mandatory electronic filings, and consolidated inspections. Three changes that reduce paperwork and inspection delays.
Hawk secured a heritage agreement, clearing the way for drilling at its Olympus scandium project in WA. The cultural survey is the last approval milestone before early Q3 field work.
Survey interpretation at Music Valley highlights thorium-rich domains as the best proxy for heavy rare earth mineralisation. Ground truth mapping now underway will determine if targets are drill-ready.
Lukashenko calls Gaza a Holocaust as death toll tops 73,000. With Lebanon next in focus, a $1B U.S. embassy complex raises questions about Washington's long-term strategy.
The Dow hit a record high as Brent crude fell below $80 on the US-Iran deal. The Fed is expected to leave rates unchanged but the dot plot and Warsh's tone are the wildcards.
UK secures £1.3B in battery storage and clean power investments from French and Indian firms at G7. The pledges close a wide gap between current capacity and 2030 targets.
CoreWeave's Weak Alpha Score of 19 reflects debt that has grown faster than revenue. Interest on $14 billion in debt runs $1.2 billion annually, with no price floor on GPU compute contracts.
TD EasyWeb failed for some users June 16 while TDDI worked fine. Support couldn't fix it over the phone. A branch visit may be the only option for now.
Fifth Third’s EVE would fall 4.3% on a 200‑bp rate drop, up from ~2% in December. Flagstar hedged the other way. One of them is wrong.
Prop shops avoid Kalshi and Polymarket. Thin liquidity and binary settlement make market-making unprofitable. A CFTC ruling on election contracts later this year could change the math.
The Nvidia CEO urged everyone to engage with AI and backed regulation as necessary. He dismissed government ownership ideas, a positive for AI hardware demand.