Credit Card debt at all-time highs? Party on.
#visa #mastercard $V $MA Source: Trendspider
Only 6% of Robinhood's revenue from stock trading, down from 25% five years ago.
The remainder comes from: Interest Revenue: 31% Cryptocurrency: 27% Options: 26% Other: 10% $HOOD Source: FinChat @finchat_io
PAYPAL JUST INTEGRATED WITH PERPLEXITY’S CHAT --
TURNING AI SEARCH INTO A SHOPPING, TRAVEL & TICKETING PLATFORM Source: CNBC, Shay Boloor
🔴 XAI AND PALANTIR PARTNER TO ACCELERATE AI IN FINANCIAL SERVICES
▶️ xAI has partnered with Palantir to drive AI adoption in the financial services sector, focusing on developing AI-driven solutions for businesses. The partnership, unveiled on May 6, extends an earlier collaboration with TWG Global. The collaboration aims to implement AI to enhance growth and operational efficiency, especially in the financial sector, by using "modular AI agents" tailored to specific business needs. AI’s integration at the C-suite level is key to its success, according to both companies, as they seek to unlock AI’s full potential in financial operations. Source: PYMNTS thru Mario Nawfal
BREAKING: U.S. Banks are currently facing $482 Billion in unrealized losses, an increase of 33% from the prior quarter.
Source: Barchart, BofA
NORWAY’S $1.7T SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND JUST POSTED A $40B LOSS IN Q1, ITS WORST DROP IN 6 QUARTERS.
The fund, run by Norges Bank Investment Management, pointed to a pullback in tech stocks as the main drag, with equity returns down 1.6%. Holdings like $AAPL, $NVDA, and $TSLA all took a hit. Fixed income helped a bit, returning 1.6%, but it wasn’t enough to offset the slump. CEO Nicolai Tangen said the recent market turmoil, especially after Trump’s tariff hikes, isn’t even fully reflected yet. That early-April tariff spike alone knocked off another $200M. Despite the loss, the fund still outperformed its benchmark by 0.16%. They’ve already started trimming some tech exposure to reduce risk. CFO also confirmed they didn’t make any moves in U.S. Treasuries in April—no buying or selling. The fund's performance is mostly tied to global indexes, so there's limited room for active moves. And while it’s staying out of nuclear weapons makers like Lockheed due to ethical guidelines, there's growing political pressure in Norway to rethink that stance. Source: Wall St Engine, The Borneo Post
Santander has overtaken UBS as continental Europe’s most valuable bank after Donald Trump’s tariff-induced market rout hit the Swiss lender harder than peers.
Santander Executive Chair is Ana Botín is with no doubt one of the greatest visionaries of our industry. Source: FT, Bloomberg
🔴 ROBINHOOD INTRODUCES “ROBINHOOD CORTEX”, OFFICIALLY BRINGING AI TO THEIR PLATFORM. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WILD ‼️
Together with Cortex, Robinhood announced Robinhood Strategies and Robinhood Banking to give their customers access to privatewealth management and banking services historically reserved for the ultra-wealthy. They are also giving a first look at the next big thing from Robinhood: "Robinhood Cortex", an AI investment tool launching later this year that is designed to provide real-time analysis and insights that help customers better navigate the markets, identify opportunities, and stay up to date on the latest market moving news.
