Tagged: goldman sachs

August 20, 2019 @ 3:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

MPOWER Financing, a U.S. fintech that provides educational loans to international and DACA students, announced on Tuesday it secured a $100 million loan facility from Goldman Sachs. According to MPOWER, the latest facility brings the total loan financial capital to $200 million. Founded in 2014,… Read More

August 9, 2019 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

The Apple Card (NASDAQ:AAPL) is rolling out all of this month with registered individuals receiving email notifications to sign up for the virtual/physical card. Managed by Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), the Apple Card expects to launch with interest rates (APRs) ranging from 12.99% to 23.99% when… Read More

August 5, 2019 @ 10:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Apple Card, a “new kind of credit card” launched by Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) in partnership with Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is expected to be made available to the public within the next few days. In fact, it has been reported that invitation emails have already gone out… Read More

August 4, 2019 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

The Apple Card is expected to be available to the public any day now following the most recent earnings report where Apple CEO Tim Cook said the card will launch in August.  The credit card is being issued in partnership with Goldman Sachs and Apple… Read More

July 30, 2019 @ 5:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Following a solid top and bottom-line beat for the Q3 earnings report, Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed that Apple Card, the credit card crafted in partnership with Goldman Sachs, will launch in August. Apple Card is an extension of Apple Pay and the Apple Wallet…. Read More

July 18, 2019 @ 2:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) issued its Q2 earnings report this past Tuesday (July 16). Goldman’s shares moved higher following the release after beating expectations on both the top and bottom lines. Goldman also announced an increase in the capital return program including an increase in the… Read More

July 16, 2019 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Raisin, a Germany-based Fintech that has rapidly grown in popularity across the continent, has received a €25 million from Goldman Sachs. Raisin announced its intent to cross the Atlantic this past May and enter the US market. Raisin is a Fintech that enables savers to… Read More

June 28, 2019 @ 9:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Facebook’s Libra coin, a stablecoin crypto, may eventually falter and fail. It will take some time for Libra to get its digital sea legs or not. But whether or not you are a Libra fan or detractor, old finance is standing up and taking notice…. Read More

June 8, 2019 @ 12:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) CEO David Salomon reportedly told an audience last week that his company is getting zero credit for its digital bank startup Marcus. “If we were out in Silicon Valley and made 20% of the progress that we’ve made, we would get a… Read More

June 4, 2019 @ 1:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Money Dashboard, a UK-based online personal financial management service, announced on Tuesday it has released integrations with three new account providers – Revolut, Chip, and Marcus by Goldman Sachs. According to Money Dashboard, the integrations help consumers track spending and progress towards their savings goals in real time…. Read More

May 9, 2019 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

A report in Yahoo Finance indicates that Marcus, Goldman Sachs’ digital only challenger bank, is doing quite well in the United Kingdom. Des McDaid, the Managing Director for Marcus in the UK, stated: “We’ve passed a quarter of a million customers and just over £8bn… Read More

April 15, 2019 @ 11:17 am By JD Alois  |  

While most of the headlines covering Goldman Sachs’ (NYSE:GS) Q1 earnings report targeted the decline in earnings and profit, for investors that tuned in to the earnings call they were able to learn more about Goldman’s transformation into a financial services firm of the future…. Read More

February 21, 2019 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Apple (NASDAQ: APPL) and Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) are hooking up with a new credit card scheduled to launch this spring, according to a report in WSJ.com. Rumblings of a Goldman – Apple partnership first emerged in May of 2018, again reported by WSJ. At… Read More

February 11, 2019 @ 2:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nav, a business financial management app that helps small business find the best financing by giving them free access to business and personal credit reports from major commercial and consumer credit bureaus, announced on Monday it secured $44 million through its Series C funding round, which… Read More

January 30, 2019 @ 2:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online student lending platform, Climb Credit, announced on Wednesday it secured $50 million in lending capital from the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group. Since launching in 2014, Climb reported it has originated nearly $100 million worth of loans, funded the education of nearly 10,000 students and partnered with over 100… Read More

January 22, 2019 @ 4:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based fintech firm Nutmeg announced on Tuesday it secured £45 million through its latest funding round, which was led by Goldman Sachs and Convoy, which is an existing investor of the company. As previously reported, Nutmeg is described as the UK’s first online “discretionary investment management company.”… Read More

January 17, 2019 @ 9:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital only bank Marcus continues to gain traction in both the US and the UK. During the Q4 earnings call by Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) yesterday, the management team shared some additional insight into the Fintech’s growth. Goldman, by the way, reported blowout numbers which… Read More

January 3, 2019 @ 10:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fintech, or financial innovation, is pervasive within the financial services industry. Innovation has always existed in this sector of business but the advent of the internet combined with the creativity of risk taking entrepreneurs has engendered an accelerated period of disruptive change in finance. Think about… Read More

December 23, 2018 @ 9:40 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The cryptocurrency mania of 2017 was impossible for Wall Street to ignore, but a mainstream avalanche into crypto is easier said than done, and a stampede of clients demanding crypto-based products from their institutional brokers just hasn’t materialized yet, Bloomberg reports. “The market had unrealistic… Read More

October 22, 2018 @ 1:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

As we predicted just yesterday, Goldman Sachs will move into the wealth management space, according to a note by CNBC. The additional service was alluded to in the most recent Goldman earnings call which took place last week. The new financial advisor service will most… Read More