Tagged: s&p global

November 29, 2025 @ 4:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

S&P Global may have somewhat surprised the stablecoin sector this past week after cutting Tether’s rating to “weak,” citing persistent disclosure gaps and structural opacity across its reserves. The downgrade appears have put fresh scrutiny on the world’s largest stablecoin, Tether (USDT), and analysts at… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

A deal has been reached in the US Senate to sign a continuing resolution (CR) to reopen the federal government. The US government essentially shut down on October 1st after Congress failed to pass a CR on September 30th. This is the longest period the… Read More

October 20, 2025 @ 12:33 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) has agreed to acquire With Intelligence, a leading source of private markets data, insights and analytics, for $1.8 billion. The deal was cut with a group led by majority investor Motive Partners, a private investment firm exclusively focused on financial technology. By… Read More

April 30, 2025 @ 3:19 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) today announced the launch of AI agent capabilities that utilize data from the commodities sector, integrated with Microsoft 365 Copilot and powered by its Commodity Insights AI-Ready Data solution. The S&P Global AI agent on Microsoft 365 Copilot harnesses the expertise… Read More

February 12, 2025 @ 10:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Private credit and non-bank lending have been increasing for years now. A recent report indicates that “dry powder” has reached $159.38 billion in the US – the largest amount ever. Historically, it has been the banks that provided loans for businesses and consumers. Still, the… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 6:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized its rules on credit late fees by reducing the legal lime to $8 from a typical fee of $32. The CFPB said that an average saving per year for consumers would be around $220, as… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 6:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stablecoins are digital currencies which are pegged to major (and relatively stable) fiat currencies like the US dollar, Euro, the British pound (among others). Recently, the team at S&P Global provided a deep dive report into valuation and depegging of stablecoins. As explained in the… Read More

April 30, 2023 @ 11:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The crypto lending business model has come under intense scrutiny following a spate of recent credit events. Credora is helping “rebuild confidence in credit markets through transparency, and the lending infrastructure provider announced a $6 million strategic funding round with S&P Global and Coinbase Ventures… Read More

December 27, 2022 @ 12:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bankruptcy filings for private equity financed firms have moved higher in 2022 – a data point that should come as no surprise due to the challenging economic environment. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence, forty-nine private firms filed for bankruptcy protection during the year –… Read More

April 4, 2022 @ 2:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

S&P Global has published a report on digital assets entitled the State of Consumer Cryptocurrency Adoption. According to S&Ps research, 20% of surveyed individuals have either purchased traded or received crypto – a solid percentage of the population. While awareness is growing, S&P adds that… Read More

February 5, 2021 @ 3:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

After a difficult 2020 when COVID-19 pummeled the online lending market, loan originations are predicted to bounce back strongly in 2021, according to research by S&P Global. The report states that from January to September, online lending tanked 36%. Loan originations began to recover in… Read More

May 20, 2020 @ 11:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Artificial Intelligence firm, AnalytixInsight Inc. (TSX-V: ALY; OTCQB: ATIXF) recently revealed that it’s expecting its Fintech affiliate, MarketWall, to benefit from the new trend toward the increased use of digital channels, due to the COVID-19 outbreak. AnalytixInsight says that its analysis is based on Intesa… Read More