Banks

The initial offering price of Lending Club (NYSE:LC) shares was $15.00, higher than the $12.00-$14.00 range anticipated. When shares started trading for the first time on 11 December, they popped 65% before finishing the day up 56% at $23.43. Lending Club shares closed Friday at $24.69 and increased to $24.84 in after-hours trading. The Emergence […]

There is a human tendency – we all have it – to forget the bigger picture when a singular matter is making headlines. Whilst I obviously believe the recent news regarding oil production and pricing is BIG (this is my fourth  consecutive  article on the subject), I feel compelled to remind us all that it’s not […]

Pension Funds-Led Litigation Results in Third Largest MBS Class Action Payment A federal judge has given final approval to a $275 million cash settlement in the mortgage-backed (MBS) class action litigation against Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and others led by New Jersey Carpenters Health Fund and the Boilermaker Blacksmith Pension Trust, along with additional […]

Both MasterCard (NYSE:MA) and Visa (NYSE:V), the world’s largest processor of debit and credit card payments, released their quarterly earnings reports in the last 48 hours. I was tempted to write about Visa as its shares tried to carry the load on Wall Street on the same day as the Federal Reserve posted its latest, […]

Yes. Wintrust Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:WTFC) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Delavan Bancshares, Inc. Delavan is the parent company of Community Bank CBD, a Wisconsin state chartered bank, which operates four banking locations in southeastern Wisconsin. Since its formation in 1996, CBD has an exemplary history of serving its community. As […]

When we become accustomed to studying high-profile companies, we often lose sight of other opportunities. One of those hidden opportunities is Rexam (LSE:REX), one of the world’s top three producers of metal beverage cans. Never heard of them before? Now is a good time to learn about them. Although Rexam may not be a household […]

The chatter has come to a fever pitch as it appears that Sir Richard Branson will be taking Virgin Money public on the London Stock Exchange in the very near future. An official announcement is expected this week. Don’t expect this IPO to be as anywhere near the size of the recent Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) offering. […]

Plans for branch consolidation announced Old Line Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq:OLBK), the parent company of Old Line Bank, today announced plans of the Bank to realign branch offices within its footprint, which includes the closing and consolidation of four branches. The branches to be closed are Crofton Centre, Lexington Park, Solomons and Waldorf Charles County Plaza. […]

This is where you ask yourself, “Did I read that correctly? Wouldn’t a new app be a good thing?” Well, yes, you did read that correctly and, yes, a new app is a good thing. The problem is that the app announcement was not the only announcement about Monitise (LSE:MONI) today. The app announcement was […]

Atlas Mara stock (LSE:ATMA) has broken downwards as a result of selling pressure that takes the price below the supply zone at 10.50. This has resulted following a long period of consolidating and very thing market activities. In the chart, the price breaks below the lower Trendline, coming out from the recent consolidating and very […]