Morgan Stanley news and trends

Report: Connected TV Ad Platform MNTN Considering Early 2025 IPO
IPO // September 27, 2024

Connected TV advertising platform MNTN is reportedly considering going public in early 2025. The firm, whose chief creative officer is actor Ryan Reynolds, selected Morgan Stanley to work on its initial public offering (IPO), Bloomberg reported Friday (Sept. 27), citing unnamed sources. Deliberations around the...

Chime: No Comment on Report That Morgan Stanley Will Lead IPO
IPO // September 26, 2024

Chime Financial reportedly selected Morgan Stanley to lead its initial public offering (IPO). The FinTech company aims to go public in 2025, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Sept. 26), citing unnamed sources. Reached by PYMNTS, Chime declined to comment on the report. Morgan Stanley did not immediately...

Report: JPMorgan Chase Faces Lawsuit Aimed at Cash Sweep Program
Legal // August 26, 2024

JPMorgan Chase is reportedly facing a lawsuit that alleges that the bank paid “unreasonably” low interest rates on accounts used in its cash sweep program. Illinois resident Dan Bodea alleges in the suit that the bank used the program to shortchange customers while pretending to...

Morgan Stanley Buys Stake in UK Payments Firm Sokin
Investments // July 24, 2024

British payments firm Sokin is planning to expand following an investment by Morgan Stanley. Investment funds managed by the banking giant had purchased a stake in Sokin, the company announced Wednesday (July 24), designed to speed its expansion. “Sokin was founded in 2019 with a...

Interviews & Exclusives
Banks’ Cautious Approach to Generative AI Is More Internal Than Customer-Facing

July 25, 2023
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly become one of the most important topics of our time, and global banks are beginning to explore the possibilities of the technology so as not to miss out on the impact it is poised to have on the financial services sector. Citi CEO Jane Fraser recently expressed the importance of banks […]

LendingClub and Morgan Stanley, A Tale of Two Bank Deals

February 24, 2020
Two deals this past week shone a spotlight on the lure of financial services — done digitally — and the “build vs. buy” debate, settled firmly on the side of...

FI’s $52 Trillion Threat

April 15, 2019
Shadow banking now has $52 trillion in assets under its belt. FinTech firms are crowding financial services’ flanks, looking for customers who crave mobile means of managing their financial lives....

Urban FT Makes Bid For Troubled Online Bank Digiliti

August 16, 2017
Urban FT has launched a bid for struggling mobile money firm Digiliti. To get a sense of the strategy behind the deal, Karen Webster got an exclusive first look with Urban FT's CEO Richard Steggall about...

Quick Reads
OpenAI Liquidity Reaches $10 Billion With New Credit Facility

October 03, 2024
The world’s biggest companies can’t seem to stop giving OpenAI money. One day after securing $6.6 billion in new funding from an array of tech giants and venture capitalists, the artificial intelligence (AI) startup revealed it had established a $4 billion credit facility with nine of the world’s largest banks. The revolving credit facility — […]

Report: Connected TV Ad Platform MNTN Considering Early 2025 IPO

September 27, 2024
Connected TV advertising platform MNTN is reportedly considering going public in early 2025. The firm, whose chief creative officer is actor Ryan Reynolds, selected Morgan Stanley to work on its...

Chime: No Comment on Report That Morgan Stanley Will Lead IPO

September 26, 2024
Chime Financial reportedly selected Morgan Stanley to lead its initial public offering (IPO). The FinTech company aims to go public in 2025, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Sept. 26), citing unnamed sources....

Report: JPMorgan Chase Faces Lawsuit Aimed at Cash Sweep Program

August 26, 2024
JPMorgan Chase is reportedly facing a lawsuit that alleges that the bank paid “unreasonably” low interest rates on accounts used in its cash sweep program. Illinois resident Dan Bodea alleges...