3/29/2022 3:18:03 PM 'Biggest fraud in a generation': The looting of the Covid relief plan known as PPP By Sarah Wolter Many who participated in what prosecutors are calling the largest fraud in U.S. history — the theft of hundreds of billions of dollars in...
1/6/2022 8:13:55 PM Omicron pushes Wall Street toward work-from-home future By Sarah Wolter The banks are hoping that the Omicron pause is short-lived. But even after Omicron subsides, the companies could find themselves facing a...
5/21/2021 12:16:22 PM The second wave of Covid-19 has dampened economic optimism for India By Carlos Alonso Torras At least four leading rating agencies have trimmed their GDP growth forecasts for India for the financial year ending March 2022.
5/5/2021 1:32:14 PM Jamie Dimon, fed up with Zoom calls and remote work, says commuting to offices will make a comeback By Sarah Wolter Jamie Dimon is no fan of the new remote work structure that has taken hold during the coronavirus pandemic. The JPMorgan Chase chairman...
5/4/2021 4:19:40 PM Goldman Sachs asks most employees to return to office by late June By Sarah Wolter Banks, which are among the largest employers in New York, have been eager to bring workers back into the office, concerned that an...
5/3/2021 2:55:08 PM New York City is roaring back to life, one year after its nadir By Sarah Wolter Rush hour traffic is back. Noise complaints are picking up. And it’s once again difficult to score a reservation at your favorite brunch...
3/11/2021 7:14:49 PM Lessons from a year of Covid By Sarah Wolter How can we summarize the Covid year from a broad historical perspective? Many people believe that the terrible toll coronavirus has taken...
3/11/2021 7:12:40 PM One year later: 15 ways life has changed since the onset of the COVID pandemic By Sarah Wolter The past year has transformed nearly every aspect of our world. Seemingly overnight, the quirky (wearing leggings during a Zoom call with...
3/11/2021 7:08:46 PM FT podcast: Martin Wolf on the coronavirus pandemic By Sarah Wolter This time last year, the coronavirus pandemic was starting to spread around the globe, governments were imposing restrictions for the...
1/7/2021 7:52:18 PM How Flutterwave saved 2020 for its community By Sarah Wolter Flutterwave is one of the brands that stepped up to offer a helping hand to businesses and individuals facing the harsh reality of 2020....
12/15/2020 3:36:57 PM Covid nudges US bank customers into digital era By Sarah Wolter America’s top banks have decided not to let a good crisis go to waste. During the pandemic, they have capitalized on their customers’...
11/20/2020 6:44:25 PM The cashless economy: How fintech is approaching the future of finance By Sarah Wolter Cashless payments were on the rise before the pandemic hit, and now, eight months into its grip on the U.S., their use is accelerating...
10/2/2020 4:33:57 PM Significant shift from cash to digital payments a gradual process, say Flutterwave executives By Sarah Wolter In less than five years of existence, portfolio company Flutterwave, founded by a team of ex-bankers, entrepreneurs, and engineers, has...
7/2/2020 8:11:57 PM ‘Flying Blind Into a Credit Storm’: Widespread Deferrals Mean Banks Can’t Tell Who’s Creditworthy By Gareth Jones Bankers are tightening lending standards and looking for new data, like that provided by portfolio company Plaid, to help them figure out...
5/1/2020 3:12:07 PM Goldman’s Top Tech Banker: Here Come the Debt Deals By Gareth Jones Airbnb recently tapped Goldman and Morgan Stanley, to help raise $2 billion of debt, at high rates. Private tech companies typically have...
4/16/2020 9:12:58 PM Indiana man finds mysterious $8.2m in bank account By Faisal Kawar An Indiana man awaiting his $1,700 stimulus payment said he checked his balance at an ATM and instead discovered a mysterious sum of $8.2...