Irn-Bru maker AG Barr sees stronger second half as supply woes ease

Standard Chartered and HSBC have announced the successful execution of the first live cross-border tokenised deposit transaction between two banks on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, marking a milestone in efforts to modernise cross-border payments infrastructure. The transaction demonstrated interbank interoperability for tokenised deposits, regulated digital representations of bank deposits, and represents a step toward the industry’s…

NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Class Action Attorney Juan Monteverde with Monteverde & Associates PC (the “M&A Class Action Firm”), has recovered millions of dollars for shareholders and is recognized as a Top 50 Firm in the 2025 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report. The firm is headquartered at the Empire State Building in…

Regulators are warning investors and advisors to follow the spirit, not the letter, of the law when recommending certain ETF-related conversions that are increasingly used in tax strategies, according to industry compliance experts. Overall, advisors and investors who use 351 conversions to move portfolios of assets into an ETF as a diversification strategy (while continuing…

Key insight: The first half of 2026 is continuing the 2025 trend of fewer but bigger private equity fundraises for fintechs, including digital banking. Expert quote: “Even with capital rotating toward AI, fintech fundraising has held up well.” —Pitchbook’s Rudy Yang Supporting data: The average fintech funding round size is up 21% to $23.2 million…