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BOE Plans AI Stress Test for Banks Amid Real-World Hacks
Skyscrapers beyond the Bank of England (BOE), left, in the City of London financial district on Sept. 23, 2026.Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg October 21, 2026 at 10:28 AM UTC Welcome to Bloomberg’s AI Today newsletter.
New Indexes Launched to Identify and Hedge AI Exposure
Signage for artificial intelligence (AI) at the Siemens booth at the InnoTrans 2026 international trade fair for transport technology in Berlin, Germany, on Friday, Sept.
AI Is Helping to Revive Some Corners of Commercial Real Estate
One World Trade Center along the Manhattan skyline in New York.Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg September 9, 2026 at 10:29 AM UTC Welcome to Bloomberg’s AI Today newsletter.
AI Fuels a Housing Tale of Two Cities: Seattle Slumps, San Francisco Soars
Homes in Bellevue, Washington.Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg September 2, 2026 at 10:29 AM UTC Welcome to Bloomberg’s AI Today newsletter.
Aon to acquire USI Insurance Services for $17B from KKR
KKR & Co. is set to reap a $3.3 billion windfall from its deal to sell USI Insurance Services to Aon Plc for $17 billion, a significant exit for a unit that’s invested its balance sheet in long-term private equity bets.
KKR Scores Windfall in $17 Billion Sale of USI Insurance (2)
is set to reap a $3.3 billion windfall from its deal to sell to for $17 billion, a significant exit for a unit that’s invested its balance sheet in long-term private equity bets. The transaction will generate about $2 billion of adjusted net income for the private equity giant, according to a . KKR holds USI, the 10th-largest US insurance brokerage, in its Strategic Holdings unit, a created in 2023 for long-term dividend-paying assets. KKR shares rose as much as 2.1% to $111 in New York on Monday.
KKR Scores Windfall in $17 Billion Sale of USI Insurance
KKR & Co. is set to reap a $3.3 billion windfall from its deal to sell USI Insurance Services to Aon Plc for $17 billion, a significant exit for a unit that’s invested its balance sheet in long-term private equity bets. The transaction will generate about $2 billion of adjusted net income for the private equity giant, according to a statement.
KKR Scores Windfall in $17 Billion Sale of USI Insurance (1)
is set to reap a $3.3 billion windfall from its deal to sell to for $17 billion, a significant exit for a unit that’s invested its balance sheet in long-term private equity bets. The transaction will generate about $2 billion of adjusted net income for the private equity giant, according to a . KKR holds USI, the 10th-largest US insurance brokerage, in its Strategic Holdings unit, a created in 2023 for long-term dividend-paying assets.
KKR to Net Massive Windfall in $17 Billion Insurer Sale to Aon
is set to reap a $3.3 billion windfall from its deal to sell to for $17 billion. The transaction will generate about $2 billion of adjusted net income for the private equity giant, according to a . KKR had first invested in USI, the 10th-largest US insurance brokerage, in 2017 at a valuation of about $4.3 billion. After years of dealmaking doldrums, the recent boom in mergers and acquisitions is helping buyout shops sell more of their private equity bets and return cash to shareholders.
KKR Scores Windfall in $17 Billion Sale of USI Insurance
Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- KKR & Co. is set to reap a $3.3 billion windfall from its deal to sell USI Insurance Services to Aon Plc for $17 billion, a significant exit for a unit that’s invested its balance sheet in...
Deutsche Bank Deployed AI Agents to Improve the Loan Portfolio
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Picking AI Winners Is Getting Harder for Wall Street
Bank of America strategists are incorporating political races into their US equities outlook.Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg August 19, 2026 at 10:30 AM UTC Welcome to Bloomberg’s AI Today newsletter.
Bezos and Arnault Have the Stomach and Patience for Long AI Bets
Bernard Arnault, Jeff Bezos and Azim PremjiPhotographers: Nathan Laine, Eva Marie Uzcategui, Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg August 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM UTC Welcome to Bloomberg’s AI Today newsletter.
NYSE親会社のICE、マーケットアクセスの買収で合意－債券取引強化
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紐交所母公司洲際交易所同意以約60億美元收購MarketAxess
【彭博】-- 紐約證券交易所母公司洲際交易所同意以約60億美元現金收購MarketAxess Holdings Inc.，將全球最大的固定收益交易平台之一納入旗下交易平台體系。 根據周四發布的聲明，洲際交易所將以每股167美元的價格收購MarketAxess全部流通股，較後者周三收盤價溢價33%。 此次收購將使洲際交易所掌控一家領先的公司債券電子交易平台，並加快執行長Jeff Sprecher打造橫跨交易所、數據、清算和場外市場的金融市場集團的步伐。交易也凸顯出市場基礎設施企業之間的整合正在加速，各家公司爭相擴大固定收益業務。 洲際交易所股價上漲0.8%，至155.46美元；MarketAxess股價大漲30%，至163.24美元，創2008年以來最大盤中漲幅。 洲際交易所於2013年收購紐交所，將美國最大的股票交易場所納入旗下。近年來，隨著預測市場需求飆升，該公司還向加密貨幣博彩平台Polymarket投資16.4億美元。 彭博新聞社母公司彭博有限合夥企業也與電子平台競爭，為金融服務行業提供交易、數據和信息服務。 原文標題NYSE Parent ICE Agrees to...
New Red Flags, Including War-Sized Risks, Fan Investor Concerns About AI
Is a storm brewing for AI investments?Photographer: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP July 29, 2026 at 10:29 AM UTC Welcome to Bloomberg’s AI Today newsletter.
Scammers Are Using AI to Create Fake Auto Loan Documents
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Bubble Risks Are Rising as AI Borrowing Balloons
A Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. quantum dot wafer at the HPE Discover event in Las Vegas on June 16, 2026.Photographer: Ian Maule/Bloomberg June 17, 2026 at 10:30 AM UTC Welcome to Bloomberg’s AI Today newsletter.
All the Ways Wall Street Gets Paid to Fund AI Boom
The H3 rocket, built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), lifts off at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, Japan, on Feb.
SpaceX Kicks Off AI IPOs Set to Rewrite the Rules of Wall Street
A Tesla Cybertruck drives past SpaceX facilities in Hawthorne, California.Photographer: Ethan Swope/Bloomberg June 3, 2026 at 10:30 AM UTC Welcome to Bloomberg’s AI Today newsletter.
More Companies Turn to Monitoring Employee AI Skills
Attendees queue near OKX signage during the Australian Crypto Convention in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025.Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg May 27, 2026 at 10:30 AM UTC Welcome to Bloomberg’s AI Today newsletter.
Lynn Martin, de la Bolsa de Nueva York, cuestiona cambios normativos para atraer cotizaciones
Bloomberg — Algunos de los cambios en las normas aplicados por las bolsas para atraer nuevas cotizaciones plantean dudas sobre la integridad del mercado, dijo la presidenta de NYSE Group Inc., Lynn Martin. “La integridad del mercado no es algo que sea una dinámica competitiva, y algunas de las normas que se han cambiado para cortejar a algunas de las grandes empresas -usted ha hecho referencia a SpaceX- son cuestionables”, dijo Martin este viernes en una entrevista de Bloomberg Television.
NYSE’s Martin calls rule changes to woo listings 'questionable'
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NYSE’s Martin Calls Rule Changes to Woo Listings ‘Questionable’ Original
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Some of the rule changes implemented by stock exchanges to lure new listings raise questions of market integrity, NYSE Group Inc. President Lynn Martin said.
AvalonBay, Equity Residential Agree to Combine in All-Stock Deal
(Bloomberg) — AvalonBay Communities Inc. and Equity Residential agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction that combines two of the biggest apartment real estate investment trusts. Under the terms of the transaction, AvalonBay shareholders will receive 2.793 shares of Equity Residential common stock for each of their shares, leaving AvalonBay holders owning about 51.2% of the combined company, according to a statement Thursday.
AI’s Promises Are Starting to Materialize – With a Human Cost
Customers at a Standard Chartered branch in Hong Kong. The London-based bank plans almost 8,000 job cuts in back-office functions.Photographer: Lam Yik/Bloomberg May 20, 2026 at 10:30 AM UTC Welcome to Bloomberg’s AI Today newsletter.
Janus Bidding War Begins as Victory Capital Tops Trian Offer
(Bloomberg) — A bidding war for Janus Henderson Group Plc broke out Thursday as Victory Capital Holdings Inc. offered to buy the money manager for $57.04 a share, in a move that topped a previous offer from Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management. Sign In or Create an Account Victory’s cash-and-stock proposal calls for Janus Henderson shareholders to own about 38% of the combined company, which would have an enterprise value of about $16 billion, according to a statement.
Janus Bidding War Begins as Victory Capital Tops Trian Offer
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英ジャナス争奪戦、米ビクトリーが対抗案－資産運用業界に再編の波
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Janus Bidding War Begins as Victory Capital Tops Trian Offer Original
offered to buy for $57.04 a share, two months after the target a takeover offer from ’s . Under the terms of Victory’s proposal, Janus Henderson shareholders would receive $57.04 per share, consisting of $30 in cash and a fixed exchange ratio of 0.350 shares of Victory Capital common stock, based on Victory Capital’s closing stock price as of Wednesday.
AIG’s Zaffino to Step Down as CEO, Be Replaced by Aon’s Andersen
said Chief Executive Officer intends to retire as CEO by midyear, and will be replaced by ’s . Andersen, most recently a member Aon’s executive committee, will join AIG as president and CEO-elect, effective Feb. 16, AIG said in a Tuesday. He’ll take the reins from Zaffino and join the board on June 1, and Zaffino will transition to executive chair.
Bank of America prevé mayor impacto de la IA en el crecimiento económico estadounidense
(Bloomberg) -- El director ejecutivo de Bank of America Corp., Brian Moynihan, dijo que la inteligencia artificial está empezando a tener un mayor impacto en Estados Unidos. “La inversión en IA ha ido en aumento durante el año y probablemente contribuirá más el próximo año y en los años siguientes”, declaró Moynihan el lunes en una entrevista con Bloomberg Television. “La IA está ganando terreno. No todo es atribuible a ella, pero su impacto marginal es bastante significativo”.
BofA’s Moynihan Says AI’s Economic Benefit Is ‘Kicking In More’ Original
Chief Executive Officer said that artificial intelligence is starting to have a bigger impact on the US economy. “The AI investment’s been building during the year and is probably a bigger contributor next year and the years beyond,” Moynihan said Monday in a Bloomberg Television interview.
Bank of America prevé mayor impacto de la IA en el crecimiento económico estadounidense
Brian MoynihanFoto: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg December 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM UTC El director ejecutivo de Bank of America Corp., Brian Moynihan, dijo que la inteligencia artificial está empezando a tener un mayor impacto en Estados Unidos.
Bank of America’s Moynihan Says AI’s Economic Benefit Is ‘Kicking In More’ Original
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp. Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan said that artificial intelligence is starting to have a bigger impact on the US economy.
PayPal Reaches Deal to Put Digital Wallet Into OpenAI’s ChatGPT
shares soared after it reached a deal with to embed its digital wallet inside the firm’s ChatGPT product. Hundreds of millions of OpenAI users already use the startup’s generative artificial intelligence to find products, according to a statement. The new tie-up will mean PayPal provides the payment technology to turn those searches into actual purchases. Shares of PayPal, which had slumped almost 18% this year through Monday, surged 9.3% in early New York trading.
貝寶達成協議將數字錢包嵌入ChatGPT 股價盤前大漲
【彭博】-- 貝寶股價飆升，之前該公司與OpenAI達成協議將其數字錢包嵌入到ChatGPT中。 據聲明，數以億計的OpenAI用戶已經使用這家初創公司的生成式人工智能來尋找商品。新的合作意味著，貝寶將提供支付技術，把這些搜索轉化為實際購買。 截至周一，貝寶股價今年已下跌近18%。該股在周二紐約盤前交易中飆升9.3%。兩家公司在聲明中表示，該服務將提供多種支付方式選項，以及貝寶的買家和賣家保護和諸如追蹤、爭議解決等購買後服務。 原文標題PayPal Reaches Deal to Put Digital Wallet Into OpenAI’s ChatGPT More stories like this are available on bloomberg.com ©2025 Bloomberg L.P.
PayPal llega a un acuerdo para incorporar una billetera digital en ChatGPT
Bloomberg — Las acciones de PayPal Holdings Inc. (PYPL) se dispararon después de llegar a un acuerdo con OpenAI para integrar su billetera digital dentro del producto ChatGPT de la empresa. Cientos de millones de usuarios de OpenAI ya utilizan la inteligencia artificial generativa de la startup para encontrar productos, según un comunicado. Esta nueva alianza permitirá a PayPal proporcionar la tecnología de pago necesaria para convertir esas búsquedas en compras reales.
PayPal Reaches Deal to Put Digital Wallet Into OpenAI’s ChatGPT Original
The PayPal app. (Bloomberg) -- PayPal Holdings Inc. shares soared after it reached a deal with OpenAI to embed its digital wallet inside the firm’s ChatGPT product.
Fifth Third to Buy Comerica for $11B
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Fifth Third to Buy Comerica in Year’s Biggest US Bank Deal (1)
agreed to buy for about $10.9 billion in stock, the largest US bank deal this year and a sign that the logjam blocking big mergers in the industry may have broken under the Trump administration’s deregulation efforts. The deal will create the ninth-largest bank in the country, with about $288 billion in assets, the two companies said in a Monday. The per-share transaction value represents a 17% premium to Comerica’s closing share price Friday.
フィフス・サードがコメリカ買収へ､約109億ドル－米銀で今年最大規模
米銀フィフス・サード・バンコープは、コメリカを株式交換方式により約109億ドル（約1兆6300億円）で買収することで同社と合意した。米銀行業界では今年最大規模の買収となる。 両行の6日発表によると、この買収により総資産額およそ2880億ドルという全米9位の銀行が誕生する。取引における1株当たりの価値は、コメリカ株の3日の終値を17％上回る。 全米の地方銀行は、トランプ大統領の下で進む金融規制緩和の環境を追い風と捉えている。多くの投資銀行関係者は、政権が合併承認に対しより寛容な姿勢を取ると予想。米国の中小銀行は、IT投資や規制対応によるコスト増に対応するため、規模拡大を目指している。 原題：Fifth Third to Buy Comerica in the Year’s Biggest US Bank Deal（抜粋） — 取材協力 Jennifer Surane
Fifth Third將收購Comerica 成為今年美國銀行業最大併購案
【彭博】-- Fifth Third Bancorp同意以約109億美元股票交易方式收購Comerica Inc.，這是今年最大的一宗美國銀行業併購案，也表明在川普政府放鬆監管的推動下，阻礙銀行業大型併購的僵局可能已打破。 兩家公司周一在聲明中表示，這筆交易將締造美國第九大銀行，資產規模約達2880億美元。每股交易價格較Comerica上周五收盤價溢價17%。 全美各地的區域性銀行正試圖利用川普執政下的新環境，川普開啟的金融放鬆管制時代已促使眾多投銀家預測其政府將放寬併購審批標準。美國小型銀行正通過規模擴張來應對技術升級和合規監管的高昂成本。 原文標題Fifth Third to Buy Comerica in the Year’s Biggest US Bank Deal More stories like this are available on bloomberg.com ©2025 Bloomberg L.P.
Fifth Third to buy Comerica in the year’s biggest U.S. bank deal
Fifth Third Bancorp of Cincinnati agreed to buy Comerica Inc. for about $10.9 billion in stock, the largest U.S. bank deal this year and a sign that the logjam blocking big mergers in the industry may have broken under the Trump administration’s deregulation efforts. The deal will create the ninth-largest bank in the country, with about $288 billion in assets, the two companies said in a statement Monday, Oct. 6.
Fifth Third comprará Comerica: el mayor acuerdo bancario de EE.UU. en el año
Bloomberg — Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) acordó comprar Comerica Inc (CMA) por alrededor de US$10.900 millones en acciones, el mayor acuerdo bancario de Estados Unidos este año y una señal de que el estancamiento que bloquea las grandes fusiones en la industria puede haberse roto bajo los esfuerzos de desregulación de la administración Trump. El acuerdo creará el noveno banco más grande del país, con unos US$288.000 millones en activos, dijeron las dos compañías en un comunicado este lunes.
Fifth Third Bank to buy Comerica for $10.9B
Fifth Third Bancorp has agreed to buy Comerica Inc. for about $10.9 billion in stock, the largest U.S. bank deal this year and a sign that the logjam blocking big mergers in the industry may have broken under the Trump administration’s deregulation efforts. The deal will create the ninth-largest bank in the country, with about $288 billion in assets, the companies said in a news release Monday.
Fifth Third Agrees to Buy Comerica for $10.9 Billion in Stock
agreed to buy for about $10.9 billion in stock, creating the ninth-biggest US bank with about $288 billion in assets. Comerica’s stockholders will receive 1.8663 Fifth Third shares for each Comerica share they hold, or about $82.88 per share based on the Oct. 3 closing price. When the deal is completed, Fifth Third shareholders will own roughly 73% of the combined company.
Fifth Third to Buy Comerica in Year’s Biggest US Bank Deal
A Comerica Inc. Bank branch stands in Dallas, Texas, U.S., on Monday, July 10, 2017. Comerica Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 18. Photographer: Cooper Neill/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Fifth Third Bancorp agreed to buy Comerica Inc.
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