Aisha S Gani

Wall Street Missed Warning Signs Ahead of $1 Billion Fintech Implosion Big banks like Citigroup and Natixis thought they were backing a $1 billion fintech darling. But when Stenn blew up, most of its supposed partners said they had never worked with the company.

Every week during the years before its collapse, Stenn sent granular emails to its Wall Street backers listing its biggest clients, line by line. Yet all was not as it seemed...

www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-23/stenn-collapse-how-citigroup-bnp-paribas-missed-fintech-s-warning-signs

Hello! Thrilled to share some personal news: I’ll be joining the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics & Business Journalism at Columbia University this August. Stoked to be part of a cohort of brilliant journalists💫 Looking forward to the NYC recs! journalism.columbia.edu/2025-knight-ba…

We're excited to announce the 2025-26 Knight-Bagehot fellows. Congrats @amandaaronczyk.bsky.social, @bykylecampbell.bsky.social, @aishagani.bsky.social, @esmyjimenez.bsky.social, @mcglinchyreports.bsky.social, @robaeprice.bsky.social

Full list and bios at journalism.columbia.edu/2025-knight-...

Sequoia Backs Startup Giving Offshore Accounts to People in Unstable Economies Offshore finance startup nsave raised $18 million from investors including Sequoia Capital and Y Combinator to help it expand into investment products.

Hello! For my first story of the year I spoke to the Syrian and Palestinian co-founders of the finance startup nsave that provides offshore accounts to people from unstable economies, and raised $18 million from investors www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

More than 140 Kenya Facebook moderators diagnosed with severe PTSD Exclusive: Diagnoses part of lawsuit being brought against parent company Meta and outsourcer Samasource Kenya

More than 140 workers in Kenya who moderated Facebook content including child sexual abuse, terrorism and necrophilia have severe PTSD, according to diagnoses made as part of a lawsuit against Meta and the moderation outsourcing company Samasource

• UK regulator is developing a new framework for private company share sales called Pisces
• it aims for a lighter regime, so firms won’t need to publish regular earnings, but means it could increase the risk of insider trading
• the new system is intended to provide liquidity for private firms

UK Will Monitor Insider Trading Risks in New Secondaries Markets A UK regulator said a new framework for private company share sales will create “more of a ‘buyer beware’ market” than a traditional stock exchange, with higher risks of insider trading.

Tuesday news — UK will monitor insider trading risks in new secondaries markets. Read the full story here:

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Israel takes more Syrian territory and hits chemical weapons sites Defence minister Katz says troops will seize more ‘high ground’

Israel has taken more Syrian territory and struck chemical weapons sites in reaction to the toppling of Bashar al-Assad’s regime by a group led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham

www.ft.com/content/5690...

Zopa Bank Raises $86 Million Ahead of Launching Current Accounts Digital bank Zopa Bank Ltd. has raised €82 million ($86.6 million) as it prepares to launch current accounts in the new year.

⚡️New: Digital bank Zopa Bank has raised €82 million ($86.6 million) as it prepares to launch current accounts in the new year, retaining its $1 billion unicorn status www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Investors Clamor for UK Startup Shares Outside the Sluggish LSE Hungry investors have placed $50 million of unfilled orders for Klarna stock. Early employees of Revolut have been waiting months to cash in more than $500 million of their holdings. Monzo has a nine-...

City Minister Tulip Siddiq told me the Pisces framework could be a “stepping stone” to full stock market listings and “marks the next phase of our capital market reforms in our country”. Read more of the interview here www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Investors Clamor for UK Startup Shares Outside the Sluggish LSE Hungry investors have placed $50 million of unfilled orders for Klarna stock. Early employees of Revolut have been waiting months to cash in more than $500 million of their holdings. Monzo has a nine-...

I wrote about how the UK government hopes a new framework for secondary shares called Pisces will help them revive London’s moribund capital markets www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot, NY Post reports The CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, was fatally shot in the chest on Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown, NY Post reported, citing police sources.

"UnitedHealth is the largest U.S. health insurer, providing benefits to tens of millions of Americans, who pay more for healthcare than in any other country."

Tremendous line in the Reuters coverage of the UHC CEO assassination.

www.reuters.com/world/us/uni...

there are always new hype-cycles and perhaps digital media was one of them but, as we can see, there are very few investors who want to back media for media’s sake

who’ll invest though? Most investors have flocked to AI as they do want those sorts of returns

Revolut Co-Founder Storonsky Says UK Can’t Compete with US on IPOs Revolut boss Nik Storonsky would still prefer to float his fintech company in the US, saying that markets in the UK can’t compare.

New: Revolut Co-Founder Storonsky Says UK Can’t Compete with US on IPOs www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A Roadmap Through the Drama and Realities of Trump’s Trade War Trump’s tariffs could go in many different directions. Understanding the strategy from his first term, and the priorities of his new team, reveals a potential path ahead.

Everyone from Wall Street investors to foreign governments are trying to map out Trump’s tariff plan in a fog of uncertainty. Bloomberg Economics has detailed a plausible scenario for what lies ahead:

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

thank you for sharing

these photos are brilliant!

Revolut Will Let Former Staff Sell Stock in Secondary Sale Revolut Ltd. has told its former staff they can participate in a secondary share sale, allowing them to cash in at the finance firm’s latest $45 billion valuation.

My latest: Revolut will let former staff sell stock in secondary sale www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Scoop: Revolut has told its former staff they can participate in a secondary share sale, allowing them to cash in at the finance firm’s latest $45 billion valuation

on days like this I wonder how I ever left

spotted this on my walk to work. It’s true, there isn’t another city like London

Trump’s Tariff Plan Threatens Higher US Gasoline Prices US motorists should brace for a hike in gasoline prices under the incoming Trump administration plans to slap tariffs on imports of products from Canada and Mexico.

US motorists should brace for a hike in gasoline prices under the incoming Trump administration plans to slap tariffs on imports of products from Canada and Mexico

not for Bloomberg!

Mishal Husain to Launch New Global Interview Series for Bloomberg Weekend Edition | Bloomberg Media Intelligence for the new era of business. @BBGMedia

Welcome to Bloomberg Mishal!

www.bloombergmedia.com/press/mishal...

The Royal Exchange is looking perfectly festive today:

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👋🏾 good to see you here!

exactly this! Do you think things like Follow Friday and challenges will make its way here?

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