Paige Smith

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  • SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 24: A Citibank logo is displayed outside their bank on February 24, 2025 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)Finance

    Citi charges $595 for ‘Strata Elite’ credit card to rival Amex, Chase

    By Todd Gillespie, Paige Smith, and others
  • Ana Botin, executive chair of Banco Santander SA, during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, US, on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. Botin differs with JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon’s pessimistic outlook on Europe, saying she sees “only upside” for the Continent. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Santander’s Botin disagrees with Dimon as she sees ‘only upside’ for Europe

    By Paige Smith, Jorge Zuloaga, and others
  • A couple in front of a home that is for sale.Finance

    Rocket makes $11 billion bid to dominate the homebuying process

    By Paige Smith and Bloomberg
  • The online payment and banking app Chime logo is seen on the screen of a mobile phone and in the background.Tech

    Morgan Stanley to lead fintech company Chime’s IPO

    By Katie Roof, Amy Or, and others
  • The Robinhood Markets Inc. app is shown on a cell phone.Finance

    Fintech giants Robinhood and Revolut eye stablecoins

    By Olga Kharif, Emily Nicolle, and others
  • PayPal Co-Founder & Affirm CEO Max Levchin is seen in a dark blazer and black shirt with glasses.Retail

    Affirm CEO says more retailers want buy now, pay later options as holidays approach

    By Paige Smith and Bloomberg
  • Woman frowns at computer screenFinance

    Schwab, Fidelity and other brokerages report ‘intermittent’ outages amid stock market meltdown

    By Paige Smith and Bloomberg
  • Black man on phone with credit card companyFinance

    EBay will no longer take American Express cards, citing ‘unacceptably high fees’, in the latest shot in the credit-card fee wars

    By Paige Smith, Spencer Soper, and others
  • Credit cardFinance

    $30 billion credit-card deal with Visa, Mastercard is one of the biggest antitrust settlements ever, capping a nearly 20-year fight

    By Paige Smith and Bloomberg
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    Powell warns commercial real estate woes will lead to bank failures: ‘This is a problem that we’ll be working on for years’

    By Paige Smith, Katanga Johnson, and others
  • Walt BettingerFinance

    Schwab CEO pulls curtain down on year that was ‘certainly the most challenging since the bursting of the internet bubble in 2000’

    By Paige Smith and Bloomberg
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 11: PayPal Co-Founder & Affirm CEO Max Levchin visits “Countdown To The Closing Bell” at Fox Business Network Studios on June 11, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)Finance

    Federal government warns banks about offering buy-now, pay-later lending that could come back to bite them

    By Paige Smith and Bloomberg
  • Walter “Walt” Bettinger, president and chief executive officer of Charles Schwab Corp., speaks during the 2015 Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. The forum gathers Global 500 CEO’s and innovators, builders, and technologists from some of the most dynamic, emerging companies all over the world to facilitate relationship building at the highest levels. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Schwab lays off up to 2,200 workers, calling it ‘hard but necessary steps,’ as it cuts costs while integrating TD Ameritrade after acquisition

    By Paige Smith and Bloomberg
  • American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa credit cards are displayed for a photograph in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, May 18, 2010. Credit-card firms caught off-guard by U.S. Senate passage of curbs on debit fees are facing what one executive sees as a “volcanic” eruption of legislation, including possible limits on interest rates. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Discover reports ‘indications of stress’ among consumers as profit drops 33%: ‘They’re experiencing more day-to-day cash flow pressures’

    By Paige Smith and Bloomberg
  • Scott Sanborn, chief executive officer of LendingClub Corp., speaks during an interview in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. LendingClub Corp. hosts an online financial community that brings together credit worthy borrowers and independent investors for their mutual benefits. Photographer: Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    LendingClub, which targets consumers buried by credit card debt, isn’t doing so well itself

    By Paige Smith and Bloomberg