Zepz, which owns the WorldRemit and Sendwave brands, has a headcount of around 1,600. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Zepz, the money transfer group that owns WorldRemit, made a fresh round of layoffs. The British fintech unicorn, which is backed by TCV, Accel, Leapfrog and other major venture capital funds, told CNBC exclusively…

Check out the companies making headlines after the bell . Salesforce — The software giant added 7% after releasing third-quarter adjusted earnings of $2.11 per share, higher than the $2.06 per share analysts polled by LSEG were expecting. The firm’s third-quarter revenue of $8.72 billion fell in line with expectations. Snowflake — The stock rallied…

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Rover Group — Shares of the online marketplace for pet care advanced 28% after Rover on Wednesday said it agreed to be acquired by Blackstone in a $2.3 billion deal. The transaction is set to close in the first quarter of 2024. Fluence Energy — The…

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Wednesday that his bank would exit China if the U.S. government ordered him to. “If the American government makes me leave China, I’m leaving China,” Dimon said at the DealBook Summit during a discussion about a potential future conflict over Taiwan. “If there’s a war in Taiwan, you would…

Richmond Federal Reserve President Thomas Barkin said Wednesday that policymakers need to retain the option of raising interest rates if inflation doesn’t show enough progress coming down. Markets largely expect the Fed has stopped raising rates and will start cutting in 2024. But Barkin said he’s not ready to commit to a particular policy path…

Charlie Munger ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha Nebraska. David A. Grogan | CNBC Warren Buffett is arguably the most celebrated investor of our generation, but he couldn’t have earned the title without Charlie Munger’s influence. Munger, Berkshire Hathaway’s vice chairman who passed away Tuesday at the age of 99, was instrumental…

David Solomon, Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs, participates in a panel discussion during the annual Milken Institute Global Conference at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on April 29, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. Michael Kovac | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Apple has given Goldman Sachs a proposal to end its credit-card and savings account…

Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger at Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting, April 30, 2022. CNBC Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, who died Tuesday at age 99, once offered what turned out to be sage advice to his buddy and investment legend Warren Buffett: live life backwards. Munger years ago told the somewhat younger Buffett, 93,…

Today, Berkshire Hathaway is massive conglomerate worth north of $785 billion with businesses and investments all around the world. This exceeded Charlie Munger’s wildest dreams. “I did not think we’d ever have … so many hundreds of billions in Berkshire,” Munger, the former vice chairman of Berkshire, said in his final interview with CNBC’s Becky…

A close-up of the Workday logo on its headquarters in Pleasanton, California, on March 26, 2018. Smith Collection | Archive Photos | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Workday — Stock in the workforce platform provider added more than 6% after third-quarter results surpassed Wall Street estimates. Workday notched adjusted…