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10 Banks Provide $22B Loan to Crux for Cloud Venture

A group of 10 banks will provide a $22B chip loan to support Crux, Blackstone (BX) and Apple's (AAPL) new cloud venture, Paula Seligson, Preeti Singh and Michelle Cheng of Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the matter. The banks involved in the loan include Goldman Sachs (GS), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking (SMFG), Barclays (BCS), BNP Paribas (BNPQY), and Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), the sources added.

UK Payments Delivery Company to Raise Tens of Millions for New Infrastructure

The UK Payments Delivery Company, a newly formed entity, will this week embark on a process to raise tens of millions of pounds to fund the development of a new payments infrastructure vehicle backed by Britain's biggest banks that could "ultimately evolve into a domestic alternative" to Mastercard (MA) and Visa (V), reported Sky News' Mark Kleinman. 19 companies, including Britain's four biggest retail banks, have provided initial funding and sponsorship to the new entity and Citi (C), JPMorganChase (JPM), Nationwide, PayPal (PYPL) and Wise (WSE) have also formed part of the initial working group, the report noted.

Anthropic to Award Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Key IPO Roles

Anthropic is close to awarding Morgan Stanley (MS) and Goldman Sachs (GS) the most coveted roles in its blockbuster initial public offering, with Morgan Stanley in pole position to secure the prized "lead left" role, four people familiar with the matter told Financial Times' George Steer, James Fontanella-Khan, George Hammond and Ryan McMorrow. JPMorgan (JPM), Citigroup (C) and Barclays (BCS) are also among the banks expected to get leading roles on the Anthropic deal after providing the group with debt financing, the report noted. The AI lab behind the Claude chatbot is expected to publicly file its IPO prospectus as soon as next week, several people said, according to the report.