by Ekrem Duman | Sep 2, 2026 | Finance
⚡ TL;DRThe 30-year Treasury yield has closed above 5% on roughly 55 days since the start of 2026 — the most such closes in any year since 2006 — after touching 5.33%-5.34% in mid-August, a 19-year high. The 10-year yield is approaching 5% as well, with 57% of...
by Ekrem Duman | Sep 2, 2026 | Finance, Studio & Streaming Economics
TL;DRNetflix makes most of its revenue from monthly memberships. Advertising, consumer products, live experiences and other activities are growing strategic layers, but Netflix said non-membership sources were not material to 2025 revenue. The economic engine is...
by Ekrem Duman | Sep 2, 2026 | Film Finance & Box Office, Finance
TL;DRA $1 billion worldwide box-office gross is the amount moviegoers spend on tickets, not the amount a studio receives and certainly not its profit. Cinemas retain a negotiated share; the distributor then has to recover production, global marketing, residuals,...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 31, 2026 | Budgeting & Planning, Macroeconomics
What did Fed Chair Kevin Warsh say at Jackson Hole? Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh told the 2026 Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium on August 28 that inflation remains above the Fed’s 2% target and that “underlying trends” have not...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 29, 2026 | Fintech & Transfers
Regulators Are Naming the Bank, Not the Fintech Kurums.com’s recent coverage of embedded finance’s regulatory reckoning outlined why sponsor banks and platforms both need to fix compliance gaps now. Two consent orders issued in the months since make the...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 28, 2026 | Fintech & Transfers
The Party Isn’t Over, But the Bill Just Arrived Embedded finance — the practice of baking bank accounts, cards, lending, and payments directly into non-financial apps — has spent the last five years becoming one of the fastest-growing corners of financial...
