often called the "toll booth" of the financial world. It is a massive information powerhouse that provides the data, benchmarks, and credit ratings that banks, governments, and investors need to function.
You can't borrow big money without their "A+" or "B" grade.
December 2025, S&P Global signed a massive multi-year deal with Google Cloud to build Agentic AI and BigQuery Integration
S&P Global is currently in the process of spinning off its Mobility unit (which includes CARFAX) into a separate public company in 2026.
Acquisition of IHS Markit and more recently Visible Alpha, S&P is moving into "Private Markets."