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Fintech Focus For May 14, 2021
Thursday, May 13, 2021 - 5:16pm | 1839Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” Source: Walt Disney One Big Thing In Fintech: An activist short seller has written a letter to the chief executive of insurance giant Lemonade with details of an “accidentally discovered”...
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Fintech Focus For May 4, 2021
Monday, May 3, 2021 - 6:06pm | 1568Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans. Source: Allen Saunders One Big Thing In Fintech: Affirm, a leader in payments, recently announced it would acquire Returnly, a return and post-purchase payments solution, for $300 million. Benzinga spoke...
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Venmo's 70 Million Users Can Now Buy, Sell, And Hold As Little As $1 In Crypto
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 10:08am | 403Read More...PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL)-owned mobile payment service Venmo said its 70 million customers can now buy, sell and hold cryptocurrency directly with the Venmo app. As per a press release shared by the company, the rollout is set to take place today and will allow users to purchase as little...
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Barron's Latest Picks And Pans: Affirm, Bitcoin, BorgWarner, Credit Suisse And More
Sunday, April 11, 2021 - 9:32am | 1112Read More...This weekend's Barron's cover story discusses why investors can no longer ignore cryptocurrencies. Other featured articles present companies pursuing Bitcoin opportunities and tips for investing in Bitcoin wisely. Also, see the prospects for cruise line operators, a newly public fintech,...
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Holler Raises $36M Series B To Invent A New 'Content Consumption Paradigm'
Thursday, April 1, 2021 - 3:15pm | 296Read More...Holler, a conversational media company focused on the creation and delivery of engaging content, secured $36 million in Series B funding. What Happened: Led by a diverse team of technologists, digital animators and media veterans via proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) technology,...
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Fintech Focus For March 9, 2021
Monday, March 8, 2021 - 6:49pm | 1938Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “If I look at trading when I started, I would say a phone or occasionally a computer got broken at least once a week, or once every two weeks,” Dunn, Citigroup’s global co-head of rates trading, said during a virtual roundtable last week, held ahead of...
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Fintech Focus For March 5, 2021
Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 6:41pm | 1896Read More...Quote To Start The Day: We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough. Source: Helen Keller One Big Thing In Fintech: Square, a fintech company that serves both individuals and companies, announced that it has purchased a majority stake in Tidal, a music streaming service. The deal,...
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Fintech Focus For March 3, 2021
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 - 10:57pm | 2042Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Being an entrepreneur is an existential, not just a financial thing. Source: Nassim Nicholas Taleb One Big Thing In Fintech: The electronic Chinese yuan is now being tested in cities such as Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing. No other major power is as far along with a...
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PayPal Has Blocked A Crowdfunding Site That Provided Financial Support For US Capitol Riot Attendees
Monday, March 1, 2021 - 2:16pm | 1427Read More...People around the world were shocked when a planned protest in Washington, D.C. devolved into a riot on January 6th. Momentarily, even Democrats and Republicans were united in their denunciation of the riot. However, the shockwaves this event sent across the political landscape reverberated well...
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Fintech Focus Roundup For February 13, 2021
Friday, February 12, 2021 - 6:47pm | 1550Read More...Nasdaq: 50 Years of Market Innovation This month marks the 50th anniversary of Nasdaq’s launch in 1971. The story of Nasdaq’s first five decades highlights its impact on trading today. The introduction of computers to markets, and sharing of quote data more widely, led to the...
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Fintech Focus Roundup For February 6, 2021
Friday, February 5, 2021 - 5:37pm | 1508Read More...'This Is Not The Market Participant's Problem': Volatility Arbitrage Trader Talks GameStop, Market Microstructure, Regulation The dynamics that transpired in GameStop can be traced back to factors like Federal Reserve stabilization efforts and low rates, which incentivize risk taking...
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Fintech Focus For February 4, 2021
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 7:32pm | 1893Read More...Quote To Start The Day: We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough. Source: Helen Keller One Big Thing In Fintech: Seedrs and Crowdcube were created as forward-thinking Fintechs leveraging technology to match investors with private firms in a sector traditionally dominated by...
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A Preview Of The Busy Earnings Week Ahead
Monday, February 1, 2021 - 12:37pm | 1183Read More...Another busy week of earnings will be in its full splendor on Tuesday with Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE), Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA), tech titans Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) along with the oil giant Exxon Mobil Corporation (...
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Fintech Focus For January 6, 2021
Tuesday, January 5, 2021 - 10:16pm | 1927Read More...Quote To Start The Day: If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right. Source: Henry Ford One Big Thing In Fintech: Affirm founder and CEO Max Levchin is poised to join Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Reid Hoffman on the billionaires list, becoming the latest...
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Fintech Focus For January 4, 2021
Sunday, January 3, 2021 - 12:58pm | 1446Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. Source: Oprah Winfrey One Big Thing In Fintech: The banking industry has not been spared from the impact of Covid-19. Bank of America, for one, saw profits drop 16% year-over-year (YoY) in Q3’20 to $4.9B...
