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Fintech Focus For April 22, 2021
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 - 8:13pm | 2370Quote To Start The Day: Big Brother is watching you. Source: George Orwell One Big Thing In Fintech: Apart from supporting firms like Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc, and Microsoft Corporation, from their earliest stages, Nasdaq offers numerous other products and services, all of which increase market...
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Fintech Focus Roundup For March 7, 2021
Sunday, March 7, 2021 - 10:19am | 1087Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team, Crypto.com Announce Partnership Ahead of its 2021 Formula One car launch, the Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team announced it signed a multi-year deal with Crypto.com, to collaborate on exclusive experiences. Crypto.com is a fast-growing cryptocurrency...
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Fintech Focus For March 4, 2021
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 7:59pm | 2442Quote To Start The Day: “In a multi-asset portfolio, investors can likely add up to 1% of their allocation to cryptocurrencies in order to achieve any efficiency gain in the overall risk-adjusted returns of the portfolio.” Source: JPMorgan One Big Thing In Fintech: In recent months,...
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Fintech Spotlight: Meet Archax, The First Regulated UK Digital Securities Exchange
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 8:56am | 982In recent months, cryptocurrency attracted the interest of both financial institutions and government entities, evidenced by Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s (NYSE: GS) move to reopen its cryptocurrency desk and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez’s push to make bitcoin a part of his city’s...
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Fintech Focus For January 7, 2021
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 - 7:34pm | 1483Quote To Start The Day: Don’t try to beat the competitors at their own game. You have to invent a new game — and master it. Source: Reid Hoffman One Big Thing In Fintech: The COVID-19 crisis has put pressure on banks to improve their digital offering as lockdowns have forced customers...
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Fintech Focus For January 6, 2021
Tuesday, January 5, 2021 - 10:16pm | 1927Quote 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 October 16, 2020
Thursday, October 15, 2020 - 6:42pm | 2217Quote Of The Day: Cowboy innovation is worse than no innovation at all. - Alan Konevsky Fintech Movers: The shift toward touchless payments is dramatic, with 8x more earnings calls mentions vs. last year. - CB Insights Metromile eyes insurance transparency. Intel bought digital currency for 5...
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Fintech Focus For August 28, 2020
Thursday, August 27, 2020 - 5:47pm | 2399Quote Of The Day: Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. - Babe Ruth Fintech Movers: The US SEC approved the proposed Discretionary Limit, or D-Limit, order type from exchange operator IEX Group as three new exchanges are also slated to launch within the next month. -...
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Fintech Focus For August 20, 2020
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 - 6:37pm | 2239Quote Of The Day: Whoever is happy will make others happy too. - Anne Frank Fintech Movers: There is a large opportunity for Google to leverage its massive direct consumer relationships to attract [banks] to sign up for co-branded checking accounts. For many of the bank and credit union partners,...
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Tokenizing The Real Economy: Smartlands Unlocks High-Yield Crowdfunding Opportunities In Alternative Assets
Thursday, September 26, 2019 - 3:16pm | 408Benzinga is highlighting nominees for the fifth annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards ahead of the event Nov. 19 in New York City. One nominee is Smartlands, a blockchain-based investment platform. Background Founded in 2017, the U.K.-based fintech leverages proprietary technologies to issue...
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7 Fintech Companies Making Waves In 2019
Monday, September 9, 2019 - 5:52pm | 1008Every year, Benzinga showcases the most innovative and forward-looking companies shaping the fintech industry. In preparation for the fifth annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards in New York City on Nov. 19, Benzinga is taking a look at companies that have captured news waves this year....
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Archax CEO: We Want To Democratize Capital Markets
Friday, July 19, 2019 - 11:40am | 696Graham Rodford, founder and CEO at Archax, an institutional-grade exchange for asset-based tokens, discussed recent developments in the space and growth prospects with Benzinga. About Graham Rodford Rodford previously worked for Omni Partners, HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE: HSBC) and...