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Fintech Focus For April 26, 2021
Sunday, April 25, 2021 - 9:45pm | 1489Quote To Start The Day: Well done is better than well said. Source: Benjamin Franklin One Big Thing In Fintech: Alpaca, a stock brokerage that allows developers to build apps, services, and trading platforms, formally announced the launch of Broker API, as well as an expansion of its investment...
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Fintech Focus For April 14, 2021
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - 7:11pm | 2012Quote To Start The Day: “I think smart money understands that, although volatility has contracted a lot in these last two months, we are still seeing signs of excess market fragility appear from many different angles.” Source: Kris Sidial One Big Thing In Fintech: ConsenSys, a key...
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Fintech Focus For April 7, 2021
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 6:46pm | 2410Quote To Start The Day: An unexamined life is not worth living. Source: Socrates One Big Thing In Fintech: Fidelity Investments, Square Inc. and several other financial firms are forming a new trade group that aims to shape the way bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are regulated. Source: WSJ...
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Fintech Focus For November 17, 2020
Monday, November 16, 2020 - 7:48pm | 2009Quote Of The Day: Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. - Mother Teresa Fintech Movers: So far, in 2020 (January to October), FinTechs have raised approximately $35.69 billion compared to the $37.07 billion raised in the same period in 2019. - MEDICI...
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Meet The Winners Of The 2020 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 - 7:50pm | 786Benzinga, a leading news and data platform, in partnership with financial data and insights platform Envestnet | Yodlee, held the sixth annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards Tuesday — a day of dealmaking, networking and recognition in the financial technology space. See also:...
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Fintech Focus For November 4, 2020
Tuesday, November 3, 2020 - 8:01pm | 1908Quote Of The Day: The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. - Ayn Rand Fintech Movers: Voice technology has the potential to improve financial services in more ways than just convenience and accessibility. - SDK.finance Alameda invests $3M in 3Commas. Schwab...
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DriveWealth Secures $56.7M Series C To Pursue Strategic Growth Initiatives
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 - 11:23am | 391DriveWealth, a global trading technology provider, announced a $56.7-million Series C this week to strengthen its technology, make acquisitions and scale its business. The funding round was led by Point72 Ventures, SBI Holdings, Route 66 Ventures, Mouro Capital and Fidelity International...
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Fintech Focus For October 12, 2020
Sunday, October 11, 2020 - 8:33pm | 1989Quote Of The Day: The only impossible journey is the one you never begin. - Tony Robbins Fintech Movers: The Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate, the research and development wing of the United States Department of Homeland Security, has given close to a million dollars to five blockchain...
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3 Small-Cap Bitcoin Stocks That Could Benefit From Square's Purchase
Friday, October 9, 2020 - 7:55am | 926On Thursday, Square (NYSE: SQ) announced it's investing $50 million in bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency. CEO Jack Dorsey calls bitcoin the most viable currency for the internet. Chamath Palihapitiya discussed bitcoin at the Benzinga Boot Camp recently. He invested $1 million in...
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Fintech Focus For August 26, 2020
Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 7:02pm | 2533Quote Of The Day: Nobody wants to fly across the country for a two hour meeting when you can do it just as well on Zoom. - James Altucher Fintech Movers: The main challenge Central American fintech faces is a lack of tech infrastructure and knowhow. That’s why social impact funds are...
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Fintech Focus For August 6, 2020
Thursday, August 6, 2020 - 10:37am | 1812Daily Perspective: I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. - Albert Einstein Fintech Movers: PayPal executives said society has reached an "inflection point" when it comes to the "death of cash," and noted that 70% of consumers now fear for their health when...
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Investors Renew Affinity For Dividend ETFs
Monday, March 19, 2018 - 10:47am | 529The Federal Open Market Committee meets this week, and many bond market participants expect the Fed to raise interest rates after having done so three times in 2017. Expectations of higher borrowing costs have previously been seen as detrimental to dividend stocks and exchange traded funds, but...
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It's Not Always About Fees With ETFs
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 - 3:46pm | 548It's easy for investors to get wrapped up in the conversation regarding fees on exchange traded funds. For investors planning to hold an ETF for a year, three years, five years or longer, fees matter. Investors' increasingly fee-savvy ways are prompting fund issuers to bring new,...
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Schwab Expands Commission-Free Platform
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 - 9:24am | 409Charles Schwab Corp (NYSE: SCHW), one of the largest discount brokerage firms, said Monday it is expanding its Schwab ETF OneSource platform. Schwab ETF OneSource is already the largest commission-free exchange-traded funds offering in the brokerage space. Fifteen ETFs from nine different issuers...
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An ETF For Cost-Conscious Dividend Investors
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 9:13am | 544A major reason why Charles Schwab Corp (NYSE: SCHW) is a force in the exchange-traded funds business and now the fifth-largest U.S. ETF issuer is that Schwab ETFs are among the least expensive on the market. That is right. In some segments, including both equities and fixed income, Schwab is able...