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The Head Of Yahoo! Finance To Lead Personal Finance Fintech Panel At The 2018 Benzinga Fintech Summit
Monday, October 8, 2018 - 4:02pm | 357The Benzinga Fintech Summit is a gathering of the top leaders in payments, lending, capital markets, blockchain and cryptocurrencies in San Francisco Nov. 14. Why You Should Be There Many fintech startups are attempting to crack open the financial services industry because of its massive consumer...
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'A Mix Of Art And Science': CMOs Talk Risk-Taking, Creativity At Benzinga Fintech Awards
Wednesday, May 16, 2018 - 7:31am | 669Marketing leaders from the micro-investing app Stash, online brokerage TradeStation, leveraged ETF issuer Direxion and the nation’s largest mortgage lender Quicken Loans shared their philosophies on how to present their companies to the public in a Tuesday panel at the 2018 Benzinga Global...
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Stash Rolls Out Banking Features Through Partnership With Green Dot Bank
Thursday, April 12, 2018 - 9:01am | 308Stash, a fintech startup that lets users invest small amounts in ETFs and fractional shares of stocks, announced Thursday it has partnered with Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) to bring banking functionality to its app. What Happened Stash is adding bank accounts with debit cards to its...
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Benzinga To Honor The Most Successful Women In Finance At Women's Wealth Forum
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 - 3:37pm | 775Benzinga, the leading financial media company behind some of the most compelling events in financial services, announced today that it would honor some of the most successful women in finance and fintech at the Benzinga Women’s Wealth Forum in Boston March 21 for their trailblazing...
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Jargon Hack: Emerging Markets
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 - 12:56pm | 334The following was originally published on Stash Invest. Emerging Markets, (Broadly) Defined An emerging market refers to a country with a developing economy and growing business infrastructure. The term is used primarily to describe nations with free markets and expanding global trade, but...
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President Trump's Tax Plan Explained: What Exactly Is It?
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 - 10:54am | 936This Article was originally featured on Stash Invest. We’re all waiting to see what the Trump tax plan will be. In addition to creating a new health care plan for America, President Trump has another item on his agenda: Overhauling taxes. Tax reform is still on the docket as a high-priority...
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Stash Invest Wants To Introduce Your Friends To Investing
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 8:02am | 473Fintech investment platform Stash Invest announced a $9 million Series A funding round today. The company plans to use the money to expand its user base and introduce people to the world of investing. In an exclusive interview with Benzinga, Stash Invest co-founder Ed Robinson detailed his...
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Check Out These 'Delicious Dividends'
Thursday, March 3, 2016 - 3:24pm | 551There’s rarely any guarantees when it comes to investing. Even the best stocks trade up and down on a weekly or monthly basis. However, there is one thing that investors in high-quality companies can generally count on no matter what’s going on in the economy: dividends. Once some...
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How To Invest In The Global Shopping Explosion With The 'Retail Therapy' ETF
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 1:13pm | 595No matter where you are in the world or what time period you look at throughout history, there is at least one trend that is constant: people love to shop. The global retail business has undergone a major shift in recent decades with the emergence of new online retailers, and retailers now...
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Benzinga Fintech Awards: Stash CEO Talks New $3 Million Fundraising Round
Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 3:23pm | 578Fintech startup Stash has announced the completion of a new $3 million fundraising round involving a handful of new investors, as well as additional contributions from previous investors. The new round of seed funding was led by Goodwater Capital, which specializes in early-stage consumer...
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How To Get Instant Global Diversification From A Single Investment
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 12:31pm | 594Diversification is quite possibly one of the single most powerful tools at an investor’s disposal. Savvy investors can mitigate risk by making sure to spread out their investments across as many different economic sectors as possible. However, as the Financial Crisis proved, when the U.S....
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Timing The Market Is Harder Than It Looks: Invest For The Long-Term
Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 3:52pm | 452Just when the U.S. economy seemed to be hitting its full stride for the first time since the Financial Crisis, concerns over China’s economy have U.S. stocks once again on shaky ground. However, the recent short-term market weakness provides a useful reminder for long-term investors: the...
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Apple Stock For $5? How Fractional Investing Changes The Game
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 2:54pm | 435If you’ve been looking for a way to dip your toe into the investing waters but don’t want to jump right into the fire trading hundreds or thousands of dollars at once, the Stash app is one service that gives users one of the best ways to invest as little as $5 at a time. With...
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Support American Troops With Your Portfolio? It's Possible: Here's How
Friday, December 11, 2015 - 3:38pm | 623Ever since September 11, 2001, America has been at war with terrorist organizations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and all over the world. Sadly, though our brave service men and women have made huge strides in defeating Al-Qaeda, the Taliban and ISIS, the recent attacks in Paris are a sobering...