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Fintech Focus For May 14, 2021
Thursday, May 13, 2021 - 5:16pm | 1839Quote 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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Video Resumes, Dating Videos: 2 New Features For TikTok Users
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 - 4:20pm | 705TikTok is one of the most popular apps for the Gen Z market. As the platform continues to grow and launch new products, new entries from the company and a third-party company are bringing new items to TikTok. Employee Recruitment: TikTok could be launching a jobs service for the Gen Z market soon....
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Fintech Focus For May 10, 2021
Sunday, May 9, 2021 - 3:06pm | 1537Quote To Start The Day: “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” Source: St. Augustine One Big Thing In Fintech: While recent information could indicate that some of the most lucrative trading activity at companies like Robinhood could be slowing, there...
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Binance-Backed DeFi Project Raises $10M At $1B Valuation From Mark Cuban, Pantera Capital, Others
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 - 5:11pm | 436Decentralized derivatives exchange Injective Protocol has raised $10 million in a “party funding round” from new investors. What Happened: According to TechCrunch, billionaire investor Mark Cuban has made a strategic investment in the project, joining other high-profile venture firms...
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Fintech Focus For April 15, 2021
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - 10:15pm | 1670Quote To Start The Day: "We’re seeing customers habituated into digital banking, in a way that would have likely happened, but may have taken longer. These trends … will continue to accelerate." Source: Allison Beer One Big Thing In Fintech: For Coinbase the road ahead is...
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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 9, 2021
Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 5:54pm | 2020Quote To Start The Day: We don't abandon our pursuits because we despair of ever perfecting them. Source: Epictetus One Big Thing In Fintech: To stay competitive, financial institutions must take a page from SaaS providers by embedding much needed financial services functionality into their...
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LinkedIn Set To Take On Clubhouse With Creator Mode: What Investors Should Know
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - 6:23pm | 489The rise of Clubhouse has given influencers and experts in different fields a chance to share and interact with an audience. Several companies are planning to offer platforms that compete against Clubhouse, including a newly announced platform from LinkedIn. What Happened: LinkedIn, which was...
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Fintech Focus For March 26, 2021
Thursday, March 25, 2021 - 7:45pm | 1751Quote To Start The Day: A lot of issues you see in America are really manifestations of classism. Simple shifts in individual behavior could reduce the wealth gap we have today. Source: Philip Michael One Big Thing In Fintech: According to recent reporting, the consumer trading frenzy could be...
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Delivery Startup GoPuff Raises $1.15B From SoftBank, Other Investors At $8.9B Valuation: TechCrunch
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 - 1:47pm | 309Philadelphian delivery start-up goPuff raised $1.15 billion in funding at an $8.9 billion valuation, TechCrunch reports. The company had raised $380 million last fall, at a $3.9 billion valuation, followed by the acquisition of West Coast beverage retailer BevMo. goPuff delivers a...
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Google's Next Billion Users Leader Announces April Departure: TechCrunch
Monday, March 22, 2021 - 1:33pm | 243Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Next Billion Users initiative and the company’s payments business leader, Caesar Sengupta, would be departing next month after being with the company for fifteen years to focus on personal entrepreneurship, TechCrunch...
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Apple Discontinues The Original HomePod Speaker
Monday, March 15, 2021 - 1:54am | 448Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) said it is discontinuing the original HomePod speakers and will focus its efforts on the smaller HomePod mini, TechCrunch reported Saturday. What Happened: The Tim Cook-led tech giant will continue to sell existing HomePod speakers but its website has already run out of...
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Fintech Focus For March 11, 2021
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - 10:42pm | 1745Quote To Start The Day: Doing something unimportant well does not make it important. Source: Tim Ferriss One Big Thing In Fintech: A provisional report from data and research group CB Insights indicates that we’re not merely in a warm period for fintech funding — we are in a period of...
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Fintech Focus For March 10, 2021
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - 11:30pm | 1545Quote To Start The Day: Best friends don’t expect anything from you. They just accept you the way you are. Source: Maxime Lagacé One Big Thing In Fintech: M1 Finance is a platform for digital investing, borrowing and banking. As part of its vision to help self-directed investors build...
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Fintech Focus For March 8, 2021
Sunday, March 7, 2021 - 9:39pm | 1905Quote To Start The Day: Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning. Source: Bruce Lee One Big Thing In Fintech: Although it’s still early in the transition, it appears the Biden administration will nominate former Ripple advisor and former U.S. Treasury...