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Cameron Dart is the CEO of International FinTech, a hub that connects Australian fintech companies to the rest of the world and vice versa. The company recently opened a London “launch pad” office that helps Australian startups expand globally and links startups in other countries to...

To get you prepared for the 2017 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards, Benzinga will profile the daily schedules of select fintech leaders whose companies have applied. For this installment, we chatted with microinvesting app Acorns Chief Commercial Officer Manning Field. A Day In The Life 4:45 a.m...

Point72 Ventures, the VC arm of Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management firm, invested $2 million in micro-investing fintech company Acorns as part of the company's Series D round earlier this year. Point72 Ventures’ previous investments have focused on quant trading technologies, so...

Trading is fraught with inherent risks, and to help investors circumvent these risks, there exists a faciliatory institution called online brokerage. Online brokers are handlers of customer orders to buy and sell securities. In this customer-centric era, several online brokerages, vying with each...

For the amount of time spent on smartphones, there is plenty that can be done with your personal finances. Now that you can manage your debts, assets, budgets and investments from your phone, here are some apps that can help along the way. Wally One of the most tedious aspects of personal...

Can an app change the way individuals invest? Walter Cruttenden, co-founder of Acorns, is on a mission to find out. "We just want to enjoy our lives and change the world," Cruttenden, a serial entrepreneur, told Benzinga. He set out to achieve this goal after his son, co-founder...