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Amazon Employees, Use Your Stock To Unlock Your Dream Home: Here's How
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 - 5:14am | 498Read More...Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) employees will soon have the option to use their company shares as collateral when buying homes, under an arrangement with online mortgage lender Better.com. What Happened: Better.com has partnered with the e-commerce giant to offer an arrangement...
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BZ Bites: Better.com Fires Another 3,000 Employees As Interest Rates Rise
Tuesday, March 8, 2022 - 3:53pm | 165Read More...Online-mortgage lender Better.com fired nearly 3,000 employees across the U.S. and India, about 35% of its total workforce. The development comes after Better cut 9% of its workforce last year on a video conference call that was followed by CEO Vishal Garg’s temporary leave. All affected...
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Fintech Focus For July 13, 2021
Monday, July 12, 2021 - 7:45pm | 1849Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.” Source: Ayn Rand One Big Thing In Fintech: Binance traders around the world have been trying to get their money back. But unlike a more traditional investment platform, Binance is...
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Fintech Focus For April 12, 2021
Sunday, April 11, 2021 - 9:50pm | 2268Read More...Quote To Start The Day: I would rather engage in the pursuit of excellence than the pursuit of assets. Source: Ken Griffin One Big Thing In Fintech: A week before its initial public offering (IPO), Coinbase reported significant user growth for the first quarter of 2021. See also: How to Buy...
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SoftBank Makes $500 Million Bet On Mortgage Market With Investment In Better.com
Sunday, April 11, 2021 - 10:31am | 417Read More...Better.com has gotten a valuation boost and an injection of capital from SoftBank Group Corp (OTC: SFTBY) (OTC: SFTBF). SoftBank, the Japan-based conglomerate run by Son Masayoshi and manager of the $100 billion Vision Fund, is investing $500 million in Better.com, a consumer mortgage lending site...
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Mortgage Industry Disruptor Better.com Expands Business Lines, Eyes $1B Valuation
Friday, October 11, 2019 - 2:29pm | 474Read More...Benzinga is highlighting nominees for the fifth annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards ahead of the event Nov. 19 in New York City. One nominee is the Better.com, a mortgage lending fintech. Background Launched in 2016, the New York-based fintech digitizes the mortgage financing process from start...
