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Fintech Focus For November 16, 2020
Sunday, November 15, 2020 - 10:15pm | 1771Read More...Quote Of The Day: If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. - Jim Rohn Fintech Movers: The most well-funded US fintech startup is SoFi, with $2.5B in disclosed equity funding. The San Francisco-based personal finance platform offers an array of financial...
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Fintech Focus For November 9, 2020
Monday, November 9, 2020 - 1:47am | 2438Read More...Quote Of The Day: We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. - Ana’s Nin Fintech Movers: Major finance players are using distributed ledger technology to reshape the capital markets infrastructure that powers the trade of stocks, bonds, and other securities. - CB Insights...
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Fintech Focus For November 6, 2020
Thursday, November 5, 2020 - 9:15pm | 1968Read More...Quote Of The Day: One man with courage makes a majority. - Andrew Jackson Fintech Movers: The Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit challenging Visa’s proposed $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid. - TechCrunch WhatsApp to expand payments tech. A Biden win could be good for...
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Fintech Focus For October 19, 2020
Sunday, October 18, 2020 - 9:35pm | 2092Read More...Quote Of The Day: Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. - Confucius Fintech Movers: COVID-19 has not slowed crypto M&A. To wit, the value of industry acquisitions in the first half of 2020 has already surpassed that of full-year 2019. - Coindesk Q.ai is disrupting the...
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Fintech Focus For September 10, 2020
Wednesday, September 9, 2020 - 8:24pm | 2279Read More...Quote Of The Day: Love is a serious mental disease. - Plato Fintech Movers: M1 Finance, a platform for money management, announced it surpassed $2 billion in assets. - Benzinga Carrot to expand its dividend tech. Long-Term Stock Exchange opens. Binance enters the Turkish market. Displayed markets...
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Fintech Focus For September 1, 2020
Monday, August 31, 2020 - 6:51pm | 2023Read More...Quote Of The Day: Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. - Henry David Thoreau Fintech Movers: If it were to continue compounding at that rate, bitcoin’s daily volume would exceed that of the US equity market in fewer than 4 years. - Ark Trading...
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Fintech Focus For August 28, 2020
Thursday, August 27, 2020 - 5:47pm | 2399Read More...Quote Of The Day: Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. - Babe Ruth Fintech Movers: The US SEC approved the proposed Discretionary Limit, or D-Limit, order type from exchange operator IEX Group as three new exchanges are also slated to launch within the next month. -...
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Fintech Focus For August 25, 2020
Monday, August 24, 2020 - 6:07pm | 2430Read More...Quote Of The Day: Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. - Gloria Steinem Fintech Movers: A digital currency could also help the Fed implement monetary policy by setting interest rates on consumers' accounts holding the digital currency — analysts say this also could be a more...
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Fintech Focus For July 20, 2020
Monday, July 20, 2020 - 9:27am | 1771Read More...Daily Perspective: Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out. - John Wooden Fintech Movers: Schwab now manages a record $4.11 trillion in client assets from 14.1 million accounts, having added 1.62 million new clients during the quarter, but still managed to see weak...
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ORTEX Data Shows Short Sellers Were Punished By Supermarket Resiliency
Friday, July 17, 2020 - 3:45pm | 345Read More...Alongside the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, global financial markets experienced a historic liquidation, offering increased opportunities for short-sellers. Despite the development, however, many hedge funds did not realize significant profits. What Happened? In light of the health care pandemic,...
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Fintech Focus Roundup For June 27, 2020
Monday, June 29, 2020 - 9:55am | 904Read More...Get Rich Quick Scheme What Is Happening? Three of the largest brokers raked in more than $300 million in Q1 2020 by offloading orders to large trading firms. TD Ameritrade brought in the most, according to regulatory filings from the Q1, with E*Trade and Charles Schwab also posted notable figures...
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'A Chance To Change The World': The Small Exchange Opens, Launches Small, Standard, And Simple Futures Products
Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - 6:22pm | 769Read More...On May 19, the Small Exchange announced the launch of a new futures exchange after receiving approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and successfully completing Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) tests. The launch marks a new beginning for the industry, as more market...
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How Does Bill Ackman's Chipotle Stake Compare To Other Activists In The Fast Casual Sector?
Thursday, September 8, 2016 - 6:42am | 465Read More...Shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) gained almost 6 percent Wednesday, after Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square disclosed a 9.9 percent stake in the restaurant operator. It should be noted that the 2,882,463 shares position has an activist nature, as suggested by the 13D SEC...
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CEOs Vs. Hedge Fund Managers: Who Gets Paid Better?
Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 10:49am | 715Read More...Do you want to become a billionaire? What about running a company? Ever wondered if you’d get richer making it to CEO or as a money manager? Well, Benzinga’s got some pointers for you. The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm, recently published a list of the 10 highest-...
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The Most Important Message Investors Need For Earnings Season
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 11:31am | 1419Read More...Oil didn't go down. Bank stocks in Greece didn't crash. The dollar didn't make a new high. And rates didn't put in a new low. As a result, traders and their computers in the U.S. had the green light to hit the buy button for much of the day on Thursday. Yep, that's what...
