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The Growing Email Scam That's Almost Impossible To Reverse
Sunday, July 31, 2022 - 11:48am | 809Original publication: August 5, 2020 Phishing emails could be described as the pestilent occurrence of the modern workforce. As we ditched the typewriter for the computer, and faxes for emails, one unexpected (yet always prevalent) consequence, was spam. According to Verizon’s 2019 Data...
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BZ Bites: MoneyLion Reports Record Quarter, One-Year Customer Growth Over 100%
Monday, March 14, 2022 - 8:24pm | 254MoneyLion Inc (NYSE: ML) announced fourth-quarter and full-year ended Dec. 31, 2021, financial results. As it stands, record quarter and full-year net revenue were up 146% and 115%, respectively, year over year. Additionally, total customer counts grew 129% year over year. Why It Matters: The...
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MoneyLion Strengthens Ability To Find, Access Financial Products With $440M Even Financial Acquisition
Thursday, December 16, 2021 - 7:28pm | 485MoneyLion Inc (NYSE: ML) is to acquire embedded finance marketplace Even Financial in a $440 million deal. The development will accelerate MoneyLion’s mission of providing financial access and advice. Context: Founded in 2013, MoneyLion is a pioneer mobile banking fintech,...
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The Credit Paradox Of The COVID-19 Recession
Monday, November 29, 2021 - 10:09am | 796Photo by Avery Evans on Unsplash No recession hits everybody equally. As for the COVID-19 pandemic-fueled recession, the difference in the degree of financial pain experienced between the haves and the have-nots has been pretty staggering. Look no further than the credit markets to see how this...
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The Growing Challenge for Cybersecurity in an Increasingly Digital Finance World
Monday, November 22, 2021 - 9:40am | 677Photo by Philipp Katzenberger on Unsplash The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. The rapid push to democratize finance through fintech solutions brings increased accessibility...
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The Death of Static Ads: How AI is Changing Financial Services Acquisition
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 - 9:18am | 630Photo by Jackson So on Unsplash The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. According to a report from Deloitte, 54% of financial service organizations have implemented AI in their...
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Which Digital Financial Services Are Going to Thrive Post-Pandemic?
Tuesday, September 7, 2021 - 7:21am | 799The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. While the financial services industry was already rapidly evolving its offerings to meet the increasing demand for convenient, digital...
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How Financial Startups Are Driving Industry-Wide Change
Thursday, September 2, 2021 - 6:57am | 825The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. There is an ongoing revolution in finance-driven by startup culture—and it’s about more than just looking cool or revising a...
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Even Financial Announces Launch Of 'Financial Products For Salesforce'; Enabling Financial Advisors To Expand Service Offerings
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - 11:28am | 513The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. Even Financial, an API marketplace in the financial services industry, announced the launch of ‘Financial Products for Salesforce -...
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In The Future, Every Company Will Be A Financial Services Company
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - 10:26am | 1387The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. The idea of non-banks encroaching into financial services is not new. Beginning in the 20th century, many consumer-facing companies...
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6 Fintech Executives Give Their Predictions For 2021
Monday, February 1, 2021 - 10:44am | 1119There’s an ancient Chinese proverb that says “When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.“ The winds of change blew in 2020, politically, socially, and economically. It brought about the greatest period of turmoil since the Great Financial...
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How COVID Is Forcing Financial Services Companies To Adapt
Friday, November 20, 2020 - 11:54am | 626The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the financial gap among Americans, forcing the most vulnerable into a more precarious situation while allowing the wealthiest to even prosper. But if there’s a silver lining to that development, it’s that the widening gap has also forced financial...
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APIs Are The Secret Sauce Of Fintech
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 - 12:27pm | 1301The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. If revenue from fintech companies really is going to more than triple in the next decade, as some have predicted, it’s not going to...
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COVID-19 Has Sent The Need For Chatbots Skyrocketing. Is The Technology Ready?
Friday, October 16, 2020 - 11:40am | 1138The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. The story of chatbots could have been written—and, indeed, was being written—without the help of a global pandemic. ...
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Will This Recession Lead to Another Fintech Boom?
Thursday, September 17, 2020 - 11:42am | 1752The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. The biggest silver lining in periods of economic turmoil—such that we are in right now, despite what the stock market may tell you...