FinTech Awards

The second annual Benzinga Fintech Awards is coming to New York City on May 24. In anticipation of the premier gala for financial technology, we're introducing you to the companies that will be in attendance. For more information on submitting your company, voting for the finalists, or...

Political intelligence website GovBrain uses an automated process to analyze political "events," then ties them to a ticker symbol as a way of determining how government decisions affect the financial markets. The name, GovBrain, which founder Dr. Brent M. Eastwood admitted seemed to...

Benzinga is pleased to be holding the Fintech Awards Gala and expo in New York City on April 8th. This is the only fintech event to place an emphasis on the capital markets -- if you're in the industry you would be crazy not to attend. Founders and C-suite executives from all the hottest...

Who will be the next Apple? What company with what disruptive idea will turn the world of technology upside down? For this series, Benzinga interviewed CEOs of several technology startups that are making waves today in the hopes of making a difference tomorrow. SEIN Analytics founder and CEO...

Who will be the next Apple? What company with what disruptive idea will turn the world of technology upside down? In this series, Benzinga interviewed CEOs of several technology startups that are making waves today in hopes of making a difference tomorrow. Imagine receiving a text message from...

Who will be the next Apple? What company with what disruptive idea will turn the world of technology upside down? In this series, Benzinga interviewed CEOs of several technology startups that are making waves today in hopes of making a difference tomorrow. One of the problems with defining a...

Gone are the days when algorithmic trading was the domain of high-frequency trading firms and Wall Street’s big banks. I Know First, a contestant for this year’s Benzinga Fintech Awards, is a company that is trying to bring the algorithmic trading experience to retail traders and...

Among this year’s contestants for the Benzinga Fintech Awards is iQuantifi, a cloud-based, virtual financial advisor. Tom White, founder and CEO at iQuantifi, was recently interviewed by Benzinga about his company. “iQuantifi is a virtual financial advisor; it provides comprehensive...

Among the contestants for this year’s Benzinga Fintech Awards is Vetr, a platform that crowdsources ratings for the stock market. Benzinga recently interviewed J.D. Singh, director at Vetr, where he elaborated on what the company does and how it was founded. How Was Vetr Founded?...

In a space where charting platforms either carry a hefty price tag or severely underperform, a new platform could be welcome reprieve. ChartIQ is trying to fill that gap by offering professional-grade charting and a technical analysis toolset that works seamlessly across the desktop, web, tablet...

The financial planning and advisory business is known for catering to high net-worth individuals. However, Advizr, one of the contestants in this year's Benzinga Fintech Awards, is a company that seeks to change that by enabling financial advisors to provide advice to all of their clients,...

Among the contestants for the Benzinga Fintech Awards is EquityZen, a marketplace for secondary investments in $50 million private companies and startups. Benzinga recently interviewed EquityZen CEO, Atish Davda. Here is what Davda had to say about his company and its future prospects. What...

Regardless of the kind of security measures used to protect a credit card, once a fraudster has the card data, little can be done to stop him or her from using the information. However, there is a company that promises to stop more than half of the fraudulent spending from compromised cards...