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How Investing In Real Estate May Have Just Gotten Easier
Friday, August 19, 2022 - 8:30am | 542Investing in real estate has been commonplace in the U.S. for decades. Despite its popularity, real estate has typically only been available to people with significant resources because of the amount of money and time properties require. Over the years different organizations have come into place...
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The Spirit Of Demystifying Options Trading Will Remain Intact After eToro's Gatsby Acquisition
Wednesday, August 17, 2022 - 3:07pm | 305eToro, a multi-asset social investment network, announced its intent to acquire Gatsby, an options trading platform. What Happened: In an effort to empower more everyday investors with simple and transparent ways to grow and maintain their wealth, eToro will acquire Gatsby for $50 million in cash...
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Fintech Focus For March 22, 2021
Sunday, March 21, 2021 - 9:38pm | 1881Quote To Start The Day: “I didn’t come into this job expecting a 9am-5pm’s, but I also didn’t expect consistent 9am-5am’s either.” Source: Goldman Analyst One Big Thing In Fintech: To keep up with emerging technology, self-made billionaire Mark Cuban is always...
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Get To Know Your Benzinga Global Fintech Awards Nominee: Gatsby
Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 11:52am | 304Gatsby is a commission-free options trading app for iOS and Android that aims to make options trading easy to understand, without the jargon. The app presents options chains in a unique way that makes it suitable for beginner traders. The trading app provides free real-time market data,...
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Fintech Focus For July 21, 2020
Tuesday, July 21, 2020 - 2:32pm | 1578Daily Perspective: Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. - Napoleon Hill Fintech Movers: The OCC’s proposed charters will be positive for the fintech industry, facilitating innovative business models, saving on card processing fees, and, ultimately, enabling...
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Gatsby Expands Board, Raises New Funding Led By SWS Venture Capital
Thursday, April 23, 2020 - 4:30pm | 260Gatsby, a commission-free options trading platform recognized as a Benzinga Listmaker for outstanding achievement in fintech, formally announced a new funding round led by SWS Venture Capital. This comes as millions stuck at home due to the global economic shutdown explore the world of...
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Gatsby Options Trading Platform Adds Revenue Sharing System, Redeemable Gift Cards
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 - 4:07pm | 218Gatsby, a commission-free options trading platform recognized as a Benzinga Listmaker for outstanding achievement in fintech, has released Gatsby Rewards, a system that allows users to earn rewards on trades, redeemable via gift cards at top retailers including Amazon. “Most brokerages make...
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Social Media Hero Ken Bone Gives Thumbs Up To Options Trading
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 12:36pm | 194Gatsby, a commission-free options trading platform recognized as a Benzinga Listmaker for outstanding achievement in fintech, tapped social media personality Ken Bone to explain options trading for prospective users. Bone became famous after asking a question during a 2016 CNN Presidential Election...
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Gatsby's Newly Launched App Has Social Feed For Traders
Monday, December 16, 2019 - 11:00am | 386Gatsby, a commission-free options trading platform recognized as a Benzinga Listmaker for outstanding achievement in fintech, is now live on Android and iOS, allowing novices and professionals the ability to freely express their opinions in the stock and ETF options market. Now, investors and...
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Democratizing Derivatives: Gatsby Redefines Speculative Options Trading
Monday, September 23, 2019 - 8:36am | 1013In an interview with Benzinga, Jeff Myers, co-founder at the commission-free options trading platform Gatsby, discussed reducing barriers and creating a community around options trading. How It Started The story goes like this: Myers viewed a pre-viral video of a passenger being dragged off a...
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Gatsby To Offer Commission-Free Options Trading With AI Analysis Feature
Friday, August 23, 2019 - 2:11pm | 283Gatsby, a commission-free options trading platform, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding to help scale its business. The company's investors include Rosecliff Ventures, SWS Venture Capital, Irish Angels and Plug and Play Ventures. The platform launches in the fall on iOS and Android,...
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Learn By Doing
Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - 11:24am | 556Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Dave Grohl is famously against guitar lessons. His thinking is the best way to learn how to play guitar is to just play guitar, rather than have someone show you. This concept is true for a lot of things, as David Gloobar pointed out in the Chronicle of Higher...
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Young Investors Are Ready To Be More Active. They're Simply Looking For A Reason.
Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 3:54pm | 622In 2017, two of the largest retail brokerages in the country, TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: AMTD) and E*Trade Financial Corp (NASDAQ: ETFC), found that millennials, not their older Gen-X and Baby Boomer counterparts, were the most active options traders on their platforms. This may have...
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Enter The Brokerage Wars: Gatsby? What Gatsby?
Monday, April 29, 2019 - 3:33pm | 872Benzinga's Fintech Focus Podcast features conversations with the biggest names in fintech. Subscribe to the Fintech Focus newsletter to get a roundup of industry news delivered to your inbox weekly, and check out upcoming programming at Benzinga events. In this episode of the Fintech Focus...