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Fintech Focus For March 16, 2021
Monday, March 15, 2021 - 5:56pm | 1966Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “When someone tells me something can’t be done, I think there’s always a will and a way.” Source: Randall Kaplan One Big Thing In Fintech: One driving force behind innovation is disruption. That’s according to Allison Beer, the Chief Product...
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Fintech Spotlight: JPMorgan Chase Looks To Digital Banking Innovation
Monday, March 15, 2021 - 9:40am | 758Read More...One driving force behind innovation is disruption. That’s according to Allison Beer, the Chief Product Officer and Head of Customer Experience and Digital for JPMorgan Chase & Co’s (NYSE: JPM) digital banking and innovation arm. In a conversation with Benzinga, Beer spoke about...
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Barron's Latest Picks And Pans: Bank Stocks, BDCs, Blackstone, Fluor, Oracle And More
Sunday, February 21, 2021 - 8:13am | 1202Read More...This weekend's Barron's cover story explores one enterprise software company's transformation into a cloud giant. Other featured articles discuss who dominates the public cloud, who stands to benefit as Texas rebuilds and how to tell when tech companies are overvalued. Also, the...
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Fintech Focus For January 28, 2021
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 7:11pm | 2075Read More...Quote To Start The Day: I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education. Source: Bruce Lee One Big Thing In Fintech: StockCharts, the web's leading technical analysis and financial charting platform for online retail investors, today announced that they have eclipsed 1.6 million users...
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Monday's Market Minute: Watch The U.S. Dollar
Monday, January 11, 2021 - 11:10am | 446Read More...This week, there’s a focus on economic data, earnings, and markets at or near all-time highs. First, a look at the calendar and what could move markets. Today is light to begin the week, but we do have a couple of Fed speakers, one of them being Raphael Bostic. Keep in mind, Bostic has been...
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Fintech Focus For January 4, 2021
Sunday, January 3, 2021 - 12:58pm | 1446Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. Source: Oprah Winfrey One Big Thing In Fintech: The banking industry has not been spared from the impact of Covid-19. Bank of America, for one, saw profits drop 16% year-over-year (YoY) in Q3’20 to $4.9B...
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Fintech Focus For December 31, 2020
Wednesday, December 30, 2020 - 7:48pm | 1939Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Celebrate endings—for they precede new beginnings. Source: Jonathan Huie One Big Thing In Fintech: In a recent outlook for North American and European fintech, Fitch Ratings acknowledged that the sector fundamentals should remain resilient next year, despite pandemic-...
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Fintech Focus For December 16, 2020
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - 6:59pm | 1992Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “When we’re talking about public markets — when you decide to go public — you go from one to two businesses. The business of whatever you’re in, let’s call it making widgets, and the business of being public.” Source: David Buzkin...
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'Extreme Measures Of Sentiment': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, November 29, 2020 - 7:59pm | 1277Read More...The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: In an extension of the sharp rotation out of safety on a sustained economic rebound after the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, stretched sentiment propelled stocks to record closing highs. Remember This: “We are starting to see some extreme measures...
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'Continued Economic Rebound': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, October 18, 2020 - 2:38pm | 1695Read More...The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: Last week ended positive alongside vaccine optimism and a retail sales beat. Remember This: “Regardless of who may win the election, we think the continued economic rebound will support future equity gains,” said Ryan Detrick, chief market...
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Fintech Focus Roundup For October 10, 2020
Friday, October 9, 2020 - 7:36pm | 1390Read More...Why Signal Advisors Is Not Your Typical IMO The Problem: Traditional IMOs sell relationships; they distribute annuities and insurance policies through networks of independent financial advisors. With the rise of technology, however, many IMOs have failed to innovate with the times, leaving...
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'We're At A Tipping Point': Commonwealth Drives Systemic Change In Financial Services Alongside JPMorgan, BlackRock
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 - 7:00am | 879Read More...Commonwealth, a financial security nonprofit, recently announced a two-year initiative to address challenges and opportunities emerging technologies present to people of lower- and moderate-income. As part of the development, Benzinga chatted with Commonwealth co-founder and executive director...
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Fintech Focus For September 29, 2020
Monday, September 28, 2020 - 5:40pm | 1775Read More...Quote Of The Day: When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. - Henry Ford Fintech Movers: Financial health will become the new basis of competition in banking. - Forbes Finicity added to banking and credit tech. Wirex...
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'Natural Period Of Consolidation': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, September 27, 2020 - 7:20pm | 1957Read More...The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: Last week ended negative with mega-cap and technology stocks regaining strength into week-end. Remember This: “Markets had embedded substantial optimism in early September, with the valuation of the S&P 500 at the highest level in 20 years and...
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BlackRock Forays Into Mutual-Fund Business In China: WSJ
Saturday, August 29, 2020 - 8:59am | 371Read More...What Happened: BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK), the New York-based asset management firm gets the nod from the regulators to initiate its mutual-fund business operations in China, WSJ reported. Chinese Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) approved the joint application of Blackrock and...
