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Gotrade Raises $7M To Unlock Global Access To US Equity Market Gotrade, a fintech specializing in democratized stock market investing, formally announced Friday the closure of a $7 million seed funding round led by LocalGlobal, with participation from Social Leverage, Picus Capital, Raptor Group,...

Quote To Start The Day: “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” Source: Michael Jordan One Big Thing In Fintech: Drivers and homeowners will be able to purchase pay-per-mile auto insurance and homeowners insurance from Metromile and Hippo...

Quote To Start The Day: “All the arrows are pointed in the right direction, so let’s get back to life.” Source: Andrew Cuomo One Big Thing In Fintech: In light of the commission-free trading revolution and COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, inexperienced participants flooded the...

Founder At Miami-Based Accelerator TheVentureCity Talks Returnly Exit, #MiamiTech And More Affirm, a leader in payments, recently announced it would acquire Returnly, a return and post-purchase payments solution, for $300 million. Benzinga spoke with Laura González-Estéfani, the...

Quote To Start The Day: “Whatever you are, be a good one.” Source: Abraham Lincoln One Big Thing In Fintech: Metromile Inc, an insurance-focused fintech powered by data science and machine learning, announced Thursday it will allow policyholders the option to pay for insurance and...

Quote To Start The Day: You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down. Source: Charlie Chaplin One Big Thing In Fintech: Ant Group, operator of popular Chinese mobile payment service Alipay, plans to slash its direct carbon emissions by nearly a third by 2025 as part of its...

Quote To Start The Day: "Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier." Source: Mother Teresa One Big Thing In Fintech: Residents of Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida may one day be able to pay their taxes in the form of cryptocurrency....

Quote To Start The Day: International Business Machines Corp. expects 80% of its employees to work in a hybrid model after the pandemic, a setup that offers flexibility but also poses challenges for community-building and upward mobility for staff in a virtual workspace. The majority of workers...

Nasdaq: 50 Years of Market Innovation This month marks the 50th anniversary of Nasdaq’s launch in 1971. The story of Nasdaq’s first five decades highlights its impact on trading today. The introduction of computers to markets, and sharing of quote data more widely, led to the...

Quote To Start The Day: “Gamification is controversial; in some ways, it’s a good thing because you’re lowering the barrier to entry, and making people more motivated to participate in something that’s perceived as a game.” “But, it can be dangerous. If you...

'This Is Not The Market Participant's Problem': Volatility Arbitrage Trader Talks GameStop, Market Microstructure, Regulation The dynamics that transpired in GameStop can be traced back to factors like Federal Reserve stabilization efforts and low rates, which incentivize risk taking...

Quote To Start The Day: Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that who cares?... He’s a mile away and you’ve got his shoes! Source: Billy Connolly One Big Thing In Fintech: In light of its plan to go public, Metromile, an insurance-focused fintech powered by data...