State Street

Quote To Start The Day: “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.” Source: Albert Einstein One Big Thing In Fintech: Edge Clear, the futures brokerage built by and for traders, last week announced the demo launch of EdgeProX, a...

Quote To Start The Day: We don't abandon our pursuits because we despair of ever perfecting them. Source: Epictetus One Big Thing In Fintech: To stay competitive, financial institutions must take a page from SaaS providers by embedding much needed financial services functionality into their...

Quote To Start The Day: The first step is you have to say that you can. Source: Will Smith One Big Thing In Fintech: The fintech space is rapidly maturing. Investors are backing huge deals, with Q1’21 already setting the record for total mega-rounds in a quarter. It has also seen the highest...

Quote To Start The Day: Doing something unimportant well does not make it important. Source: Tim Ferriss One Big Thing In Fintech: A provisional report from data and research group CB Insights indicates that we’re not merely in a warm period for fintech funding — we are in a period of...

Quote To Start The Day: Being an entrepreneur is an existential, not just a financial thing. Source: Nassim Nicholas Taleb One Big Thing In Fintech: The electronic Chinese yuan is now being tested in cities such as Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing. No other major power is as far along with a...

Quote To Start The Day: Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Source: Jim Rohn One Big Thing In Fintech: “There is no reason why the greatest financial system the world has ever seen cannot settle trades in real time,” Robinhood founder Vlad Tenev said....

Quote To Start The Day: I think the volume of SPACs is going to certainly outweigh the number of IPOs, but the IPOs are going to be bigger deals. Source: Patrick Healey One Big Thing In Fintech: Titan, an asset manager for retail investors, announced Tuesday it raised a $12.5 million Series A...

Quote To Start The Day: You can't be a real networker unless you’re connected. Source: Michael Gruen One Big Thing In Fintech: Experts say 2021 is poised to see greater adoption and venture capital investment in blockchain technology. That prediction comes as more financial services apps...

Quote To Start The Day: Our fundamental work shows that bitcoin should be worth around $400,000. Source: Scott Minerd One Big Thing In Fintech: Robinhood Markets will pay $65 million to settle allegations that it failed to properly inform clients it sold their stock orders to high-frequency...

Quote To Start The Day: US President Donald Trump and his backers, having been stymied dozens of times by judges and elections officials across the country, are confident one last-ditch lawsuit will overturn his election loss. “All I ask for is people with wisdom and with courage, that...

Quote Of The Day: We in the World Health Organization do not advocate lockdowns as the primary means of control of this virus. - David Nabarro Fintech Movers: Hackers have stolen $22 million from users of the popular bitcoin wallet Electrum by enticing people to install fake software updates. -...

Quote Of The Day: I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. - Thomas Jefferson Fintech Movers: There is a great industry need for automated corporate actions solutions, according to a survey by SIX conducted among leading global asset managers, wealth managers, custodians,...

Daily Perspective: Don’t count the days, make the days count. - Muhammad Ali Fintech Movers: In Latin America, women are stepping up as fintech leaders, with five times as many female-founded fintechs as the global average. - Crunchbase Quantamental investment strategy shines. Virtu...

Daily Perspective: Not all those who wander are lost. - J.R.R. Tolkein Fintech Movers: Investors and entrepreneurs say that while the COVID-19 pandemic has boosted demand for fintechs in areas such as digital payments and online trading, it has hurt more vulnerable sectors such as online lending....