Managing volatility can be a competitive advantage for CFOs
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Jeremy Almond, co-founder and CEO of Paystand, explores how visionary leaders can turn today’s economic uncertainty into an opportunity for a competitive edge.
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Fintech News Stories
Raising VC for fintechs in 2025
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VC Tiffine Wang looks at the current fundraising environment for fintechs: the bar is higher and investors are more selective.
A risk-based approach to adopting AI in insurance
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AI-powered recommendation engines and computer vision technologies offer real-time, precise analytics and generative AI further extends these capabilities by facilitating the creation of new content and designs with ease. But is it all just a hype? Tiffine Wang, an investment partner at MS&AD Ventures, dives into this question.
Read MoreBridging the trust gap between AI and human advice
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The chorus of financial services brands that say they’re exploring the use of generative artificial intelligence to improve customer experiences keeps growing.
Read MoreUsing Fintech to Empower People to Choose How to Live as They Age
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AARP is concerned about the financial well-being of people as they age, but that goes beyond Social Security and Medicare to include fintech and healthtech. Senior Vice President of Innovation and Product Development Andy Miller shares how AARP partners with start-ups and also develops products internally.
Read MoreTime for Start-Ups to Focus on Making Money?
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Start-ups tout so many metrics — other than, you know, profits. Number of customers, users, reach, influence, amount of Twitter followers, etc. Will the 2020s be the decade when start-ups pursue profitability over all else?
Read MoreInsurers Leave Coal-Based Investments Behind
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Coal exit policies were announced by 18 of the world’s biggest insurers controlling more than 46% of the reinsurance market and in excess of 9.5% of the primary insurance market.
Are Stock Indices Reliant on Too Few?
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The Wall Street Journal took an interesting look at whether stock markets are too reliant on a small number of companies, specifically Apple and Microsoft.
Read MoreRIAs in for a Fight over Forthcoming Trillions
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Consolidation continues to rise in the RIA industry. And further consolidation means trillions of dollars up for grabs.
Read MoreGood Returns for Socially Responsible Investing
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We’ve heard a lot about socially responsible investing in recent years. The big question has been: Will socially responsible investing generate the same returns as a traditional investment portfolio?
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The Great RIA Acquire-Fest
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The number of RIA firms is exploding. Organic growth is playing a role, but M&A is an even larger contributor to this trend.
Read MoreAutism on Wall Street
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We noticed an interesting story in Institutional Investor recently, on the unique trials and travails of Wall Streeters who also happen to be on the autism spectrum.
Read MoreRobo-Advisors Lose Luster
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Robo-advisors were once all the rage in the world of fintech and digital financial services. But has the luster worn off?
Read MoreVox Populi? Maybe Not for Hedge Funds
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Hedge funds have long been closed off to the average retail investor. But so-called “hedge funds for the masses” — pooled funds that use hedge fund-like strategies — had been growing in recent years. That is, until now.
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