Climate-focused fintechs have seen investment and interest in their products scale significantly over the past ten years. This subsector raised more than $1.2B in 2021—and, despite medium-term headwinds, will no doubt continue to grow.
Read MoreRachel Lauren, Debbie’s Co-Founder and COO, framed debt as a headwind that’s growing in strength, and a potentially paralyzing one at that. Many people who have accumulated debt don’t know where to begin when it comes to changing their financial conditions.
Read MoreFidelity Investments announced that it’s launching employer-sponsored 401(k) plans that invest in Bitcoin. Fidelity administers retirement plans for approximately 23,000 businesses and manages over $11T in assets.
Read MoreOver the past twelve months, the average interest rate for a savings account has risen from .06% to .1%. Fintechs like Save and Fair are offering “alternative” savings accounts with supposed annual yields around 4%.
Read MoreAccording to a report by Financial Health Network, men are 50% more likely to be financially healthy than their women counterparts. Women trail behind men on all measures, including spending, savings, borrowing, and planning.
Read MoreUS-based hedge funds are making more conservative bets on stock prices than they have in a decade. Funds like Bridgewater and BlackRock have increasingly taken short positions on billions of dollars in assets.
Read MoreResearch by Alto Solutions, Inc., a self-directed IRA provider, claims 53% of millennial investors aren’t confident they will ever be able to afford retirement. And 76% worry that a market crash could erase their savings.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Gary Paulin, Head of Global Strategic Solutions at Northern Trust, argues that the future of the front office rhymes with the cloud-computing landscape. He envisions an ecosystem of partnerships built around a client’s value chains, which, he asserts, would offer all firms the opportunity to compete with the fund manager giants.
Read MoreAfter a third straight quarter of losses at Credit Suisse as well as an upcoming round of layoffs, the Swiss blog Inside Paradeplatz has reported that State Street may make a bid for Credit Suisse at 9 francs per share.
Read MoreSEC Chair Gary Gensler is expected to outline new rules to make the stock market more efficient for small investors and public companies.
Read MoreThe cryptocurrency exchange announced that select users in the U.S. have access to commission-free trading for hundreds of exchange-listed securities, including both stocks and ETFs.
Read MoreAlly Financial announced the launch of a new wealth management offering, which provides access to human advisors, rather than robo advisors, for clients with more than $100,000 in investable assets.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, James Jack, Head of the Business Owners Client Segment at UBS, suggests ways fintechs can learn from the experiences and strengths of banks like UBS.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev announced that the online brokerage would lay off 9% of its 3,800-person full-time workforce. Shares dipped by more than 5% after news of the layoffs broke.
Read MoreBanking and investing app Stash is reportedly working on introducing crypto into its smart portfolios, but the company did not offer a specific launch date.
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