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Fintech Focus For February 12, 2021
Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 10:33pm | 2018Read More...Quote To Start The Day: We believe that the new commodity upswing, and in particular oil up cycle, has started. Source: JPMorgan One Big Thing In Fintech: This month marks the 50th anniversary of Nasdaq’s launch in 1971. The story of Nasdaq’s first five decades highlights its impact on...
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Fintech Focus For February 2, 2021
Monday, February 1, 2021 - 6:38pm | 1809Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “This is not the market participants' problem, they paid to play. It’s the broker’s problem, from an operational standpoint, to make sure that these things are in check.” Source: Kris Sidial One Big Thing In Fintech: Year 2021 will be all about...
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Fintech Focus For February 1, 2021
Monday, February 1, 2021 - 12:56am | 1721Read More...Quote To Start The Day: The value of the cold email is so underrated. Source: Michael Gruen One Big Thing In Fintech: When Robinhood, a startup that promises to make finance accessible for all, temporarily limited trading on GameStop, AMC, and other memestocks, many retail investors were pissed...
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Taboola Going Public In SPAC Deal
Monday, January 25, 2021 - 10:15am | 456Read More...Israeli open web company Taboola is going public via a SPAC deal. The SPAC Deal: Taboola, which provides recommendations for the open web, is valued at $2.6 billion in a SPAC deal with ION Acquisition Corp (NYSE: IACA). The $285 million PIPE on the SPAC deal is led by investors that include...
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North American Electric Bus Leader Proterra SPAC Deal: What Investors Should Know
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - 11:50am | 617Read More...A leading electric bus maker is going public via SPAC in a deal announced Tuesday morning. The SPAC Deal: Electric bus leader Proterra is being taken public by ArcLight Clean Transition Corp (NASDAQ: ACTC). The deal values Proterra with an enterprise value of $1.6 billion. Current ArcLight...
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Fintech Focus For December 14, 2020
Sunday, December 13, 2020 - 8:23pm | 1738Read More...Quote To Start The Day: We’re really trying to encourage progress, not to force it. Source: Adena Friedman One Big Thing In Fintech: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. is jumping into the institutional bitcoin game with a $100 million investment in bitcoin and a $5 million equity stake...
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Fintech Focus For November 25, 2020
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 - 6:03pm | 1610Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is. Source: Vince Lombardi One Big Thing In Fintech: UBS said that investors will benefit from buying fintech, healthtech, greentech, and 5G stocks as these 4 sectors will disrupt the technology industry and become the...
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Bill Gates, Baillie Gifford-Backed Ultrasound Company Butterfly Network Gets SPAC Deal
Friday, November 20, 2020 - 1:06pm | 591Read More...A low-cost portable ultrasound company is hitting the public market with a SPAC deal announced Friday. The SPAC Deal: Butterfly Network, a handheld portable ultrasound company, is merging with Longview Acquisition Corp (NYSE: LGVW). The deal values Butterfly Network at $1.5 billion. Longview...
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Meet The Winners Of The 2020 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 - 7:50pm | 786Read More...Benzinga, a leading news and data platform, in partnership with financial data and insights platform Envestnet | Yodlee, held the sixth annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards Tuesday — a day of dealmaking, networking and recognition in the financial technology space. See also:...
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Fintech Focus For November 6, 2020
Thursday, November 5, 2020 - 9:15pm | 1968Read More...Quote Of The Day: One man with courage makes a majority. - Andrew Jackson Fintech Movers: The Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit challenging Visa’s proposed $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid. - TechCrunch WhatsApp to expand payments tech. A Biden win could be good for...
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Fintech Focus For November 2, 2020
Sunday, November 1, 2020 - 7:06pm | 2378Read More...Quote Of The Day: The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well. - John D. Rockefeller Jr. Fintech Movers: Coinbase Card is a Visa debit card that allows users to spend their cryptocurrency funds directly from their Coinbase accounts. The card is accepted at any retailer that...
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Fintech Focus For October 26, 2020
Sunday, October 25, 2020 - 11:22pm | 1955Read More...Quote Of The Day: Love the life you live. Live the life you love. - Bob Marley Fintech Movers: As fintech companies mature, many no longer aspire to be the best at one thing. That could mean not only new revenue sources for fintech companies, but also additional venture capital to startups and...
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Fintech Focus For October 21, 2020
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - 6:37pm | 2181Read More...Quote Of The Day: This is a war to end all wars. - Woodrow Wilson Fintech Movers: The European venture ecosystem is robust and growing with strengths in fintech, health care, deep tech, data and analytics, and commerce and shopping. - Crunchbase TIKR isn’t your typical Bloomberg alternative...
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3 Small-Cap Bitcoin Stocks That Could Benefit From Square's Purchase
Friday, October 9, 2020 - 7:55am | 926Read More...On Thursday, Square (NYSE: SQ) announced it's investing $50 million in bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency. CEO Jack Dorsey calls bitcoin the most viable currency for the internet. Chamath Palihapitiya discussed bitcoin at the Benzinga Boot Camp recently. He invested $1 million in...
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Fintech Focus For September 18, 2020
Thursday, September 17, 2020 - 9:57pm | 2110Read More...Good morning! If you're new to the Fintech Focus, you can subscribe here! Quote Of The Day: You can do everything right and still fail. - Will Eastman Fintech Movers: Banking giant UBS is skeptical that Bitcoin is a safe-haven asset, according to a report issued on September 9 by its Swiss...
