FinTech Deal Day

At Benzinga's recent Fintech Deal Day, Logan Weaver, founder and CEO of Surmount AI, shared how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming investment management and financial tools for consumers. His company is leveraging AI to simplify portfolio management for retail investors, a vision Weaver...

The COVID-19 pandemic brought an influx of new retail traders to the public stock markets. Post-pandemic, many of the retail traders are sticking around. Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) senior vice president and global head of data Brandon Tepper recognized this trend. "We've actually seen a huge rise in...

Speaking at Benzinga’s Fintech Deal Day event in New York in November, panelists discussed data-driven decision-making and risk management in FinTech. André Beganski, a journalist at Decrypt Media, moderated the discussion, which featured panelists Antonio Goncalves from...

Benzinga Fintech Deal Day & Awards featured the discussion “Insiders on Capital Raising and Scaling: Strategies, Tips, and Examples” with panelists including Social Leverage General Partner Matt Ober, FT Partners Managing Director Amar Mehta and BMO...

Retail investing is catching on as products as diverse as low-risk Treasuries and speculative offerings based on film scores are becoming increasingly popular. Royalty-based products begin with Shrek score Toward the other end of the risk spectrum, Public.com is also increasing its offerings of...

Back in 2008, the number of options contracts traded on the S&P 500 Index was about 4.3 billion. That figure is now 2.5X that. This fact was brought to light by Mat Cashman, principal, investor education at the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC), at an exclusive Benzinga Fintech Deal...

Investor interests have evolved in the post-Covid era, now characterized by a 5% interest rate landscape. Several experienced brokerage industry players shared their views on how investor behavior has changed following the pandemic, and their roadmap for the next 3–4 years on Monday at ...

In a transformative move for the financial advisory industry, Apex Fintech Solutions is pioneering hybrid financial models, merging traditional advisory expertise with cutting-edge technology, and democratizing investment through innovations like fractional investing. Speaking at Benzinga Fintech...

There are a variety of ways artificial intelligence can help improve trading products for end users. Several experienced finance industry players talked about what AI means for their businesses on Monday at the Benzinga Fintech Deal Day & Awards. The panel was "From...

Brian Barnes, founder and CEO of M1 Finance on Monday delved into the integration of cryptocurrency into M1's platform, aligning it with the company's strategy of long-term wealth building rather than short-term trading, marking a significant step in modernizing financial services....

"Shark Tank" investor Kevin O'Leary likes watches so much that he wore two of them at the Benzinga Fintech Deal Day & Awards. "The watch market has actually beat the S&P now for the eighth year in a row," O'Leary said Monday at Benzinga's...

"Shark Tank" investor and O'Shares ETFs Chairman Kevin O'Leary says all of the sovereign wealth funds and institutions are ready to buy Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), but there's nothing to get excited about until the market has more regulatory clarity. ...

Camila Russo is the Founder of The Defiant – a DeFi-focused media company. Russo is a journalist who passionately tracks the development of a new, decentralized financial system. She's also a published author. Her book: "The Infinite Machine: How an Army of Crypto-hackers is Building the Next...

Brendan Wood is a co-founder and CEO of SnapTrade – a fintech API solutions provider. Wood is an experienced robotics engineer who specializes in software and high-performance computing. He started his career by interning at the Canadian Space Agency and worked across various engineering roles,...

Michael Milani is the founder and CEO of Mondeum Capital – a broker-dealer providing next-generation solutions to active traders. Over the last three decades, Milani held various roles in finance, most notably as head of business development at T3 Trading Group. He’s also on the board of...