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Fintech Focus For July 22, 2021
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - 5:36pm | 2089Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.” Source: Sun Tzu One Big Thing In Fintech: Adena Friedman, president and chief executive of Nasdaq, says the firm sees a huge opportunity from spinning out Nasdaq Private Market into a...
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2 Experts Explain How They Are Improving Financial Education For Kids
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 - 11:44am | 603Read More...The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. It's not exactly a secret that financial education is a weak point of the U.S. education system. Only 21 states have some kind of...
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Fintech Focus For April 28, 2021
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 - 6:45pm | 2055Read More...Quote To Start The Day: "People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy."...
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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 October 14, 2020
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 - 8:31pm | 2432Read More...Quote Of The Day: I never dreamed about success, I worked for it. - Estee Lauder Fintech Movers: After years of working in and around Ethereum, Jonathan Perkins, alongside John and Charles Crain, founded SuperRare in 2017 on the back of a new non-fungible token (NFT) standard. Now, SuperRare...
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Fintech Focus For September 29, 2020
Monday, September 28, 2020 - 5:40pm | 1775Read More...Quote Of The Day: When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. - Henry Ford Fintech Movers: Financial health will become the new basis of competition in banking. - Forbes Finicity added to banking and credit tech. Wirex...
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Fintech Focus Roundup For September 26, 2020
Friday, September 25, 2020 - 6:09pm | 2006Read More...United Wholesale Mortgage CEO Talks IPO Plans What's Happened: On the heels of a record year, Pontiac, Michigan-based United Wholesale Mortgage announced this week it will merge with special purpose acquisition company Gores Holdings IV Inc in a deal that would value the firm at $16.1 billion...
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How Greenlight Helps Parents Engage Their Children Financially
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 - 4:16pm | 552Read More...Benzinga will be holding its annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards, a day of dealmaking, networking, and recognition in the financial technology space, on Nov. 10, 2020. In recognition of those disruptive innovators creating positive and diverse change within the financial services space,...
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Greenlight's Dual-Class Proposal To GM: It May Not Mean What You Think It Means
Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 12:03pm | 844Read More...Did credit agencies misinterpret David Einhorn's proposal to General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) Wednesday? That is the question that remains regarding Wednesday's press releases from S&P Global and Moody's, which both backed GM's view that Greenlight's proposal of a dual-...
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With Einhorn's New Stake, Here's A Look At Other Firms Invested In Yelp
Tuesday, May 3, 2016 - 4:42pm | 185Read More...Shares of Yelp Inc (NYSE: YELP) traded up nearly 3 percent Tuesday amid news of a stake by Greenlight Capital's esteemed manager, David Einhorn. While Einhorn's Q1 letter to Greenlight investors didn't disclose the size of the stake, the average price is known, $21.16. Yelp shares...
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Einhorn Confusion Causes Herbalife Slump
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 2:13pm | 424Read More...Shares of multi-level marketer Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) slumped on Wednesday after some mistakenly interpreted a line from a Greenlight investor letter. In the letter, released Wednesday, Greenlight writes, in reference to its relatively weak fourth quarter performance, “Our coffee was too hot, our...
