-
'Litmus Test': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, November 22, 2020 - 8:16pm | 1303Read More...The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: After the abrupt rotation into value and small-cap stocks on the procurement COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines and news of further lockdowns, broad-market indices ended flat-to-down. Remember This: “Historically the overall retail investor sentiment or...
-
Fintech Focus For November 23, 2020
Sunday, November 22, 2020 - 6:01pm | 1864Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Life is made of ever so many partings welded together. Source: Charles Dickens One Big Thing In Fintech: The pandemic has seen incumbent financial services providers fight against disruption by individuals and startups thinking about new ways to innovate. Nasdaq is...
-
Wish Files For IPO, Acknowledges Challenges In Its China-Rooted Supply Chain
Saturday, November 21, 2020 - 6:18pm | 423Read More...Wish, the e-commerce platform known for low-priced Chinese-made goods, has filed for an IPO. What Happened: ContextLogic Inc., which owns the e-commerce brand, filed its prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. The company is expected to...
-
Fintech Focus Roundup For November 21, 2020
Saturday, November 21, 2020 - 10:21am | 1462Read More...Nasdaq's Commitment To Fintech Innovation The Major Theme: In times of crisis, innovation gains traction. That's according to Brandon Tepper, the vice president of Americas Sales for Nasdaq’s Investment Intelligence business. Through his various roles at the world’s first...
-
Unpacking Nasdaq's Commitment To Fintech Innovation
Friday, November 20, 2020 - 12:46pm | 952Read More...In times of crisis, innovation gains traction. That's according to Brandon Tepper, the vice president of Americas Sales for Nasdaq Inc’s (NASDAQ: NDAQ) Investment Intelligence business. Through his various roles at the world’s first electronic stock market, over the last 20 ...
-
Fintech Focus For November 20, 2020
Thursday, November 19, 2020 - 7:41pm | 2302Read More...Quote Of The Day: Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. - Lucille Ball Fintech Movers: Cashless payments were on the rise before the pandemic hit, and now, eight months into its grip on the U.S., their use is...
-
2020 Options Market: The Rise In Young Retail Traders And New Trading Platforms
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 - 2:04pm | 888Read 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. The coronavirus has sent a wave of new retail investors into the stock market in 2020. This flood of new investors, many of which are...
-
Fintech Focus For November 12, 2020
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 - 7:32pm | 2686Read More...Quote Of The Day: It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. - J.K. Rowling Fintech Movers: With the emergence of fintech-savvy institutions like challenger banks, regulating bodies have become concerned with the disruption of established institutions. - Benzinga...
-
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...
-
Fintech Focus For November 3, 2020
Monday, November 2, 2020 - 7:02pm | 2173Read More...Quote Of The Day: I’d start a war just to illustrate the value of peace. - Clint Eastwood Fintech Movers: According to the Amex Trendex: Holiday Business Spend Survey, 78% of small- and mid-size business owners and financial decision makers said payment flexibility is important during this...
-
Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead: 'Positive Performance Regardless Of Which Party Wins'
Monday, November 2, 2020 - 9:40am | 1238Read More...The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: Last week ended negative despite better-than-expected earnings. Remember This: “Overall market performance also tends to stall leading into an election," said Phil Mackintosh, Nasdaq Chief Economist. "Although once a result is known,...
-
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...
-
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...
-
Fintech Focus For October 19, 2020
Sunday, October 18, 2020 - 9:35pm | 2092Read More...Quote Of The Day: Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. - Confucius Fintech Movers: COVID-19 has not slowed crypto M&A. To wit, the value of industry acquisitions in the first half of 2020 has already surpassed that of full-year 2019. - Coindesk Q.ai is disrupting the...
-
Fintech Focus For October 16, 2020
Thursday, October 15, 2020 - 6:42pm | 2217Read More...Quote Of The Day: Cowboy innovation is worse than no innovation at all. - Alan Konevsky Fintech Movers: The shift toward touchless payments is dramatic, with 8x more earnings calls mentions vs. last year. - CB Insights Metromile eyes insurance transparency. Intel bought digital currency for 5...
