Investment executives say exit pressure, valuation pressure, talent pressure, and story pressure have all contributed to the new fintech "IPO mania." More
Fintech Is Winning With Black Americans. Why Isn’t That a Media Story?
Black consumers and Black-owned businesses use fintech companies disproportionately higher than their overall population numbers would predict. Plus, the pay-me-now revolution is here. More
Slowly, Biden’s Fintech Approach Emerges
Although much remains opaque, the broad outlines of the Biden Administration’s regulatory handling of fintech are starting to come into view. More
Crypto’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
A watershed moment for Bitcoin and its brethren. More
Maybe We Need a New Definition of “Bank”
Who Is a Bank? Who Is NOT a Bank? Does It Matter? More
Andrew Yang Says He’ll Make NYC a Crypto Hub. Does That Make Sense ?
No doubt some New York voters find his pledge appealing, but pronouncements like this make people who follow the issue scratch their heads in bewilderment. More
Are Fintechs Going Predatory?
21st-century technology makes it all too easy to use partnerships between banks and fintechs to create an end-run around local restrictions. More
One Fintech Superapp to Rule Them All
Fintech companies are not the only players here: Facebook and Google are also attempting to expand their role in payments/currency. And keep an eye on Amazon, Uber and Walmart, too. More
Why Insurtech Firm Root Tanked After IPOing
Amidst an otherwise febrile fintech market, Root has gone underground, falling from a $6 billion IPO market cap to $3 billion. In one important sense, Root’s public humiliation is healthy. More
Why a US-Backed Bitcoin ETF Feels Inevitable
March 2021 was the month when a US-sanctioned exchange traded fund (ETF) focused on Bitcoin and/or other cryptocurrencies turned the corner from prohibited to inevitable. More
The Would-Be Robinhood Killer You’ve Never Heard Of
This week the Israeli company eToro announced that it will go public in a $10.4 billion deal, being acquired by a SPAC created by veteran banker Betsy Cohen. eToro may provide the biggest competition Robinhood will face in the next couple of years. More
Awaiting Stripe’s Massive IPO
Five years ago, when the founders appeared on the cover of Inc. magazine, Stripe was estimated to process $20 billion in annual payments. Last year that figure was estimated at $350 billion. More
A Dialogue on Cryptocurrency
FIN's James Ledbetter sat down with Jalak Jobanputra, the founder and managing partner of FuturePerfect Venture, to discuss Bitcoin's trajectory, what to expect from NFTs, and the future of crypto. More
Inside the Coinbase Direct Listing
An exclusive interview with Jeff John Roberts, author of the recently published history of Coinbase, The Kings of Crypto. What can Coinbase's S-1 filing tell us about the state of the crypto industry? More
How Much Do You Owe in 2020 Taxes–and To Whom? It’s A Mess.
Upwards of 55% of the population worked remotely during the pandemic. With April 15th approaching, keep your financial planner on speed dial. More
Will Fintech End Racist Lending?
Fintech should be able to replace racially-tainted methods of measuring risk with shiny, new algorithms that don’t discriminate. More
Finance Media & Marketing Opinion
Robinhood: More Drug Pusher than Democratizer
In an era where millions are easily seduced by immediate gratification and self-flattery, and suspicious of any kind of earned expertise, Robinhood's "We Are All Investors" ad might be the most dangerously misleading commercial in Super Bowl history. More
Reddit, Robinhood, and Wall Street – Watch the Conversation
A band of investment outsiders rallied behind some obscure stocks and caught some of the world’s largest hedge funds napping. With technology enabling coordinated investment and free stock trades, is this the new normal? Will Congress and the Biden Administration see the need to intervene? Watch the lively discussion with fintech, Wall Street, and Reddit experts James Ledbetter, Alexis Goldstein, and Christine Lagorio-Chafkin. More
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