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Fioney aims to help guide you to make the best decisions when it comes to the ever changing worlds of personal and small business finance.
Small Business News
Kabbage Introduces Kabbage Insights For Small Business Owners
by Fioney Staff
For small business owners, cash flow is critical. That's largely why online lending platforms catering to small businesses have grown, offering entrepreneurs speedy access to crucial funding. Among these increasingly-popular lenders is Kabbage, with a customer base of more than 220,000. This past week the company introduced a new tool dubbed Kabbage Insights to assist those business owners in keeping on top their finances. With Kabbage Insights, business owners will...
Best of the Web
Top 10 Personal Finance Articles of the Month — February 2020
by Fioney Staff
It’s time again for one of my favorite features here on Dyer News: a look at the top 10 personal finance articles of the month. To start things off, we'll look at posts related to debt and spending. Then it's on to investing — including mistakes, strategies, and numbers to know. Finally we'll talk about background checking yourself, what the meaning of having money really is, and why going a month...
Economic News
U.S. Adds 273,000 Jobs as Economy Braces for COVID-19 Impacts
by Fioney Staff
This morning's jobs report shows the United States economy adding an incredibly strong number of jobs during the short (but one-day longer than normal) month of February. Moreover the underline unemployment rate fell once again. However it seems difficult for economists to focus on that when several unknowns threaten to impact conditions going forward. As for the good news: the economy added 273,000 jobs last month. That blows the 165,000...
FinTech News
Investment App Public.com Raises $15 Million From Some Big Names
by Fioney Staff
In less a year's time, the face of investing has changed dramatically. Between Charles Schwab first cutting its trade fees to $0 (a move that was later matched by several other discount brokerages) and then announcing an acquisition of TD Ameritrade, things are certainly looking different than they once did. Now Public.com is looking to further shake things up — and it managed to make an impact this week, announcing...
FinTech News
Outages Plague Robinhood on Back-to-Back Days
by Fioney Staff
Since launching in 2013, Robinhood has definitely made its mark on the world of FinTech. Of course, by offering users the ability to trade stocks without paying commissions, it's also helped democratize the world of investing, making it a go-to for many market newbies. At the same time, the company has endured some struggles and setbacks, including getting called out by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), leading them to...
Economic News
Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates as COVID-19 Spreads
by Fioney Staff
When the United States Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter-point in October, it was expected that no further cuts would occur in 2020. However, with the novel coronavirus — officially known as COVID-19 — threatening the global economy, the Fed made the rare move of adjusting their benchmark rates outside of their regular quarterly meetings. What more, as CNN reports, the agency cut rates by half a percentage...
FinTech News
FinTech Investments Topped $34 Billion Last Year
by Fioney Staff
If it weren't already clear, 2019 was a good year for FinTech. In addition to a profile boost that companies such as Robinhood and SoFi have enjoyed, it seems that numerous startups saw significant new investments. In fact, as a new report from CB Insights shows, FinTech startups raised nearly as many funds in 2019 as they did in 2016 and 2017 combined. First the bad news: FinTech investments were...