Category: FinTech News
Fascinated by the rapidly evolving world of financial technology? Our FinTech news category is your insider’s guide to the most cutting-edge innovations disrupting the finance industry. Get up-to-date coverage on the latest breakthroughs in digital banking, cryptocurrency, investing, and more.
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Goldman Sachs to Debut Robo-Advisor in 2020
by Fioney Staff
Earlier this year Goldman Sachs purchased the wealth management firm United Capital for $750 million. Along with the company came its founder Joe Duran. Now, in a recent interview with Financial Times (via Barron's), Duran revealed that Goldman intends to launch its own robo-advisor platform sometime in the new year. If you're unfamiliar, robo-advisors are a rapidly growing investment segment that attempt to make it easier for new investors to...
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SaverLife to Expand SaverLife Solutions with Prudential Foundation Investment
by Fioney Staff
For as controversial as certain FinTech startups have been in some circles, financial technologies have provided many benefits for consumers. One company that exemplifies this is SaverLife — a non-profit set on helping individuals lead better financial lives. This includes various initiatives that incentivize saving, including their Scratch & Save program. Additionally the SaverLife Solutions program expands upon the company's goal by partnering with businesses to offer easily-implemented digital platforms...
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Robinhood Announces Introduction of Fractional Stock Trading
by Fioney Staff
In the past few months, the investment app Robinhood has certainly seen its share of ups and down. Nevertheless the company has continued to not only push forward but also bring new features to its platform. On that note, the FinTech has just revealed that it will soon give users a new way to invest. Today Robinhood announced that it would be adding fractional stock trading to its platform. As...
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FintechOS Announces $14 Million Funding Round
by Fioney Staff
With as much attention as Silicon Valley startups get, it can be easy to forget that FinTech is far from just an American phenomenon. In fact firms in Europe, Asia, and beyond have certainly done their fair share or innovating and, yes, fundraising. Among them is Romania-based and aptly-named FintechOS. This week the company announced it had raised £10.7 million ($14 million) in its latest funding round. The Series A...
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New York State Permits SoFi to Sell Cryptocurrencies
by Fioney Staff
Empire State residents will now have another option for trading cryptocurrencies. This week the New York State Department of Financial Services approved FinTech lender turned jack-of-all-trades SoFi for a BitLicense. The move means that users in the state will now be able to buy and sell crypto on the SoFi Invest platform. In a press release announcing the decision, SoFi's CEO Anthony Noto remarked, "Putting our members' interests first is...
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Growing FinTech Trend Finds Startups Going Bi-Coastal
by Fioney Staff
Since the 1970s, there's been no question about where the capital of technology has been in the United States: Silicon Valley. Today, Northern California and specifically the Bay Area is home to a plethora of startups, including some well-known FinTechs. However a growing trend suggests that some of these disruptors are branching out and looking east. As Bloomberg reports, several financial technology firms have been expanding their New York operations...
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Robinhood Withdraws Bank Charter Application
by Fioney Staff
Back in April of this year, Robinhood joined the growing list of FinTechs and challenger banks applying to become full-fledged banks and receive a national charter. At the time the company said, "Robinhood’s goal is to be able to offer its customers a full suite of financial products to service their needs." Cut to today and it seems that Robinhood is abandoning — or at least delaying — that path...