Category: Personal Finance
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Personal Finance
Mobile Banking App Empower Raises $20 Million
by Fioney Staff
Following a near-record 2019, FinTech has been off to a strong start in 2020. The latest example of this is Empower. The San Fransico-based firm recently announced that it had raised $20 million. The Series A included participation from Defy Ventures, Icon Ventures, and Nubank founder David Velez. Additionally previous investors Sequoia Capital and Initialized Capital joined the latest round. Although there are several budgeting and banking apps on the market...
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ZenGo Introduces Interest-Earning Crypto Account Product
by Fioney Staff
Even if the general public still associates all cryptocurrencies solely with Bitcoin, the space has been expanding and evolving in recent months. This includes the entry of offerings that give consumers new ways to invest in and benefit from crypto. Take, for example, efforts from ZenGo. As TechCrunch reports, the crypto wallet ZenGo has introduced a new feature that allows users to earn interest on their cryptocurrency assets. Playing on...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Money at 30: "The Velvet Rope Economy" Book Review
by Kyle Burbank
Is air travel getting worse or has it only gotten better? That depends on who you ask — and often how much money they have. For those forced to fly coach, it's not uncommon to hear about increasingly cramped seats or having to resort to airlines that won't even serve you a glass of water without a fee. Meanwhile there's now a popular crop of travel sites showing off lie-flat...
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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...