Fintech

Robinhood rose to fame with its hyper-gamified user interface optimized for its PFOF (Payment For Order Flow) business model. The app made it extremely easy and appealing for young investors to get into trading, among market surges such as the meme stock trend.

Luna Foundation Guard said it spent almost all of the bitcoin in its reserve last week in a futile attempt to save UST.

The F-Prime Fintech Index tracks the performance of emerging, publicly traded financial technology companies.

The cryptocurrency declines are hitting those who bought bitcoin and other digital assets in part to diversify their portfolios.

This week's news was dominated by the crypto meltdown, or more specifically, the rapid demise of stablecoin TerraUSD and its paired token Luna, which impacted the entire market.

Helios, raised $9.4 million in a recent seed round, news that has encouraged the industry to think about broader ESG issues.

In this episode, we talk with the i80 Group about debt financing. Many young fintech companies are capital-intensive businesses with few good options for attractive debt funding. I80 Group fills that need.

The proliferation of neobanks raises questions about customer cost of acquisition and profitability, with implications for traditional banks.

The metaverse will open doors for new business models. To maximize the value of the metaverse, banks must link the virtual to the real world.