Jon Stein first looks to the past of investing in stocks with significant milestones such as the introduction of index funds, trade automation and decreasing trading costs leading to the ability to be easily diversified; thus old models of charging people to trade or to be diversified don't work; looking at the current and future trends Jon discusses that investors are now more responsible than ever for their own retirement and need advice; Jon Stein shares how Betterment is providing financial advice to more people; the company manages over $8 billion in assets and has 240,000 customers. Source
Blockchain and Crypto Addressing the tiger in the room: Three experts share thoughts on Chase’s moves in the metaverse Chase’s move to the Metaverse is still sparking ideas regarding the future of banking.
Revolut recently shared that they had crossed one million customers in Ireland; now the digital bank is being accused by...
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Deutsche Bank has hired Elly Hardwick as head of innovation and Philip Milne as chief technology officer for innovation; both will help to improve internal and external communication and integration of new technologies for the bank; Hardwick will lead the bank's innovation activities and manage the Deutsche Bank Labs; Milne will facilitate communication between the Deutsche Bank Labs and the bank's internal technology organization. Source
According to the company, the goal of this expansion is to consolidate the fintech as one of the major players in LatAm, helping small businesses to reduce costs with payments by improving their financial management.
[Editor’s Note: This article shares my own personal experience in refinancing my home. Better had no idea who I was...
Freddy Kelly is the CEO and co-founder of Credit Kudos; Credit Kudos is an alternative credit bureau that uses open...
Fidor Bank saw in 2016 that incumbent banks were beginning to buy up and partner with fintechs because they needed to stay competitive; other digital banks do not share this view as Starling Bank issued a report back in September saying that collaboration with main street type banks will help to erode what fintechs are attempting to disrupt; 2017 looks to be a pivotal year for partnerships as big banks, regional banks and community banks are all moving in the direction of utilizing different aspects of new innovation. Source
Ping An Insurance Group's online lender Lufax reported that it is now profitable and is hoping to keep that trend for the rest of the year; "Lufax's development is extremely robust. It actually turned around in the first half. We are very confident that it could stay profitable for the full-year," said Jessica Tan Sin-Yin, Ping An's chief operating officer and chief information officer, during the Chinese insurance group's earnings announcement; Lufax is the largest P2P lending platform in China with $225 billion of outstanding loans; according to their latest funding round in January the company is valued at $18.5 billion with 43% being held by Ping An; the company is planning to go public soon and according to CEO Gregory Gibb they have done a lot of homework for Hong Kong ahead of the potential listing. Source