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·Apr. 27, 2020

Betterment launches bank accounts into a world that has changed completely

This week, we look at Betterment launching a bank account and payments feature. They are not the first, but they could be the best! Still, it feels like the world has moved on. Barriers to entry around digital finance have collapsed, and shifted industry goal posts. Hundreds of companies are integrating API-based solutions that connect to banking and investment entities. Amazon, Google, and Apple are there already. And let's not forget the incredible pressure from the COVID recession: 20MM+ unemployed, $100 billion decrease in global remittances, 1 in 8 banks being unprofitable. Is it time for incremental improvement, or a sea change?

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Fintech News Roundup USA

·Mar. 19, 2020

Fintechs Slash Rates and Lose Potential Selling Point

Fintechs have started to follow the Fed and slash rates on savings accounts by an average of 1 percent; the...

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·Feb. 24, 2020

Financial Empires fall — HSBC to fire 35,000; E*TRADE sells to Morgan Stanley for $13B

I examine the unbelievable transformation and restructuring happening in high finance. Global bank HSBC is planning to lay off over 10% of staff, looking at reductions of 35,000. E*TRADE is being acquired by Morgan Stanley, integrating its 5,000,000 accounts and $360 billion of assets into the Wall Street investment firm. Legg Mason and its $800 billion of assets are being folded into Franklin Templeton for $4.5 billion, less than what Visa had paid for fintech data aggregator Plaid and half of what Robinhood is likely valued privately. How do we make sense of these developments? How do we appeal to the heart?

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Fintech News Roundup USA

·Mar. 15, 2019

Betterment Looks to Eliminate the Checking Account

Forbes is reporting that Betterment is looking to take on one of the core offerings of banks: the checking account;...

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Fintech News Roundup USA

·Oct. 20, 2017

Betterment is First Robo Advisor Unicorn

Building off of the $70mn funding round from the summer Betterment is now reportedly worth $1bn; the $1bn mark is significant as it denotes that a company is considered a unicorn; the valuation makes Betterment the first robo advisor to reach unicorn status; the company currently has over $11bn in assets under management. Source.

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Fintech News Roundup USA

·Apr. 27, 2020

Betterment is the Latest Fintech to Launch a Checking Account

One of the first robo advisors has now added a checking account to their suite of services; Betterment Checking is...

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Fintech News Roundup USA

·Mar. 4, 2020

Robinhood’s Issues Might be Blessing to Millennial Traders

With the increase in market volatility over the last few weeks young traders have tried to catch the markets at...

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·Oct. 7, 2019

Fintech Price War — Goldman’s $1.3B Marcus burn, Neobank £200MM loss, ETrade’s $75MM trading fees

We are like the hungry at the all-you-can-eat buffet. In the beginning, there is not enough! Let's democratize access to food; to music; to transportation; to healthcare; to finance; to payments; to banking; to lending; to investing. The billions in institutional capital across universities, pensions, and sovereigns are delegated to smart portfolio managers. The day before yesterday, it was allocated by small cap stock pickers (hi Warren!). Yesterday, it was the alternative managers of hedge funds and private equity. Today, it is the trading machine and the venture capitalist. Tomorrow, it is the cryptographic artificial intelligence.

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Fintech News Roundup USA

·Mar. 29, 2018

Betterment Adds a More Personalized Experience to Wealthy Clients

Betterment is looking to cater to their wealthier clients as they make portfolios more personalized; they launched the Betterment Flexible Portfolio which allows customers to shoes how assets weights are allocated; the typical Betterment client uses the asset weights set by the robo advisor, but this feature is meant to personalize the wealth clients portfolio; the move will try to help the company to position themselves as a full service firm that can cater to different levels of clientele, not just the younger investor. Source.

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Fintech News Roundup USA

·Oct. 4, 2017

Charles Schwab & Co. Hires ex-Betterment General Manager

Schwab Intelligent Portfolios now boasts $24 billion assets under management and has hired Cynthia Loh, the ex-general manager of Betterment for Business; article reports on Schwab’s robo-advice platform growth, the cannibalization the firm saw with the offering, and what the new hire might mean for Schwab’s future plans. Source

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