FinTech, Financial Innovation, Industry Disruption.
11 Sep 2020 5 minute read 1 comment FinRev
How can we be sure of what we’re seeing? That question, posed by China’s great philosopher-skeptic Chuang Tzu over 17 centuries ago, remains supremely relevant today within financial innovation. Here’s what we examined this week: Should the sell-sid...
9 Sep 2020 6 minute read 0 comments FinRev
As we head into Valentine’s Day, we hope your week is filled with financial innovation sweets. Here are the ones we picked out of the box: The FR’s exclusive conversation with Betterment’s Jon Stein Union Square Ventures’ noteworthy new deal A scary...
8 Sep 2020 6 minute read 0 comments FinRev
This Sunday, tickets to the oddly named Super Bowl LI have reached a high of $22,000 on StubHub. If your budgetary philosophy won’t countenance that kind of outlay, please rest assured that The FR is still free — so there’s that. Here’s what’s on our...
6 Sep 2020 6 minute read 0 comments FinRev
Happy Data Privacy Day! Here’s what’s in our container this week: AirBnb’s fintech-travel futureFifth Third and QED cut a notable deal Fifth Third and QED cut a notable deal A Kodak Moment for financial advisors, Peak Millennial and Cadre Company of...
6 Sep 2020 6 minute read 0 comments FinRev
It’s a new, spicy day in America. Here’s what’s on our plate: Financial innovators need to keep close watch over DC’s happenings Why the WEF needs to disrupt itself The rise of “quantimental” investing Predictive analytics, Fabric’s ‘hello world,’ C...
3 Sep 2020 6 minute read 0 comments FinRev
Welcome to the wild winter wilderness of mid-January. Here’s the latest in our neck of the woods: A fintech-fueled future for journalism The FR’s exclusive 1-on-1 with Hixme, a rising health care-fintech star A coming clash between blockchain and th...
2 Sep 2020 5 minute read 0 comments FinRev
As we enter the new year, we note that some are into fintech for real and some are into it for a trade. We suggest that 2017 will be the year that determines who’s really in. Also this week: A human vs. machine contest relevant for investors and tra...
1 Sep 2020 3 minute read 0 comments FinRev
In 1973, Princeton professor Burton Malkiel famously asserted that a bunch of blindfolded monkeys throwing darts at a newspaper’s stock table could select a portfolio that would perform as well as one carefully selected by a panel of experts. For 14...
30 Aug 2020 6 minute read 0 comments FinRev
2016’s last “regular” edition features lots of goodies for you to read by your tree, menorah, kinara or Festivus pole. Here’s what’s in store: The FR’s exclusive 1-on-1 with Quantopian’s John Fawcett Financial services: Look out for Snap, Uber, AirB...
30 Aug 2020 6 minute read 0 comments FinRev
The weather is getting colder, but temperatures are running hot throughout the fintech complex. Here’s the heat for this week: Beyond millennials: the next big fintech frontier Betterment’s Jon Stein boldly makes his case Bloomberg goes dark Zenefit...
