Events

Nine international companies recently made their pitch to investors at the Deutsche Bank Depositary Receipts Virtual Investor Conference, held in conjunction with OTC Markets November 13-14. Here are the highlights (to watch a replay of the investor presentations at the conference, click here)....

Michigan State University is celebrating its 4th annual "Give Green" day today, which coencides with Giving Tuesday. The effort looks to fund 31 projects each seeking between $2,500 and $50,000 in support with all 18 of the colleges taking part. Some of the groups involved are: 4-H...

General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) held a GE Healthcare investor day event this week. One analyst in attendance said Tuesday that Healthcare should be a stable source of free cash flow for GE as it executes its turnaround strategy, but the GE bull case still hinges on Power. The Analyst Bank of...

Online retailers were winners on a good news-bad news Black Friday that saw overall sales up nearly 20% over last year, but sales that came in under some expectations due to a drop-off in traditional brick and mortar shopping. U.S. shoppers spent more than $7 billion on Friday, thanks largely to...

Many Black Friday shoppers have an important rule to stick by: only visit locations that offers a good deal. The same thinking most definitely applies to restaurants, so here is a helpful guide of where to score a delicious promotion throughout the shopping weekend. Applebees Every day through the...

At the fifth annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards ceremony in New York City on Nov. 19, Steve Sanders, executive vice president of marketing and product development at Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: IBKR), sat down with Benzinga to talk about the brokerage's next steps...

Blissiva, a cannabis company specifically focused on developing products for women, was one of the companies spotlighted at the most recent Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Chicago. The Maryland-based company has developed vape pens and other products to help with a variety of needs,...

We know fintech is making it easier for consumers as a whole to get access to different types of financial services. Despite the innovation and disruption of the past decade, there still remains a significant cohort of the population that's dramatically underserved by financial services. This...

“Frozen II” brought the heat over opening weekend — bagging $350 million worldwide and a box-office record for global day-and-date releases of an animated feature. The film received warm reviews, although not quite as hot as those of the “Frozen” prequel. “There...

A constant movement toward partnerships is always present in financial services. But with companies all over the space wanting to add new kinds of financial services to their platforms, it’s creating a challenging problem. “It’s hard to do that at scale, considering how fractured...

The retail brokerage industry is in a state of flux. Between the industry-wide transition to zero commissions, to Charles Schwab's (NYSE: SCHW) interest in buying TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ: AMTD), there is a lot of uncertainty about the future of the traditional brokerage business model. But...

The IPO market is at a bit of a crossroads. On one hand, a record 16 unicorns—companies privately valued at over $1 billion—have IPO’d in 2019, a major reason why U.S. IPOs are on pace for their fourth straight year of growth in terms of capital raised. But beyond the largest,...

Thanksgiving and Black Friday are days away, which means millions of families will gather together for some quality time and shopping. Here is a summary of every major retailer who confirmed their Thanksgiving Thursday and Black Friday opening hours, according to BestBlackFriday. "If no...

Over 400 people were on hand Tuesday night at the fifth annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards, a celebration of the most disruptive companies across fintech. From APIs and accelerators to robo-advisors and wealth management software, these companies are paving the way for the future of our industry...

The banking-as-a-service space was the topic of discussion for Q2 Open Banking vice president of strategic solutions Rahm McDaniel's fireside chat Tuesday at the Benzinga Global Fintech Awards. McDaniel was joined by Benzinga's Luke Jacobi, and the two discussed several pressing topics in...