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Fintech Focus For April 14, 2021
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - 7:11pm | 2012Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “I think smart money understands that, although volatility has contracted a lot in these last two months, we are still seeing signs of excess market fragility appear from many different angles.” Source: Kris Sidial One Big Thing In Fintech: ConsenSys, a key...
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Microsoft Tightening Tentacles Around Pentagon With $22B AR Headset Deal, Says Analyst
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - 9:56pm | 570Read More...Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) $21.9 billion deal with the U.S. Army to build customized augmented reality headsets shows the company is tightening its hold over defense deals and gaining share over its rivals, as per Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives. What Happened: Ives said in a note on...
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IPO Preview: Sun Country Airlines, Olo, Tuya Lead Busy Week
Monday, March 15, 2021 - 2:52pm | 775Read More...The IPO market is heating up this week with offerings from a low- cost airline, online food ordering platform, SaaS company and several small offerings. Here's a closer look at the large IPOs that are expected to price this week. Sun Country Airlines: The low-cost airline Sun Country...
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Fintech Focus For March 2, 2021
Monday, March 1, 2021 - 6:50pm | 2244Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “A focus on global reach and neutrality could see bitcoin become an international trade currency. This would take advantage of bitcoin’s decentralized and borderless design, its lack of foreign exchange exposure, its speed and cost advantage in moving money, the...
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Here's What The Street Thinks Of Amazon's New Boss
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 7:34pm | 426Read More...Jeff Bezos' era of running Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) as CEO comes to an end later this year. His replacement is Andy Jassy, a veteran of Amazon since 1997 and is credited with founding Amazon Web Services (AWS). One Of The First: Jassy was one of the first Amazon employees to work...
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Who Is Andy Jassy, The Soon-To-Be CEO Of Amazon?
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 3:56pm | 484Read More...When Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) released its fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday, it had another big announcement: Jeff Bezos would be stepping down as CEO, moving to the role of executive chair in the third quarter of 2021. His replacement is Andy Jassy, current CEO of...
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Fintech Focus For February 3, 2021
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 8:18pm | 2714Read More...Quote To Start The Day: To better align our incentives with those of our members, we will stop participating in the practice of Payment for Order Flow. Source: Public.com One Big Thing In Fintech: An “anonymously” led startup called Millions has raised a $3 million seed round...
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Elon Musk Vs. Jeff Bezos: World's 2 Richest People In Battle Over Satellites
Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 12:55pm | 686Read More...The two richest people in the world and prominent leaders of publicly traded companies — Amazon Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) — are engaged in a public fight over the control of satellites. What Happened: SpaceX is working to convince the FCC that its Starlink...
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Fintech Focus For January 27, 2021
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 - 8:57pm | 2806Read More...Quote To Start The Day: October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February. Source: Mark Twain One Big Thing In Fintech: Greenwood Financial, a new challenger bank...
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SPACs Attack Recap: SoFi, IPOE, GXGX, ACEV Deals Plus Rumors And Headlines For Week Ending January 8
Saturday, January 9, 2021 - 2:45pm | 1377Read More...The SPACs Attack show airs live on Benzinga YouTube Monday through Friday at 11 a.m. EST breaking down SPAC news and deals, and interviewing CEOs. Here is a look back at some of the important SPAC news for the week ending January 8. SPAC Deals: The big deal of the week was SoFi announcing a merger...
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Will Amazon Stock Reach $4,000 By 2022?
Wednesday, December 30, 2020 - 5:37pm | 405Read More...Every week, Benzinga conducts a sentiment survey to find out what traders are most excited about, interested in or thinking about as they manage and build their personal portfolios. We surveyed a group of over 500 investors on whether shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) will reach $4,000 by...
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Fintech Focus For December 2, 2020
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 - 7:02pm | 2069Read More...Quote To Start The Day: It’s possible to transcend anything that doesn’t kill you. Source: David Goggins One Big Thing In Fintech: The digitization of financial markets in Africa will continue to accelerate as local investors seek diversified access to higher-yield financial products....
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Amazon Brings MacOS To AWS — Making App Development For Apple Devices Possible Over Cloud
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 - 4:39am | 399Read More...Amazon Web Services, Amazon Inc’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) cloud computing division, on Monday released EC2 Mac Instances — a first of its kind platform for developers building apps for Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) devices. This makes macOS available on the cloud for the first time ever....
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Fintech Focus For December 1, 2020
Monday, November 30, 2020 - 6:07pm | 1524Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Whatever you do, do it well. Source: Walt Disney One Big Thing In Fintech: Business information provider S&P Global Inc agreed on Monday to pay $44 billion in stock to acquire IHS Markit Ltd in the year’s biggest acquisition that will create a new data powerhouse...
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Fintech Focus For November 27, 2020
Thursday, November 26, 2020 - 8:02pm | 1695Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet. Source: James Mattis One Big Thing In Fintech: Robinhood, creator of the popular stock-trading app of the same name, announced on Friday that Vlad Tenev will be the company's sole chief executive,...
