Robinhood

Industry juggernauts are under siege by eager and youthful competitors -- many of which can be seen at the annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards. From the road to the laboratory and everywhere in between, startups are putting on the heat. Here are the most revolutionary neophytes of the fintech...

It’s been a busy few days for brokerages and robo advisors, and the early indications are in: retail investors were not only unfazed by the recent sell-off, but they were eager to buy the dip. "We saw a large spike in transaction volume and trading activity on the platform [Monday] as...

Bitcoin and blockchain mania continue to dominate headlines, with many companies changing their entire business structure to accommodate the growing industry. Several companies announced blockchain-related business updates Thursday.  Fee-Free Crypto Trades The wildly popular Robinhood...

Robinhood, a stock brokerage app that offers clients the ability to buy and sell stock for $0 a trade, recapped some of 2017's most notable trends and client activity. The past year saw the platform grow to three million users and $100 billion in transaction volume. Here is a list of some of...

The fintech space has exploded recently, and it seems as though financial empowerment is back in the hands of the consumer with the help of creative startups. You can see them popping up pretty much every day, typically with a fancy React Web App and a new take on an old problem. Most fizzle out...

Robinhood, the fintech brokerage that offers commission-free trading through a mobile app, announced Wednesday it's launching a web platform. “Our mission is to make financial services more accessible to more people,” said Robinhood co-founder and CEO Baiju Bhatt in an interview...

While the "battle" between fintechs and institutions seems to have devolved into cozy collaboration, one company has fired another shot across the bow of an entrenched financial sector: brokerages. Robinhood, the company behind the eponymous investment app, announced Robinhood Gold on...

Trading is fraught with inherent risks, and to help investors circumvent these risks, there exists a faciliatory institution called online brokerage. Online brokers are handlers of customer orders to buy and sell securities. In this customer-centric era, several online brokerages, vying with each...

Like many others who are driven to create startups, Robinhood co-founder and co-CEO Vlad Tenev has had the entrepreneurial spark since his youth. Like a lot of other future CEOs, young Tenev ran a lemonade stand before he was 10 years old. Unlike most other lemonade stand owners, however, Tenev...

Many Apple Watch customers are still waiting for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to ship its long-awaited device, but that that may not have any impact on its long-term success. Vladimir Tenev, co-founder of Robinhood, told Benzinga that the watch is "pretty much guaranteed to sell a lot of...