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Finance

The ‘Everything App’: How Robinhood Grew From Trading Platform to Financial Ecosystem

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Still in the “early innings of its growth story,” Robinhood has morphed from an app with crowdsourced stock advice to a financial ecosystem.

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Advisor Upside

The Next AI Gold Rush May Be Compliance

AI notetakers have been all the rage. Experts think compliance may be up next.

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Finance

CFPB Rewrites Open Banking Rule as Banks Feud with Fintechs Over Your Data

The “open banking” rule goes back to the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act that introduced sweeping financial reforms after the Great Recession.

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Energy

Low Battery: ‘Heat Dome’ Exposes Cracks in America’s Decaying Power Grid

Rising temperatures and massive new data centers are providing a massive stress test for the US power grid.

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Consumer

Klarna Swipes Key Walmart Partnership Ahead of US IPO

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It seems like Affirm’s buy-now-pay-later partnership with Walmart wasn’t on quite such firm ground, after all.

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Consumer

Walmart-Backed Fintech Scores Big Funding Round

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Besides being your one-stop-retail-shop for everything, Walmart would like to be your virtual banker, too.

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Advisor Upside

3 Trends Expected to Give Advisors Hangovers in 2025

The research and advisory firm Forrester found that adapting to new technologies is paramount to financial services firms.

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Patent Drop

PayPal Blockchain Security Patent Could Build Crypto Trust

PayPal wants to make crypto transactions less risky.

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Big Tech

Klarna Shareholders Toss Director Overboard Amid Founder Feuding

Shareholders of Klarna ousted a board member closely affiliated with one of its feuding founders in advance of its IPO.

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Advisor Upside

The Wealthtech That Quintupled Assets Year-Over-Year, Twice

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New funding and growth have launched the digital investment advisor Farther’s valuation to more than half a billion dollars.

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Patent Drop

Mastercard Blockchain Patent Could Make Financial Audits Easier

Mastercard might use blockchain to straighten out transaction records.

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Advisor Upside

Wealthtech Funding Heats Up With 2 Big Rounds

Fintech’s Facet and Quartr raised a collective $41 million, highlighting robust enthusiasm for the industry.

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Advisor Upside

Wealthtech Wave to Top $9.4B

The wealthtech global market size is primed for continued growth as investors and advisors embrace AI and digital innovation.

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