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Women Deliver More Revenue Per Dollar, Yet Hold Just 6% of Fintech CEO Roles
The fintech industry has built its identity around disruption. But when it comes to gender, the data tells a different story. Women hold just 6% of fintech CEO positions globally and occupy only 10 to 11% of board seats across the sector, according…
FinTech and Big Finance Fight to Own the Stablecoin Stack
The headlines this week paint a picture of momentum. Visa and Bridge expanded their cross-border stablecoin capabilities. BitGo and SoFi announced a partnership around “stablecoin stack” infrastructure, with Mastercard joining as a…
Best Fintech Stocks To Watch Now - March 6th
3 Stocks Well Below 52-Week Highs Poised for a Q4 Rebound Rocket Companies, Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz, and UP Fintech are the three Fintech stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Fintech stocks are shares of…
Bitcoin Fintech Strike Secures BitLicense to Operate in New York - 'The Defiant'
The parent firm of Strike, the Bitcoin-focused fintech founded by Jack Mallers, has been granted a BitLicense by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), according a list of approved entities from the regulator. Strike's parents…
FinTech's Hidden Surveillance Layer: How Your Banking App Builds a Behavioral Profile
In 2012, a Target statistician figured out that a teenage girl was pregnant before her father did — by analyzing her purchasing patterns. She'd bought unscented lotion, certain vitamins, a large bag. The algorithm assigned her a 'pregnancy…
Industrials Down After February Jobs Data - Industrials Roundup
Shares of industrial and transportation companies fell after an unexpected contraction of the U.S. jobs market. U.S. employers shed 92,000 workers in February, contrary to economists' forecasts of a 50,000 increase in the size of the work force.
BMA finalises framework for digital IDs
e2acf292-c561-4ec8-9654-dc6adc2870a9 Created: Mar 06, 2026 03:56 PM (Updated: Mar 06, 2026 04:12 PM) The Bermuda Monetary Authority is in the final stages of completing a framework for the establishment of digital identity service providers for the…
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Sells 1,334,173 Shares of UP Fintech Holding Limited $TIGR
JPMorgan Chase & Co. lessened its stake in shares of UP Fintech Holding Limited (NASDAQ:TIGR - Free Report) by 53.5% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 1,161,454 shares of…
Prediction: MercadoLibre Could Soar 50% by 2027 if This Trend Continues
MercadoLibre (MELI 0.08%) is rapidly expanding its ecosystem across e-commerce, payments, and credit, even as the stock trades well below prior highs. I examine how 78 million fintech users, rising engagement, and accelerating revenue growth could…
Inside the Prediction Markets: When the Real World Hits the Markets
Prediction markets spent the past year trying to prove they belong in finance. This week, they were forced to prove they can survive the real world. War, insider trading allegations, lawsuits, exchange settlement disputes, and new institutional…
Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla predicts education will be free, and the future of college is 'a real question'
One of the most influential venture capitalists in Silicon Valley says the tradition of a four-year college education is up in the air. Vinod Khosla, founder of Sun Microsystems and Khosla Ventures, told Fortune editor-in-chief Alyson Shontell on…
Robinhood Launches Fund Offering Private-Market Investing
Robinhood's first fund offering private-market access to individual investors is officially on the market. The Robinhood Ventures Fund I began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, at a price of $25 a share. It fell in early trading to…
VEON and JazzWorld Advance Pakistan's Digital Financial Future with Acquisition of TPL Insurance
Acquisition to further financial inclusion through integrated digital financial services ecosystem Dubai, New York and Karachi – March 6, 2026 – VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON, “VEON”), a global digital operator, today…
Energy Up Slightly, Sector Lags Oil Spike - Energy Roundup
Shares of energy companies rose slightly, but did not track a historic spike in oil prices. Oil futures jumped 12% to $90.90 a barrel in New York due to fears that the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for global oil supplies, would remain…
Patriot Acquisition Corp. Files for $200M IPO
Dow Jones Newswires is a market-moving financial and business news source, used by wealth managers, institutional investors and fintech platforms around the world to identify trading and investing opportunities, strengthen advisor-client…
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