Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen speaks at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. (Photo By Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) San Francisco Chronicle/hearst Newspapers Via Getty Images | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have told employees of their venture firm, Andreessen … Read more
Craig Wright, self-declared inventor of Bitcoin, arrives at federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., on Friday, June 28, 2019. Saul Martinez | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Craig Wright, an Australian man who claimed to be the inventor of bitcoin, was on Tuesday referred to British prosecutors for committing alleged perjury. On … Read more
CEO of Citi, Jane Fraser during the panel on Tech and finance – tailwinds and headwinds at the Global Hong Kong Global Financial Leaders Investment Summit on November 7, 2023 in Hong Kong, China. Vernon Yuen | Nurphoto | Getty Images Citigroup on Friday posted second-quarter results that topped expectations for profit and revenue on … Read more
Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty Images There may be relief for the thousands of Americans whose savings have been locked in frozen fintech accounts for the past two months. Banks involved in the mess caused by the collapse of fintech intermediary Synapse have made progress piecing together account information for stranded customers that could … Read more
pixelfit | E+ | Getty Images Young, wealthy investors don’t want their parents’ investments. If you’re between the ages of 21 and 43 and have at least $3 million in investable assets, your preferred investments likely aren’t your traditional mix of stocks and bonds, according to new research from Bank of America. Nearly one-third of … Read more
An electric vehicle of the model Y is pictured during the start of the production at Tesla’s “Gigafactory” on March 22, 2022 in Gruenheide, southeast of Berlin. – US electric car pioneer Tesla received the go-ahead for its “gigafactory” in Germany on March 4, 2022, paving the way for production to begin shortly after an … Read more
Natasha Craft, a 25-year-old FedEx driver from Mishawaka, Indiana. She has been locked out of her Yotta banking account since May 11. Courtesy: Natasha Craft When Natasha Craft first got a Yotta banking account in 2021, she loved using it so much she told her friends to sign up. The app made saving money fun … Read more
Nikolay Storonsky, founder and CEO of Revolut. Harry Murphy | Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images LONDON — The boss of British financial technology giant Revolut told CNBC he is optimistic about the company’s chances of being granted a U.K. banking license, as a jump in users saw the firm report record full-year pre-tax … Read more
Raising capital remains an enduring obstacle for LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs. Some venture capitalists are trying to change the equation and are backing minority founders to help them scale their companies and create jobs within their communities. According to LGBTQ+ entrepreneurship nonprofit StartOut, only 0.5% of the $2.1 trillion in startup funding between 2020 and 2022 was … Read more
Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Morgan Stanley is pushing further into its adoption of artificial intelligence with a new assistant that is expected to take over thousands of hours of labor for the bank’s financial advisors. The assistant, called Debrief, keeps detailed logs of advisors’ meetings and automatically creates draft emails and summaries … Read more
