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Vlad Tenev, CEO and co-founder Robinhood Markets, Inc., is displayed on a screen during his company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market site in Times Square in New York City, U.S., July 29, 2021.Brendan McDermid | ReutersRobinhood is handing over the keys to some of its customers' crypto.The trading and
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Founder: Shivani Siroya (CEO)Launched: 2014Headquarters: Santa Monica, CaliforniaFunding: $362.1 millionValuation: $800 million (PitchBook)Key technologies: Machine learningIndustry: FintechPrevious appearances on Disruptor 50 List: 2 (No. 20 in 2021)Fintech start-up Tala is continuing its mission to improve the financial health of underserved and underbanked populations.Founded in 2011 by Shivani Siroya, the Santa Monica-based
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Coinbase reported a 27% decline in revenues in the first quarter as usage of the platform dipped.Chesnot | Getty ImagesCoinbase has become the latest tech company to warn of a slowdown in hiring.The crypto exchange told staff Tuesday it would slow hiring and reevaluate its headcount, reversing earlier plans
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Business-to-business (B2B) fintech company Volopay which recently completed a Series A funding round, has appointed Nirvikar Jain as the global business officer. Jain has an MS (Sloan fellow) from Stanford GSB and is co-authoring an MIT press book on fintech-led disruption. He has scaled businesses across his career and has
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Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett.Andrew Harnik | APThe 91-year-old "Oracle of Omaha" scooped up Citi shares while they have been underperforming the rest of the financial sector in the past 12 months. The stock is down nearly 40% while the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund is off
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Tether has faced repeated calls for a full audit of its reserves.Justin Tallis | AFP via Getty ImagesInvestors have withdrawn more than $7 billion from tether since it briefly dropped from its dollar peg, raising fresh questions about the reserves underpinning the world's largest stablecoin.Tether's circulating supply has slipped
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Mastercard's biometric checkout technology lets users pay by scanning their face or palm.MastercardMastercard is piloting new technology that lets shoppers make payments with just their face or hand at the checkout point.The company on Tuesday launched a program for retailers to offer biometric payment methods, like facial recognition and
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In this photo illustration, Paramount+ (Paramount Plus) logo is seen on a smartphone against its website in the background.Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty ImagesShares of Paramount Global jumped Tuesday after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway revealed a new stake in the media company.The stock rallied 14%
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A Wall Street subway station near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSearch interest for stock funds remains strong despite the recent market sell-off, even in areas of the market that have cooled off significantly, according
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