Fintech - Spark Newswire

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Helios CEO On Alternative Data, Tonal Analytics: ‘Adding Value Through Audio Tones’

September 8, 10:47 AM

Helios Life Enterprises, a fintech specializing in alpha generation insights derived from human language and emotion, last month announced a partnership with the live event monitoring and financial search platform Aiera. In a follow-up conversation, Benzinga chatted with Helios CEO Sean Austin.

BEN

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JPMorgan Forays Lucrative Digital Payments Sector Via Acquisition Route

By Anusuya Lahiri

September 8, 7:58 AM

JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) inked an agreement to acquire a controlling interest of close to 75% in Volkswagen AG’s (OTC:VLKAF) (OTC:VWAGY) payments…

JPM

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PayPal Steps Up Efforts In ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Segment With $2.7B Deal To Acquire Paidy

By Rachit Vats

September 8, 3:28 AM

PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) said on Tuesday it will buy Japanese payments company Paidy for about $2.7 billion in cash as it looks to boost its presence into “buy now, pay later” products.

AAPL

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Which Digital Financial Services Are Going to Thrive Post-Pandemic?

By Rachael Green

September 7, 7:21 AM

While the financial services industry was already rapidly evolving its offerings to meet the increasing demand for convenient, digital financial tools, the Great Lockdown that began in March 2020 sped up that evolution, as the need for socially-distanced options that provided access to important services became urgent.

PYPL

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MoneyLion Sets Merger Vote Date, Shares Company Update: What Investors Should Know

By Chris Katje

September 5, 4:40 PM

A SPAC merger announced in February between fintech MoneyLion and Fusion Acquisition Corp (NYSE: FUSE) is nearing a close with a me

FUSE

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Binance.US Plans To Go Public: Report

By Adrian Zmudzinski

September 2, 2:00 PM

Binance.US — the United States subsidiary of the world's top crypto exchange, Binance — plans to go public in the next couple of years.

COIN

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If You Invested $1,000 In PayPal Stock One Year Ago, Here’s How Much You’d Have Now

By Wayne Duggan

September 1, 5:35 PM

Investors who have owned stocks in the last year have generally experienced some big gains. In fact, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) total return over the last 12 months is 31.2%. But there is no question some big-name stocks performed better than others along the way.

EBAY

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Lawsuit Claims Netflix Series “13 Reasons Why” Caused Spike in Suicides, Could Limit Future Media Production

By Diya Patel

September 1, 2:27 PM

Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is facing a lawsuit from thousands of parents who claim that the platform's hit series 13 Reasons Why led to increased child suicide rates immediately after it was released.

NFLX

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