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Fintech Fridays EP52:  Technology Due Diligence Process and Cyber Security Risks

Fintech Fridays EP52: Technology Due Diligence Process and Cyber Security Risks

NCFA Canada | May 21, 2021 JOIN US ON A STORYTELLING JOURNEY EVERY FRIDAY. EP52: Technology Due Diligence Process and Cyber Security Risks Featured Guests: Guests: 1. FARSHAD ABASI, Founder and CSO, Forward Security Inc. 2. DANIEL LEE, Managing Director, Technology & Innovation, Mid-market Investment Banking, CIBC 3. MICHAEL CASTRO, Founder and Risk Executive, RiskAware


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New teen investing accounts may deliver a surprise tax bill

New teen investing accounts may deliver a surprise tax bill

Teen investing accounts may offer hands-on financial education, but experts say these accounts could deliver parents a surprise tax bill.

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Robinhood will give retail investors access to IPO shares

Robinhood will give retail investors access to IPO shares

IPO shares have historically been set aside for Wall Street's institutional investors or high-net worth individuals.

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Economist Spotlight:  Imagining a world without banks

Economist Spotlight: Imagining a world without banks

The Economist | May 6, 2021 IT IS HARD to conceive of a world without banks, partly because they are so visible. Picture the horizon of any big city, and the skyscrapers in view are usually banks. Commuters emerge from Grand Central station in New York in the shadow of the Park Avenue base of


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The Trading Game

The Trading Game

Cato Institute | Jennifer J. Schulp | May 3, 2021 Policymakers should exercise caution when considering whether to impose new regulations on trading app design. Growing numbers of individual investors are now trading on their phones through app‐​based trading platforms offered by Robinhood Financial and a host of other new brokerages, such as Webull and Public.


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Recent Decision by UK Financial Ombudsman Service Challenges Investment Crowdfunding Model

Recent Decision by UK Financial Ombudsman Service Challenges Investment Crowdfunding Model

Crowdfund Insider | JD Alois | May 19, 2021 The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) in the UK has long intermediated disagreements within the financial services sector including investment crowdfunding. A recent decision by the FOS has caused some concern amongst industry insiders as it may challenge the entire crowdfunding model based on the liability of


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Robinhood will give retail investors access to IPO shares, a longstanding Wall Street realm

Robinhood will give retail investors access to IPO shares, a longstanding Wall Street realm

IPO shares have historically been set aside for Wall Street's institutional investors or high-net worth individuals.

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JPMorgan Chase launches new health-care business after winding down Amazon-Berkshire venture

JPMorgan Chase launches new health-care business after winding down Amazon-Berkshire venture

JPMorgan is launching Morgan Health to improve the quality of medical care for the bank's 165,000 U.S. employees and their families.

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Number of 401(k) and IRA millionaires hits record one year after Covid, Fidelity says

Number of 401(k) and IRA millionaires hits record one year after Covid, Fidelity says

Although many Americans are still out of work and struggling, the recent stock market run up has buoyed retirement savings account balances to record levels.

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JPMorgan Chase launches new healthcare business after winding down Amazon-Berkshire venture

JPMorgan Chase launches new healthcare business after winding down Amazon-Berkshire venture

The American healthcare system has proven to be a difficult nut to crack. The unit's predecessor Haven folded with little to show in terms of concrete results.

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These strategies can reduce the taxes you will pay on retirement accounts

These strategies can reduce the taxes you will pay on retirement accounts

If your retirement funds are in a traditional 401(k) or individual retirement account, the U.S. government is owed part of it in the form of taxes.

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IHOP to launch new restaurant, Flip'd by IHOP, after rethinking pilot during pandemic

IHOP to launch new restaurant, Flip'd by IHOP, after rethinking pilot during pandemic

IHOP will launch its fast-casual spinoff, Flip'd by IHOP, in July, more than a year after initially planned.

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Insana: The pied pipers of cryptocurrency are leading investors to their doom

Insana: The pied pipers of cryptocurrency are leading investors to their doom

Cryptocurrency is wandering further into the realm of the absurd. Late entrants to the party will be holding the bag.

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Biden calls for crackdown on wealthy who hide bulk of income from tax

Biden calls for crackdown on wealthy who hide bulk of income from tax

About 80% of the so-called tax gap is due to underreported income, largely from the wealthy, according to a Treasury report issued Thursday.

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Biden’s plans may drop a tax bomb on divorcing couples

Biden’s plans may drop a tax bomb on divorcing couples

President Joe Biden has proposed a tax hike on the wealthy to cover the American Families Plan. Experts say it may drop a tax bomb on divorcing couples.

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