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When the Covid pandemic hit, small business owners across the country scrambled to survive. Here's how four businesses pivoted.

Hundreds of colleges have already said Covid vaccines will be mandatory for fall 2021, yet some students object to the mandates.

AltFi | Aisling Finn | May 11, 2021 One step closer to removing the “computer says no” attitude to credit cards. Another partnership that seems to be a match in fintech heaven, this time for credit marketplace ClearScore and digital bank Zopa. Currently, four million people in the UK use open banking in their day-to-day

Banks will soon issue credit cards to those without traditional credit scores, potentially helping millions of Americans borrow.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris released their 2020 tax returns, reviving the annual White House tradition.

Investment Executive | James Langton | May 17, 2021 The ESG investing space has become increasingly susceptible to marketing hype Sustainable investing, like any other hot retail investment trend, is vulnerable to hype. Regulators now are stepping up their efforts to ensure investors are getting what they’re promised from environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments.

Guest Post | May 19, 2021 Many students dream of getting a job in a large company. Ask anyone, Apple, Microsoft, or Amazon will be the first options people think of. There are quite a few companies that are every student's dream. But the problem is that very few people can start their careers so

Sifted | Georgie Smallwood | May 11, 2021 Fintechs are among the fastest-growing companies in the market today. Take Revolut: the digital bank saw its users jump by 100% last year from 6m to 12m — and has already hit 15m this year. Fintechs are also pretty damn good at churning out new features. Want

Companies such as ADP, Best Buy, Self, Truist and Varo are teaming up with BlackRock to experiment with encouraging people to save for the unexpected.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act reduced taxes for many individuals and households. But its provisions are scheduled to lapse after 2025.

Cato Institute | Diego Zuluaga | Spring/Summer 2021 America’s financial inclusion problem is usually expressed as the percentage of households — 5.4 percent at last count, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC 2020: 1) — who lack a bank account. When the Libra Association first announced its plan to launch a private digital currency for

Finextra | Vivek Dubey | April 2021 FinTech has a Midas touch and since the 2020 crisis, it has redefined the Gaming Industry. We have arrived in the era of FinTech driven Gaming Industry. Let us try to look at few numbers, in one estimation, 2020 the global gaming market had an approximate net value

WEF | May 6, 2021 This report highlights the results of a series of virtual global workshops and expert interviews held with financial services and technology experts in 2020. It looks at the urgent need for digital transformation in capital markets, with a view to providing strategic insights that will improve client service delivery, achieve

There "still was a lot of leverage, so this correction we've seen is healthy. A pullback is normal in crypto," Meltem Demirors told CNBC Wednesday.

When Sarat Sethi was coming up in the financial industry, there were not a lot of role models who were Asian. Here's what he learned along the way.