Without agents as partners, direct-to-consumer insurtechs aren’t able to offer customers the professional and customized insights required to meet their coverage needs. ( jozefmicic/Adobe Stock) Direc...
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Alex and Grace are back to cover the biggest, boldest and badde...
Betsy Cohen, a lawyer, financier and entrepreneur, has been smashing glass ceilings since Richard Nixon was president—and she’s not slowing down. In the summer of 1965, 25-year-old Betsy Cohen was wra...
Financial technology [fintech], insurance technology [insurtech] and education technology [edtech] are disrupting mental healthcare. There are now several startups and platforms that are extending men...
Greetings from Austin, Texas, where the temps have been over 100 degrees for days now and we’re trying hard just not to melt. The global funding boom in 2021 was unlike anything most of us have ever s...
The FinTech industry is one of the most dynamic in the entire UK economy. Thanks to its success in delivering the smart, intuitive tools and personalised experiences that consumers want, FinTechs have...
The Briefing For the 12th year in a row, Hong Kong is the world’s least affordable housing market, according to Demographia’s ranking of 92 cities in select countries Sydney, Australia moves up one sp...
Gamification has been accepted as a highly effective learning and engagement tool. It has been deployed in educational and training settings worldwide. But is that the limit of its potential? We know ...
Remittances, or the process of sending money back home, have been on the radar of traditional financial institutions for years, yet they have only recently captured headlines. The pandemic and the int...
Two fintech giants are partnering up. Affirm is making its buy now, pay later technology available to businesses that use Stripe’s payments tech. This means that a whole slew of companies that were no...
Customers – personal and professional – need help to make more sustainable choices. Sharing payment data could be key to reducing emissions French carbon tracker Greenly estimates that Europeans have ...
The Best Months for Stock Market Gains Many investors believe that equity markets perform better during certain times of the year. Is there any truth to these claims, or is it superstitious nonsense? ...
Venture capital firms such as Sequoia Capital and Y Combinator are sounding the alarm for startup companies that the days of raising capital easily are over. The well-known VC sent 250 founders a 52-s...
What goes up, must come down (fintech edition) The higher you climb, the harder you fall — and that spells trouble across the board for fintech startups right now. “Fintech probably grew the fastest i...
The era of digital revolution propelled by the pandemic has left almost every industry and sector grappling with waves of transformation. The ways in which customers engage with brands and services ac...