David Vélez set out to kill off the fat fees and lousy service of Brazil’s big banks. The operation succeeded beyond his wildest dreams: Today, his no-fee Nubank is the most valuable digital bank in the world, with 35 million customers—and he’s gunning for more
Millennials were shunning plastic and supposedly wary of consumer debt. Affirm's Max Levchin saw a way to repackage buying now and paying later for younger folks—and it's made him a billionaire
Point of sale financing—the modern layaway that lets you pay for a new TV or dress in four installments instead of putting it on your credit card—has been rising steeply in popularity over the past two years, and the pandemic is propelling it to new heights
In late 2017, while virtually every cryptocurrency was shooting upward, people started gushing about “security tokens,” or digital coins that could represent traditional investment securities
In May 2017, with a white paper and a small team of developers mostly located in Belgrade, Serbia, MobileGo raised $53 million in an initial coin offering (ICO). At the time, ICOs were new to the world of finance. Unlike initial public offerings, or IPOs, they required no lawyers, bankers or regulatory approval and were more akin to Kickstarter-style crowdfunding, except funds were raised in cryptocurrency, typically bitcoin or ethereum
David Vélez set out to kill off the fat fees and lousy service of Brazil’s big banks. The operation succeeded beyond his wildest dreams: Today, his no-fee Nubank is the most valuable digital bank in the world, with 35 million customers—and he’s gunning for more
Millennials were shunning plastic and supposedly wary of consumer debt. Affirm's Max Levchin saw a way to repackage buying now and paying later for younger folks—and it's made him a billionaire
In May 2017, with a white paper and a small team of developers mostly located in Belgrade, Serbia, MobileGo raised $53 million in an initial coin offering (ICO). At the time, ICOs were new to the world of finance. Unlike initial public offerings, or IPOs, they required no lawyers, bankers or regulatory approval and were more akin to Kickstarter-style crowdfunding, except funds were raised in cryptocurrency, typically bitcoin or ethereum
In late 2017, while virtually every cryptocurrency was shooting upward, people started gushing about “security tokens,” or digital coins that could represent traditional investment securities
Point of sale financing—the modern layaway that lets you pay for a new TV or dress in four installments instead of putting it on your credit card—has been rising steeply in popularity over the past two years, and the pandemic is propelling it to new heights
In May 2017, with a white paper and a small team of developers mostly located in Belgrade, Serbia, MobileGo raised $53 million in an initial coin offering (ICO). At the time, ICOs were new to the world of finance. Unlike initial public offerings, or IPOs, they required no lawyers, bankers or regulatory approval and were more akin to Kickstarter-style crowdfunding, except funds were raised in cryptocurrency, typically bitcoin or ethereum
David Vélez set out to kill off the fat fees and lousy service of Brazil’s big banks. The operation succeeded beyond his wildest dreams: Today, his no-fee Nubank is the most valuable digital bank in the world, with 35 million customers—and he’s gunning for more
Millennials were shunning plastic and supposedly wary of consumer debt. Affirm's Max Levchin saw a way to repackage buying now and paying later for younger folks—and it's made him a billionaire
Point of sale financing—the modern layaway that lets you pay for a new TV or dress in four installments instead of putting it on your credit card—has been rising steeply in popularity over the past two years, and the pandemic is propelling it to new heights
In late 2017, while virtually every cryptocurrency was shooting upward, people started gushing about “security tokens,” or digital coins that could represent traditional investment securities
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