Robinhood

Robinhood targets pro traders with new platform

Fintech to roll out data and charting tools for active investors

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How Robinhood can win a bigger piece of the $65 trillion pie of tradable assets

Piper Sandler sees Robinhood as well positioned to benefit from the generational wealth transfer — and an enhanced web platform that could broaden its appeal

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Robinhood doubles down on crypto with deal for Bitstamp

Move comes a month after SEC notice of a potential lawsuit over the brokerage’s crypto offerings

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SEC prepares to sue Robinhood over crypto unit

The agency could seek an order that would prevent the popular brokerage firm from trading certain cryptoassets

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Who will win out as armchair investing booms in the UK?

Fintechs battle for UK traders amid rising competition

Trading platforms have two battles to win: with institutions and their own peers

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Jordan Sinclair, president of the trading platform in the UK, is branching out into new business lines

Robinhood to launch retirement offering in the UK

Robinhood wants to replicate its $1bn US retirement offering across the pond

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How one of Europe's most-promising fintechs hit the brakes

The Fintech Files: Big ambitions meet harsh reality

Your guide to the week’s biggest fintech stories

Robinhood surged to popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic due to its free stock-trading model

Robinhood axes around 7% of full-time staff

The move marks the third round of job cuts in just over a year with more than 1,000 roles axed altogether

Robinhood to offer 24-hour trading in Amazon, Apple, Tesla and more

The online brokerage says all customers will have access by next month

Robinhood launches SEC counterattack over payment for order flow

Robinhood execs said the SEC's proposals amounted to the regulator 'essentially shutting the door and saying we liked it better when it was the old boys’ club'

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Robinhood investment vehicle files for bankruptcy

The US Justice Department believes that the investment vehicle's assets might be the proceeds of criminal activities and should be held for victims

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Robinhood slashes costs by 69% after layoff rounds

Online brokerage reports a 35% drop in September monthly active users, but has slashed net losses too

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SEC may not ban payment for order flow, sending Robinhood higher

SEC is still weighing up options for controversial trading model, according to reports

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Robinhood rolls out index to track customers’ most-loved stocks

The index may interest finance professionals who monitor the activities of small investors as one of the underlying factors behind stock market moves

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