Robinhood

Robinhood Marches On With IPO Despite GameStop Trading Debacle
Robinhood Marches On With IPO Despite GameStop Trading Debacle
February 03, 2021  |  IPO

FinTech startup Robinhood is moving forward with a planned initial public offering (IPO) and will either pursue a direct listing or seek a special purpose...

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Robinhood: Stocks Had To Be Shut Down Over High Deposit Requirements
Robinhood: Stocks Had To Be Shut Down Over High Deposit Requirements
January 31, 2021  |  Market Conditions

Robinhood, the stock trading app purporting to let anyone join in the market, answered questions in a blog post on why it had shut down...

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Quevos, Loyalty Programs, Digital Payments Top This Week’s News
Quevos, Loyalty Programs, Digital Payments Top This Week’s News
January 29, 2021  |  The Weekender

In this week’s news, we saw Quevos secure funding, new data on loyalty and rewards programs, and research on how nonprofits are using digital payments....

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Robinhood Halts Instant Buys For Crypto, Raises Over $1 Billion
Robinhood Halts Instant Buys For Crypto, Raises Over $1 Billion
January 29, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Amid a spike in the price of bitcoin and the Dogecoin cryptocurrency, Robinhood limited trading in digital currencies on Friday (Jan. 29). The company faced...

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Backlash: Retail Traders Sue Robinhood Over Suspension Of Buy Orders
Backlash: Retail Traders Sue Robinhood Over Suspension Of Buy Orders
January 29, 2021  |  Investments

Retail traders in two states have sued Robinhood, the app intended to make stock trading accessible, over the decision made to stop buy orders on...

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More Brokers Restrict Trades Of AMC, GameStop, Citing Volatility
More Brokers Restrict Trades Of AMC, GameStop, Citing Volatility
January 28, 2021  |  Markets

The online boom in the stock price of such companies as GameStop has gained the attention of brokers, prompting moves to curb the wild trading...

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Disruptions, Limits As Redditors Upend Markets In GameStop Trading
Disruptions, Limits As Redditors Upend Markets In GameStop Trading
January 27, 2021  |  Market Conditions

Online brokerages Robinhood, Charles Schwab and others were hit by outages again as the markets continued to reel and amateur traders on Reddit fueled the rapid...

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Robinhood User Sues Platform After Account Hacked
Robinhood User Sues Platform After Account Hacked
January 10, 2021  |  Legal

A California man has sued Robinhood Financial and Robinhood Securities, claiming he lost thousands of dollars after his brokerage account with the firm was breeched,...

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Today In Digital-First Banking: BBVA To Close Simple Bank; Stimulus Debit Cards Mailed To 8 Million Households
Today In Digital-First Banking: BBVA To Close Simple Bank; Stimulus Debit Cards Mailed To 8...
January 08, 2021  |  Digital Banking

In today’s top digital-first banking news, clients of BBVA subsidiary Simple Bank are reportedly getting emails telling them that Simple is closing and the intent...

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