Robinhood

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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Robinhood May Sell Shares Directly To Users If It IPOs
Robinhood May Sell Shares Directly To Users If It IPOs
January 08, 2021  |  IPO

Robinhood is considering selling shares directly to its users if it opts to hold an initial public offering (IPO). The FinTech group is reportedly mulling...

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Robinhood Focusing On Compliance In Wake Of SEC Settlement
Robinhood Focusing On Compliance In Wake Of SEC Settlement
December 22, 2020  |  Regulation

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev told CNBC on Monday (Dec. 21) that his company is focusing on compliance in the wake of a settlement with the...

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Today In Payments: GoCardless Raises $95 Million; BarkBox To Go Public Via SPAC At $1.6 Billion Valuation
Today In Payments: GoCardless Raises $95 Million; BarkBox To Go Public Via SPAC At $1.6...
December 17, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, GoCardless raised $95 million in a funding round, and BarkBox plans to go public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)....

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Robinhood To Pay $65 Million To Settle SEC Probe
Robinhood To Pay $65 Million To Settle SEC Probe
December 17, 2020  |  Legal

The investigation into Robinhood by the  U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has come to a head — and the stock-trading platform has agreed to pay...

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Massachusetts Suing Robinhood, Alleging Failure To Protect Investors
Massachusetts Suing Robinhood, Alleging Failure To Protect Investors
December 16, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Robinhood has come under the watchful eye of regulators — this time in Massachusetts. State regulators are set to file a complaint on Wednesday (Dec....

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Today In Payments: Cybersecurity Firm FireEye Hacked By Nation-State; PayPal’s iZettle Intros QR Codes At POS In UK
Today In Payments: Cybersecurity Firm FireEye Hacked By Nation-State; PayPal’s iZettle Intros QR Codes At...
December 09, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, cybersecurity firm FireEye announced that it had been hacked by a suspected nation-state, and PayPal’s iZettle added QR code payments to...

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Schwab, Vanguard, Other eBrokers Face Outages As Dow Soars
Schwab, Vanguard, Other eBrokers Face Outages As Dow Soars
November 09, 2020  |  Markets

Amid surging stocks, some online brokers like TD Ameritrade, Charles Schwab and Vanguard are missing out due to the websites going down, CNBC reported. The...

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