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Report: Apple Scrapped Stock-Trading Plan With Goldman Over Market Conditions
Apple // September 20, 2023

Apple was reportedly planning to add a stock-trading feature to its iPhones, but halted the project last year due to market conditions. The feature, which was being developed during the COVID-19 pandemic, aimed to capitalize on the increased interest in stock trading at the time as...

Robinhood Posts First-Ever Profit Amid Crypto Tumble and User Drop-Off  
Earnings // August 02, 2023

Robinhood Markets just notched its first profitable quarter since the platform went public in July 2021. But shares of the company, which was at the center of 2021’s retail trading frenzy, have been trading down around 5% after hours on other news in the financial...

eToro’s Value Dips After $120 Million Secondary Share Sale
Markets // July 31, 2023

Trading platform eToro’s valuation has reportedly dropped following a $120 million secondary share sale. As CNBC reported Monday (July 31), the Israeli company had been valued at $3.5 billion in a funding round earlier this year. eToro, which lets users trade stocks, crypto and contracts, gave early employees and...

Iraqi Financial App Bluepay Now Enables Trading US-Listed Stocks 
emea // December 16, 2022

Iraqi financial app provider Blue now enables users to trade U.S.-listed stocks.  The Iraq-based FinTech said in a Friday (Dec. 16) press release that the launch of this latest technology for its Bluepay mobile app comes as the Central Bank in Iraq recently approved Blue to offer international money...

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Robinhood Continues UK Expansion With Stock Lending

September 04, 2024
Robinhood now offers stock lending for British customers, part of the platform’s ongoing U.K. expansion. Introduced Wednesday (Sept. 4), the offering lets customers lend out any fully paid stock in their portfolio, with Robinhood taking care of finding interested borrowers. “Stock Lending is another innovative way for our customers in the UK to put their investments to […]

Report: Apple Scrapped Stock-Trading Plan With Goldman Over Market Conditions

September 20, 2023
Apple was reportedly planning to add a stock-trading feature to its iPhones, but halted the project last year due to market conditions. The feature, which was being developed during the COVID-19...

eToro’s Value Dips After $120 Million Secondary Share Sale

July 31, 2023
Trading platform eToro’s valuation has reportedly dropped following a $120 million secondary share sale. As CNBC reported Monday (July 31), the Israeli company had been valued at $3.5 billion in a funding round earlier...

Iraqi Financial App Bluepay Now Enables Trading US-Listed Stocks 

December 16, 2022
Iraqi financial app provider Blue now enables users to trade U.S.-listed stocks.  The Iraq-based FinTech said in a Friday (Dec. 16) press release that the launch of this latest technology for its Bluepay mobile...