Digital Wealth: Social Investing App Shares Closes $40MM Series A With 60,000 Waitlist
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Digital Wealth: Social Investing App Shares Closes $40MM Series A With 60,000 Waitlist
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Top Stories
🇬🇧 Social Investing App Shares Closes $40MM Series A With 60,000 Waitlist - Altfi, March 3, London
🇮🇳 Tiger Global-Backed Fintech Startup Money View Secures $75MM In Series D Round - Mint, March 9, Bengalaru
🇬🇧 SEC Investor Advisory Committee To Discuss AI, Robo-Advisors Plus Cyber Concerns At Next Meeting - Crowdfund Insider, March 10, Washington D.C.
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North America News
🇺🇸 Gridline Raises $9MM In Capital For Growth Acceleration - Businesswire, March 8, Georgia
🇺🇸 Public Buys Otis, Bringing Fractional Ownership Of Alternative Assets To Its Platform - TechCrunch, March 9, New York
🇺🇸 Wealthbox Announces $31 Million Equity Investment From Frontier Growth - PR Newswire, March 8, Rhode Island
🇺🇸 SC&C Forms Long-Term Partnership With Australian Wealth Manager AMP - PR Newswire, March 9, Connecticut
🇨🇦 Aviso Wealth Teams Up With Global Tech Service Provider - Wealth Professional, March 3, Vancouver
🇺🇸 Citi Removes Fee Waivers From Robo - Financial Advisor, March 4, New York
🇺🇸 VanEck Launches Crypto Mining ETF - CoinDesk, March 9, New York
EMEA News
🏴 Welsh Fintech Delio Raises A Further £6.1MM To Accelerate Global Growth Plans - Development Bank, March 7, Cardiff
🇬🇧 M&G Shares Lift Off As It Unveils £500MM Share Buyback Programme - Portfolio Adviser, March 8, London
🇪🇸 Allfunds Strengthens Its Advisory And Portfolio Management Tools With The Launch Of Nextportfolio3, A Solution With Powerful ESG Features - Fintech Finance News, March 8, Madrid
🇨🇭 Top UBS Wealth Manager Targets $5 Trillion Held By Women In Asia - Swissinfo, March 8, Zurich
🇸🇩 Sudan’s First YC-Backed Startup Is Helping Consumers Protect And Grow Their Wealth - TechCrunch, March 8, Khartoum
🇬🇧 Kingswood Ships New Online Client Portal - Finextra, March 3, London
🇬🇧 Lightyear Nabs European License - Altfi, March 8, London
🇬🇧 Royal London To Launch ‘Digital Guidance’ Tool - FT Adviser, March 4, London
Asia Pacific News
🇦🇺 Moomoo Launches In Australia With One-Stop Digital Investment Services - PR Newswire, March 8, Sydney
🇦🇺 Super Fierce Launches Wealthtech Platform To Address $30T Global Gender Wealth Gap; In Time For IWD - PR Newswire, March 8, Sydney
🇸🇬 Vauld Partners With Alfa Romeo F1 Team - Paddock, March 9, Singapore
🇦🇺 Unhedged Launches App, Claim “Robots Beat Humans At Investing” - Businesswire, March 8, Melbourne
🇲🇾 Airasia Super App Users Will Soon Be Able To Make In-App Investments- Fintech Malaysia, March 8, Sepang
🇸🇬 Endowus Returns S$2MM Of Trailer Fee Rebates To Clients - Business Times, March 9, Singapore
Blogs, Webinars, Podcasts
🇺🇸 Robo-Advisor Vs Financial Advisor - Modest Money, March 4, Oregon
🇲🇹 What Is WealthTech? - Coinspeaker, March 5, Malta
🇺🇸 Raising America’s Financial IQ Will Grow Our Wealth Industry - Nasdaq, March 8, New York
🇺🇸 A Vanguard Paper That Financial Advisors Will Love To Read - RIAIntel, March 3, New York
🇺🇸 Advisor Innovations: Merit Financial’s Kay Lynn Mayhue On Plotting An Aggressive Growth Trajectory - Wealth Management, March 4, Georgia
🇦🇺 Advice Gap ‘Can Only Be Solved’ By Adoption Of Technologies - Independent Financial Adviser, March 3, Sydney
🇺🇸 Experts Say Direct Indexing Is Wealthtech Gamechanger - Nasdaq, March 3, New York
🇺🇸 Blockchain Transferred Funds To Challenge ETFs - Markets Media, March 9, Ohio
🇬🇧 Wealth Managers Must Speed Up The Digitalization Of Their Retirement Services, Says GlobalData - GlobalData, March 8, London
🏴 Why Automated Reconciliations Are Crucial For Wealth Managers - International Investment, March 8, Glasgow
Virtual Events & Conferences
🇬🇧 Fintech Women Walk The Talk Book Launch - Schroders, March 15, Virtual
🇩🇪 Blockchain & FinTech: Cases That Will Change The Payments And Banking World - Global Blockchain Initiative (GBI), March 17, Virtual
🇮🇳 BFSI And FinTech Summit 2022 - Dun & Bradstreet India, March 11, Virtual
🇩🇪 Green Tech Investment Conference - The Startup Club, March 17, Virtual
Reports, Surveys, & Awards
🌍 Global Digital Wealth Management Market Insights 2022: FYCC, Fetch, Teenray, ZF FAWER, Wang Jin Machinery, ZF, ACDelco, CTE, Hetian Automotive - ZNews Africa, March 3, Global
🇺🇸 Fidelity Go Performs, Capital One Investing Flops In Robo Report - Citywire USS, March 4, Virginia
🌍 Robo-Advisor Market Outlook 2029 | Top Key Players – WiseBanyan Wealthfront, Betterment Holdings, Bambu, SigFig Wealth Management, Hedgeable Ally Financial, AssetBuilder - Eclectic Northeast, March 4, Global
🇺🇸 Robo Report Edition 22 And Robo Ranking Edition 8 Released Today Covering The Fourth Quarter Of 2021; SoFi Best Overall Robo Advisor Again - Digital Journal, March 3
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