Digital Wealth: Wealthfront Exploring Sale at Valuation of $1.5 Billion
Digital Wealth: Wealthfront Exploring Sale at Valuation of $1.5 Billion
Roboadvisor Wealthfront is exploring its options for a $1.5 billion sale, in a move that would triple its last valuation in 2018.
Top Stories
🇺🇸 Wealthfront Is Exploring A Potential Sale At A Value Of $1.5 Billion - Advisor Hub, November 16, Palo Alto
🇺🇸 MoneyLion Acquires Leading Creator Network And Content Platform, Malka Media - Yahoo, November 16, New York
🇺🇸 SEC Warns Of Widespread Compliance Failures With Robo-Advisors - Barron’s, November 10, New York
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North America News
🇺🇸 Brandishing 'Better Outcomes' And 'Outperformance,' Vanguard Group Announced Today Its Five New High-Conviction Funds Are Ready For The Investors Using Its $259-Billion RIA - RIABiz, November 10, Malvern
🇺🇸 DTC Responds To SEC RFI With Notice Of New Regtech/Wealthtech Offering - PR Newswire, November 11, New York
🇨🇦 Flinks And Sidedrawer Forge Wealthtech Alliance - Wealth Professional, November 11, Quebec
🇺🇸 Schwab Asks Court To Toss Robo Platform Cash Sweeps Lawsuit - Financial Advisor IQ, November 11, Texas
🇺🇸 Accomplished Wall Street Executive Creates Robo-Investing App For Black Investors To Help Build Wealth - Black Enterprise, November 12, Boston
🇺🇸 ETF Securities’ Fund Included In ESG Framework - Money Management, November 15, Dallas
🇺🇸 Franklin Accused Of Startup Sabotage To Enter Fintech Market - BNN Bloomberg, November 15, New York
🇺🇸 VanEck To Launch Bitcoin Futures ETF ‘XBTF’ Next Week After SEC Rejects Spot Offering - Coindesk, November 16, New York
Emea News
🇬🇧 Digital Horizon Launches Second Fund At $200 Million - Tech EU, November 10, London
🇬🇧 Crypto Fintech Ziglu Lands £7m Crowdfunding Haul As Part Of Series A - Altfi, November 10, London
🇬🇧 Rize ETF Unveils Fund Targeting 'Structural Transition' Towards Cashless Economy - Investment Week, November 11, London
🇩🇪 Global Wealth Tech Provider Buys German Funds Platform - International Investment, November 11, Hof
🇨🇾 XSpot Wealth Launches ESG Plans And Prepares To Expand To Middle East - World Finance, November 15, Cyprus
🇬🇧 London Based Abaka Finalizes Second Tranche Of Its Series A Investment Round - Crowdfund Insider, November 13, London
Asia Pacific News
🇸🇬 Kristal.AI Launched More Than 15 Pre-IPO Deals In A Year - Mint, November 12, Singapore
🇨🇳 Digital Digest: Japan's SMTB Taps UK Wealthtech To Usher Private Market Access - Wealth Briefing, November 12, Tokyo
🇸🇬 DBS Digital Exchange Sees Growing Business Momentum - Hubbis, November 12, Singapore
🇸🇬 HSBC And Saxo Partner To Expand Digital Investment Offerings In Singapore - Leap Rate, November 12, Singapore
🇻🇳 Cake Becomes First In Vietnam To Partner With Radar Payments By BPC - Hubbis, November 14, Hồ Chí Minh
🇸🇬 Autowealth: The Robo Advisor For Singaporeans - Digital Journal, November 15, Singapore
Blogs, Webinars, Podcasts
🌍 Big Tech Expected To Disrupt Wealth Management - Business Wire, November 10, New York
🌍 How Wealthtech Companies Can Stand Out And Capture Investor Attention Amid A Hot Market - Financial Planning, November 15, Global
🇺🇸 Vanguard’s New Beacon App Gets Thumbs-Down From Investors - Barron’s, November 10, Malvern
🇺🇸 Why Digital Wealth’s Future Is Much More Than Trading Apps For Millennials - Financial Planning, November 15, New York
🇺🇸 Robin Wigglesworth On The Creation Of The Index Fund - Bloomberg, November 12, New York
🇺🇸 These Apps Are Betting 'Social Trading' Is The Next Big Thing In Investing, As Millennials And Gen Zers Seek Advice From Finfluencers And Friends - Markets Insider, November 13, New York
🌍 Wealthtech Talks: Delivering On The Modern Demand For Hybrid Advice - The Wealth Mosaic, November 25, Virtual
Virtual Events & Conferences
🌍 Fintech Connect 2021 - Fintech Connect, December 1-2, Virtual
🌍 UK Fintech Week - Proofix, November 22-26, Virtual
🇬🇧 FinTech4Life - Fintech Alliance, November 23-24, London
Reports, Surveys, & Awards
🇦🇺 Micro-Investing Apps Hit The Big Time - Sydney Morning Herald, November 16, Sydney
🌍 The Rise And Rise Of ESG In Digital Wealth - Altfi, November 15, Global
🇬🇧 The Future Of Wealth Management 2022 - Finextra, November 17, London
🇺🇸 Digital Wealth Management Market Quantification Of Global Industry Size And Developments Possibility By 2025 - Energy Siren, November 10, Dallas
🇺🇸 Global Digital Wealth Management Market Prominent Drivers, Segmentation, Growth Rate, Overview & Future Prospects 2028 - The Ball Gamer, November 12, Miami
🇮🇳 North America Wealthtech Solution Market Exact Estimations Of The Upcoming Trends And Growing Demand 2021-2028 By Business Market Insights - Daily Research Sheets, November 11, Pune
🇭🇰 Hong Kong Wealth Management Market Report- Growth Opportunities, Sales, Size, Revenue, Industry Analysis And Forecast To 2024 - OpenPR, November 13, Hong Kong
Partnerships, Deals, Movers
🇿🇦 South African Payments Gateway Ozow Raises $48m Series B Led By Tencent - TechCrunch, November 17, Johannesburg
🇮🇩 Wealthtech Moduit Raises $4.5 Million - Crowdfund Insider, November 15, Jakarta
🇺🇸 Investing API Atomic Raises $25m - Finextra, November 11, San Francisco
🇺🇸 Jiko Announces Partnership To Launch A Banking App For The Transgender Community - Techcrunch, November 17, San Francisco
🇺🇸 Credit-Focused Company Upgrade Raises $280 Million At $6 Billion Valuation - Techcrunch, November 16, San Francisco
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