Summary List Placement Over the last decade, fintech has established itself as a fundamental part of the world’s financial services ecosystem. Today, fintech financing is surging across the globe, despite major banks remaining cautious about acquisitions. Instead, three emerging trends are fueling the current fintech boom: new geographical fintech centers, more late-stage mega-rounds, and the […]
Bridge: March 3, 2021
“My partner never makes the same mistake twice,” a club player griped to me. “He makes it a half-dozen times — just to be sure, I guess.” I heard that as declarer at four hearts, the complainant’s partner took the ace of spades and then the A-K of trumps. When West threw a spade, declarer […]
Word Game: March 3, 2021
TODAY’S WORD — ABRASIVE (ABRASIVE: uh-BRAY-siv: Causing damage or wear by grinding or rubbing.) Average mark 24 words Time limit 30 minutes Can you find 32 or more words in ABRASIVE? The list will be published tomorrow. YESTERDAY’S WORD — INCENSED iced ides incense need nene nice niece nine cede cense scene seed seen seine send side […]
A Japanese billionaire wants 8 people to come with him on SpaceX’s first civilian mission round the moon. Here’s what it’s like to apply for the competition.
Summary List Placement Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has launched an open competition for people to accompany him on the first commercial, civilian space flight round the moon on SpaceX’s Starship rocket. The trip is slated to last six days: three days to get to the moon and loop round the back of it, and three […]
Horoscopes March 3, 2021: Jessica Biel, stand tall and stand up for your beliefs
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jessica Biel, 39; Julie Bowen, 51; Tone Loc, 55; Jackie Joyner-Kersee, 59. NEW YORK, NY – MAY 17: Former professional athelete Jackie Joyner-Kersee attends the The Paley Honors: Celebrating Women In Television event at Cipriani Wall Street at on May 17, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty […]
How SPACs print money — Who’s left at Marcus — Compass IPO takeaways
Summary List Placement Good morning and welcome to Insider Finance. I’m Dan DeFrancesco, and here’s what’s on the agenda today: We broke down who’s really driving the SPAC boom and what the end game looks like. As Goldman Sachs’ Marcus goes through a leadership shakeup, meet the 15 people left leading the retail bank. A […]
Here’s how much tax Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg would pay under Warren’s proposed wealth tax
Summary List Placement US billionaires would have paid $114 billion between them in 2020 under an “ultra-millionaire” tax proposed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on Monday, according to two tax groups. The bill, called the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act, would apply an annual 2% tax on individuals with net worths between $50 million and $1 […]
10 Things in Politics: Walls close in on Cuomo
Summary List Placement Good morning! Welcome back to 10 Things in Politics. I’m Brent Griffiths. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox each day. Send your tips and thoughts to bgriffiths@insider.com or tweet me @BrentGriffiths. Here’s what you need to know: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo already besieged is now facing impeachment threats. […]
The maker of ‘Fortnite’ is buying the British studio behind ‘Fall Guys’. Here’s how it went from near-disaster to launching one of the biggest gaming hits of all time.
Summary List Placement Epic Games, the creator of hit game “Fortnite” is acquiring the British studio that produced “Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout.” “Fall Guys” was a smash gaming hit through 2020, netting more than 11 million downloads on game store Steam. Business Insider spoke to the studio’s CEO, Dave Bailey, about its tough journey to […]
10 rockets hit a base hosting US troops in Iraq, the second such attack in a month
Summary List Placement Ten rockets hit an airbase in Iraq hosting US-led coalition and Iraqi troops, officials in the country said. Col. Wayne Marotto, a spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, the coalition of forces fighting terrorist group Isis in the country, said that the rockets targeted the Al Asad Airbase in western Iraq at about […]
Ask Amy: I’m sick of my husband lying to me about his co-worker
Dear Amy: My husband of 13 years is having boundary issues with a colleague. They became close when he had a depressive episode last year and confided in her instead of me. Amy Dickinson He said a lot of things to her that made me uncomfortable, including comments about our relationship and our finances. I […]
TRANSFORMING USER EXPERIENCE IN BANKING: Here are the strategies winning financial institutions are using to deliver a superior user experience
Summary List Placement This is a preview of the Insider Intelligence Transforming User Experience In Banking research report. Purchase this report here. Insider Intelligence offers even more banking coverage with our Banking Briefing. Subscribe today to receive industry-changing banking news and analysis to your inbox. As digital channels become a more critical part of the […]