Loading… Loading… Benzinga spoke with Mehrak Hamzeh, the chief technology officer of AppTech Payments Corp APCX , about the future of fintech. "Fraud prevention and AI are essential," Hamzeh says. "We can monitor behaviors, detect unusual activities like keystrokes or device orientation, flag anomalies, and raise alerts for fraudulent activities." Here's an edited transcript of
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Loading… Loading… In a surprising turn of events, venture capital firm General Catalyst, an early investor of companies like Snap Inc., Stripe and Mistral, is on the brink of raising nearly $6 billion for tech start-up investments, despite the current fundraising drought in the sector. What Happened: General Catalyst could finalize its latest fund as
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Loading… Loading… About 80% of millennials and Gen Zers receive financial guidance from social media, which they credit with boosting their financial literacy and making discussions about money less taboo. Over 50% also report making money directly from this financial advice. But, not all influencers and traders on social media can be trusted. Their claims
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China announced “historic” steps to stabilize the crisis-hit property sector on May 17, 2024, allowing local governments to buy “some” apartments, relaxing mortgage rules and pledging to deliver unfinished homes.  Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese authorities on Friday pledged new support for state-owned enterprises to enable them to buy unsold apartments,
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Municipal bonds saw a touch of weakness in spots as the last large issues of the week priced while municipal bond mutual fund flows show retail engaged and high-yield continuing to outperform the broader investment-grade market. U.S. Treasuries faced some pressure on a slew of economic data and Fed speak that gave participants pause on
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Exchange-traded funds have seen inflows over the past several weeks as demand grows, showing improved retail investor sentiment and a better market environment overall. LSEG Lipper reported muni ETFs saw $91 million of inflows for the week ending Wednesday after $922 million of inflows the week ending May 8, while the Investment Company Institute reported
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on Wednesday revealed a new, $6.72 billion stake in the insurer Chubb, confirming months of speculation that it had made a big new investment. Berkshire owned 25.92 million Chubb shares as of March 31, according to a regulatory filing detailing Berkshire’s US-listed holdings as of that date. The disclosure sent Chubb’s share price to a record high
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Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial is set to resume with his former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen to resume testimony. Trump’s lawyers plan on undermining Cohen’s version of events and portraying him as a liar during cross-examination. Cohen previously testified to having lied to Congress, misleading the FEC, and writing phony check stubs to cover
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Loading… Loading… Editor's note: The headline of this story has been updated to reflect that Interactive Brokers' new desktop product is in addition to, rather than a replacement of, the TWS platform. Interactive Brokers Group Inc IBKR recently launched an updated desktop trading applicationfor Windows and Mac users. Benzinga spoke with Steve Sanders, the firms
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Loading… Loading… In a surprising turn of events, venture capital firm General Catalyst, an early investor of companies like Snap Inc., Stripe and Mistral, is on the brink of raising nearly $6 billion for tech start-up investments, despite the current fundraising drought in the sector. What Happened: General Catalyst could finalize its latest fund as
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Loading… Loading… On Tuesday,JanoverIncJNVR announced that it has officially launchedJanover Insurance GroupInc, its newinsurtechsubsidiary for commercial property insurance andmore. The company also announces it has been granted insurance licenses in Texas and Florida, with multiple applications in progress in several other states. Our ability to navigate large complex transactions in a marketplace model, particularly in
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