Goalsetter raised $3.9 million in seed funding to expand its kid-focused banking app, which uses financial literacy tools to promote wealth equality. And three of its core characteristics highlight major trends in the neobank space. Insider Intelligence publishes hundreds of research reports, charts, and forecasts on the Banking industry with the Banking Briefing. You can learn more about subscribing here. […]

Mortgage and refinance rates are low overall, but they've gone up a little since last Tuesday. If you lock in a rate today, then you could end up paying less for a fixed-rate mortgage than for an adjustable rate over the years. Darrin English, Senior Community Development Loan Officer at Quontic Bank, told Insider that typically there's an advantage to an […]

Healthcare incumbents have been slow to adop digital transformation, but the coronavirus pandemic forced them to accelerate. The pandemic kickstarted a boom period for virtual care that is changing the way doctors and patients interact. The Digital Health Ecosystem, previewed below, analyzes the future of the healthcare industry. You can purchase this report here. Healthcare incumbents have been dragging their […]

A key trigger for the increased retail participation in equities has been the lockdown triggered by Covid-19 that saw investors channelising their savings to capital markets in search of better return on their investments and the need to increase their disposable income. Foreign investor flows — considered to be the movers and shakers of equity markets — have taken a […]

A former Bombardier Inc. plant in Northern Ireland will lead Britain’s development of drone fighters after new owner Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. was awarded a 30 million-pound ($41 million) design contract. The three-year deal to build a prototype model will help support 100 jobs at the Belfast aero-structures factory taken over by Wichita, Kansas-based Spirit in October, the Ministry of […]

By Alan Rappeport The Senate confirmed Janet L. Yellen to be Treasury secretary on Monday, putting her at the forefront of navigating the fallout created by the pandemic as she advocates for President Biden’s economic agenda. Ms. Yellen, the former Federal Reserve chair, was confirmed by a vote of 84 to 15 with support from both Republicans and Democrats. She […]

Sign up for Next China, a weekly email on where the nation stands now and where it’s going next. When China’s two big mobile powers clashed publicly on New Year’s Eve, the stock of a little-known gaming company surged the most ever, minting a new billionaire in 38-year-old maverick entrepreneur Huang Yimeng. Shares in his indie game distributor XD Inc. […]