One doesn’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to question whether something untoward is going on at the Securities & Exchange Commission with respect to its recent treatment of fintech companies. Actions by the Commission that include slow-walking certain fintech-related qualifications, including its sheer unwillingness to approve a cryptocurrency ETF, are just the tip of […]
Why Humanity Will Prevail in a Post-Coronavirus World
An Op-Ed by Dara Albright originally posted on March 18, 2020 on EisnerAmper’s Center for Transformation. A few weeks ago, I was in New York City for multiple cryptoasset events. I shook hands with lots of industry colleagues as we enthusiastically discussed how digital finance was changing the world. Optimism was everywhere. Even the topic […]
How 2019 FinTech Trends May Have Laid the Groundwork for Another Roaring Twenties
2019 was a pivotal year for fintech as it became ever more evident that the financial industry is destined to become an amalgamation of finance and technology. During the past 12 months, many former skeptics and naysayers started hedging their initial bets against crypto. At industry events, RIAs started talking about the risks associated with […]
The Dropbox IPO – Another Example of Dysfunctional Equity Markets
On November 19, 2013, I penned an article on how Dropbox’s capitalization is symbolic of how unjust America’s capital markets have become. At the time, Dropbox was raising a $250M private round of financing at an $8B valuation – approximately 68 times 2012 revenues. Retail investors, of course, were not invited to the party. In […]
The Great “Sexism in FinTech” Debate
It appears that the recent sexual harassment scandal at digital lending giant, SoFi, has lots of talking heads voicing their opinions on sexism in FinTech. Everyone from the deniers to the sympathizers are giving their two cents. But, what I found most interesting is that many of these commentators are men who have absolutely no […]