Why The Future Of TikTok Impacts The Fintech Industry

On Monday, I published a piece for Forbes diving into how the future of TikTok, whether banned from the U.S. or sold, may impact a generation’s financial literacy. (Read that story here).  The TL;DR is that TikTok played an essential role in increasing financial education for many marginalized communities, including women, people of color, Gen…

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Oscar Goes Old School

Oscar Health announced that Mario Schlosser is transitioning to President of Technology at Oscar. Who’s replacing him as CEO? Mark Bertolini. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because he’s the former CEO of Aetna, which sold to CVS for $69B in 2018 which begs the question…might we see Oscar prep for a sale? Something to keep an eye on, especially as Oscar shares skyrocketed 60+% as of this writing. Can’t wait to write about Oscar’s sale in 12-18 months!

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The 2023 Status Symbol Worth Watching

Marketers love to talk about niches.  There’s the saying, “niches get riches.” And for the most part, that’s true. There is power in niches.  But there is one product out there defying the traditional definition of a niche, and reinventing it before our eyes.  It’s a product that was loved by the likes of Princess Diana, WWI veterans,…

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Trending Content 101

Mastering this coveted social media skill If you’re looking for a way to stand out as a social media manager — you’re in the right place, and you’re going to love today’s edition. Creating ‘trending content’ is a skill that the best of the best in this industry has on lock. A deep understanding of…

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Compliance is Difficult to Scale

#1: Morgan Stanley Has it Backward  What happened? Morgan Stanley is testing out GPT-4 to help its human financial advisors: The experiment is aimed at “helping investment professionals parse through thousands of pages of our in-depth intellectual capital, analyst commentary, and market research in seconds – a process that typically could take more than half…

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SMRs reach escape velocity

Orders for small modular reactors accelerate globally; whether the technology is ready for prime time remains an open question

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