What Is Investing?

What Is Investing? Investing is a way to increase the amount of money you have by putting it into financial products. These include bank accounts, money market accounts, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, precious metals and property. Anything that potentially increases in value can be an investment.

(source: sapling.com)

Are Retail Traders Bored Now That Bitcoin is Less Volatile?
Are Retail Traders Bored Now That Bitcoin is Less Volatile?
October 20, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin’s biggest problem as a payments currency is its wild volatility, with a long history of rising and falling as much as 10% in a...

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FoodTech Investments Help Streamline Africa’s Agriculture Trade, Connect Fragmented Supply Chains
FoodTech Investments Help Streamline Africa’s Agriculture Trade, Connect Fragmented Supply Chains
October 09, 2022  |  Supply Chain

Africa’s startup ecosystem raised nearly $5 billion in venture capital (VC) funding last year, twice as much as in 2020. For Zekarias Amsalu, founder and...

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Today in Crypto: Former Celsius Execs Withdrew $17M Before Company Filed Chapter 11; Citi Ventures Invests in Digital Asset Management Startup xalts
Today in Crypto: Former Celsius Execs Withdrew $17M Before Company Filed Chapter 11; Citi Ventures...
October 06, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Two Celsius officials withdrew $42 million in cryptocurrency before the company froze withdrawals and filed for bankruptcy, Coindesk wrote. Former CEO Alex Mashinsky and CSO...

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Today in Crypto: Investing App Stash Offers Crypto Accounts
Today in Crypto: Investing App Stash Offers Crypto Accounts
October 04, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Investing and banking app Stash will be offering more cryptocurrency access through separate accounts, a press release said. The company will now let customers buy...

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FinTech Platforms Help Connect African Stock Markets, Drive X-Border Investing
FinTech Platforms Help Connect African Stock Markets, Drive X-Border Investing
September 29, 2022  |  emea

While investment apps have done much to democratize the process of buying and selling securities, they typically operate in silos and only give access to...

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Expanding Crypto Lender Nexo Secures U.S. Banking Charter
Expanding Crypto Lender Nexo Secures U.S. Banking Charter
September 27, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

A day after being sued by eight state attorneys general who claim it violated securities laws, crypto lender Nexo unveiled that it has purchased a...

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Pound, Euro Instability Signals Stress Ahead for Europe’s FinTech Ecosystem
Pound, Euro Instability Signals Stress Ahead for Europe’s FinTech Ecosystem
September 26, 2022  |  Fintech Investments

How a currency trades on the world stage is a form of shorthand for how traders and investors view the prospects and the perils facing...

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Credit Unions See Crypto as Member Investment Conversation Starter
Credit Unions See Crypto as Member Investment Conversation Starter
September 15, 2022  |  Credit Unions

It’s time for credit unions to make sure that they know how to talk to members about crypto, according to a major credit union service...

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Jordan-Based P2P Lending Platform Raises $18.5M
Jordan-Based P2P Lending Platform Raises $18.5M
September 12, 2022  |  Marketplace Lending Platform

The Jordanian FinTech liwwa has closed an $18.5 million pre-Series B round of equity and debt funding, Wamda reported today. The round included $4.5 million...

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