Platform Financial News

By Jonathan Stempel

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. appears to be on the hook for a $50 million settlement and penalty from the Securities and Exchange Commission over compliance failures in keeping records of financial advisors’ and employees’ electronic communications, such as text messages and apps.

Despite a hard year of ballooning losses and increased operating expenses, Envestnet managed to close out 2023 with a modest bump in its fourth-quarter revenue.

Reddit is a social media and news aggregation platform that has some 71 million active daily users who discuss niche subjects in niche groups. On Thursday, the San Francisco-headquartered company signed a $60 million-a-year deal — in Google VP, engineering, Rajan Patel's words, 'a new Cloud partnership' — that will allow Google to mine the social media site's vast content to train its generative AI models. It had taken eight months for Reddit to sign up a big AI company, after CEO Steve Huffman announced in June 2023 that AI companies consuming Reddit's data to train their LLMs would have to pay up. It appeared as an attempt to bolster the company's revenues and attain profitability before an IPO. 'We'll continue to be profit-driven until profits arrive,' Huffman had said then. The same month, Reddit also announced that all developers like Apollo, Sync, Pushshift and RiF would have to begin paying for using the Reddit API. Many developers were outraged, because Reddit had become a significant social media site by allowing its API to be used for free by developers to build their bots and services. Many dropped out, claiming the new fee-paying model wasn't sustainable, despite the fact that they were making money from subscribers and ads, which they were not sharing with Reddit.

Procurement of services through government buying portal GeM touched Rs 1.82 lakh crore as of February 22, an official statement said on Friday. It was Rs 8,500 crore in 2020-21, the commerce ministry said. It added that two bids placed by South Eastern Coalfield Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, worth nearly Rs 40,000 crore, have catapulted the share of service procurement this month. GeM CEO P K Singh said that the GeM has harnessed digital capabilities and has emerged as a one-stop-shop for procurement of all possible services that may be required by Government buyers at various levels of administration.

A 2022 Citi report predicted that the Metaverse economy could be worth up to $13 trillion by 2030. While the buzz has since subsided, the BIS says that if the metaverse does succeed there will be important implications for the digital economy that will see new demands on payment services, "for instance that they be fast, programmable and cross-border". Metaverse promotors such as Meta have talked up the role of cryptocurrencies and stablecoins. However, the BIS paper argues for the importance of competition, interoperability, consumer protection and data privacy. With this in mind, CBDCs and interlinked domestic fast payment systems could prove better options.

New Delhi (India), February 23: Traditionally, advertising was akin to casting a wide net with billboards and print ads broadcasting generic messages to the masses in hopes of resonating with a select few. However, the advent of digital advertising, bolstered by AI, has transformed this scattergun approach. AI-powered platforms meticulously analyse extensive user data, deciphering online behaviours, interests, and unique traits, providing the foundation for industry giants like Google and Meta to flourish, generating hundreds of billions in revenue.

X user took to the social media platform to complain about Google's Gemini AI tool's alleged “bias" against PM Modi. As per the claims, when asked a question about fascism, the Gemini AI tool displayed a proper reply about PM Modi. However, when the same question was asked for former US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the AI tool refused to give any clear answer.

Google Chrome, which could be manipulated by remote attackers to carry out arbitrary code execution on specific systems. As per CERT-In's assessment, these vulnerabilities impact Google Chrome versions prior to v122.0.6261.57 across Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.

Nvidia’s $277 billion market cap addition dwarfs Indian IT sector, RIL and much more Global investors are seeing Nvidia as an appealing chance to diversify and strengthen their investment portfolios. Although Nvidia is listed in the United States, investors in India can also purchase its shares and earn profits. For individuals keen on investing in Nvidia stock from India, the company is enlisted on the NASDAQ index under the ticker symbol NVDA.

United States lawmaker Tom Emmer has criticized the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) decision to approve the Energy Information Administration (EIA) request to collect data on Bitcoin (BTC) mining firms.

«The employer deducts TDS on salary at the employee's 'average rate' of income tax. This is because TDS on salary is not deducted at a flat rate,» says Abhishek Soni, co-founder, Tax2Win, a tax filing assistance platform. Here's how this TDS deduction works and how it can impact your monthly income.

Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm Riot Platforms achieved impressive results in 2023, with total revenues reaching an all-time high of $281 million.

PlutoSwap (PLUTO) is making waves in the DeFi space with its launch of its AI-Powered DEX aggregator attracting significant attention from investors.

The Texas Blockchain Council (TBC) and crypto miner Riot Platforms sued the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Wednesday, accusing the agency of making unlawful data collection demands from the Bitcoin mining sector.

Fintech Advyzon has inked a new partnership to help enhance the custody and investment account administration process for registered independent advisors.

Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 – Top meme coin Sponge now has more than $10.18 million staked and bridged after announcing the launch of the V2 Polygon network version of the coin at the beginning of this month.

Security tokens are set for a boost in Japan, where business giants including Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho Bank, and Rakuten will launch an offering that pays interest in “electronic money.”

artificial intelligence (AI) models and enhancing services such as Google Search, as per an AP report. As part of the agreement, Reddit gains access to Google AI models to enhance its internal site search and other features, it added. Reddit did not respond to queries.

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NCPCR) has written to the ministry of electronics and information technology highlighting the lack of KYC norms for gambling apps and websites, which it claims has led to unlawful participation of children on these platforms. In a letter sent on Wednesday, the NCPCR said that a complaint from New Delhi-based trust 'Society against gambling' spoke of the «presence of numerous illegal online gambling websites and applications operating within the country, posing a significant threat to the future well-being of children». ET has seen a copy of the letter.