Weekender

When CEOs Let AI Take the Wheel — the Brave, the Bold and the Bizarre in FinTech AI
When CEOs Let AI Take the Wheel — the Brave, the Bold and the Bizarre...
July 12, 2025  |  The Weekender

Welcome to the Weekender, where we trade balance sheets for belly laughs and let our hair down — figuratively, of course — on the wild frontier...

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Star-Spangled Sticker Shock Hits Cookouts and Bottle Rockets
Star-Spangled Sticker Shock Hits Cookouts and Bottle Rockets
July 05, 2025  |  The Weekender

If you’re reading this from a shaded Adirondack chair, lemonade in hand and the distant sizzle of a grill in your ears, congratulations: you’re living...

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Labubu Is Becoming Its Own Asset Class
Labubu Is Becoming Its Own Asset Class
June 21, 2025  |  Retail

If you’ve scrolled through Instagram lately or wandered the halls of Art Basel, you’ve likely spotted a wide-eyed, snaggle-toothed gremlin dangling from a Hermès Birkin...

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IPOs That Launched Like Rockets — and Those That Flew Straight Into a Wall
IPOs That Launched Like Rockets — and Those That Flew Straight Into a Wall
June 14, 2025  |  The Weekender

If you hear the faint hiss of champagne corks this summer, that’s the sound of bankers limbering up for two long-anticipated debuts: Chime and Klarna....

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Farewell to the Penny — A Tiny Coin’s Outsized Legacy
Farewell to the Penny — A Tiny Coin’s Outsized Legacy
May 31, 2025  |  The Weekender

It’s official: the penny’s days are numbered. After more than two centuries of jingling in pockets, lining cash registers and fueling both nostalgia and frustration,...

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Top 10 Banking, Payments and Financial Fraud Films for Memorial Day
Top 10 Banking, Payments and Financial Fraud Films for Memorial Day
May 24, 2025  |  The Weekender

As Memorial Day approaches, kick off your summer blockbuster season with a binge-worthy lineup of films that dive deep into the wild, weird and sometimes...

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10 Father’s Day Gifts for Dads Who’d Rather Be at a Bank Branch
10 Father’s Day Gifts for Dads Who’d Rather Be at a Bank Branch
May 17, 2025  |  Banking

He’s got a wallet thicker than a FinTech unicorn’s pitch deck, a portfolio more diversified than a payments processor’s API, and a love for all...

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The Wild World of Post-Grad Side Hustles
The Wild World of Post-Grad Side Hustles
May 10, 2025  |  The Weekender

The hallowed halls of academia are launchpads, or so the brochures promised. Capstone projects defended, futures forged and a shiny new degree clutched in a...

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Skype Signs Off: The Original Video Call MVP Hangs Up for Good
Skype Signs Off: The Original Video Call MVP Hangs Up for Good
May 03, 2025  |  Technology

Skype, the blue bubble that once connected continents and conference rooms with a single click, will fall silent for good on Monday (May 5). For...

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