When I was younger, I had a lovely older neighbor who’d graduated from Harvard as a historian at a time when there was deep antisemitism. He’d share facts and printed old newspaper articles he’d preserved over the years to remind me of the many ways that businesses of every size…

Southwest Airlines cut 15% of its corporate workforce as it tries to rapidly reduce overhead costs to become a “leaner” company.  The airline said that the layoffs primarily target corporate overhead and leadership positions, including senior leadership and director roles. In total, 1,750 jobs will be affected, including 11 senior…

Baidu Q4 Earnings Overview Baidu reported Q4 2024 financial results after the close in Hong Kong and before US markets opened this morning. Expectations going into the release were muted, especially following Founder and CEO Robin Li’s absence from President Xi’s historic private economy symposium attended by internet and technology…

Carey Bringle, owner of Peg Leg Porker Restaurant, Bringle’s Smoking Oasis, Pig Star and Peg Leg Porker Bourbon & Lifestyle Brand. As a restaurant owner, you know how vital good food is to your community. Restaurants have always served as favorite community-wide cornerstones, across all locales and demographics—there’s just something…

Their startups do everything from using AI to fight fraud, to helping caregivers manage money for those with dementia. Five of the six are immigrants. By Francesca Walton, Forbes Staff In the 10 years since Forbes launched its first Fintech 50 list, we’ve always kept an eye out for new…

Vivek Rana, Managing Partner of Gnothi Seauton. A tectonic shift is underway in the worlds of media and marketing—one that has gone largely unnoticed by mainstream observers. Brands are no longer content to advertise in traditional media outlets; instead, they are becoming the media themselves. By building their own newsrooms,…

Even as venture capital funding for the industry continued to fall in 2024, many fintechs–especially those serving other businesses—flourished. Here’s the Forbes Fintech 50 for 2025. By Jeff Kauflin and Janet Novack, Forbes Staff After a bruising 2023, when market values for financial technology companies hit their lowest levels in…

T he stock market has never been higher, but that doesn’t mean it’s an easy time to start a fintech aimed at investors. In an industry saturated with legacy players like Vanguard, Fidelity, BlackRock and Charles Schwab that offer easy access to funds for retail investors with minuscule management fees,…

Technology has transformed some parts of the daunting homebuying process–making it easier to search and compare properties online, to prepare closing documents and title insurance and to service mortgages. But even the wizards of fintech can’t change the basics: With mortgage rates still hovering near a two decade high and…

Fraud is running rampant and getting progressively more sophisticated at permeating global financial networks, and businesses have been forced to increase their investments into stopping it and safeguarding their assets. According to the Federal Trade Commission, consumers reported losing more than $10 billion to fraud for the first time in…