Fintech Focus For October 19, 2020

Quote Of The Day: Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. - Confucius

Fintech Movers: COVID-19 has not slowed crypto M&A. To wit, the value of industry acquisitions in the first half of 2020 has already surpassed that of full-year 2019. - Coindesk

• Q.ai is disrupting the hedge fund industry.
• TD sues Plaid on trademark infringement.
• How Orca enables responsible investing.
• Wealthsimple raise gave it unicorn status.
• Cboe has agreed to acquire BIDS Trading.
• Nasdaq made an investment in Dealpath.
• RBC launches AI-guided trading platform.
• Alpaca raises $10M Series A for API tech.
• Square intros Terminal API developer tool.
• BofA adapts consumer tech for its clients.
• Varo launches a small-dollar loan product.

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Watch For This: Coronavirus infections jumped by almost 17% over the past week as the number of new cases increased in 38 states and Washington, D.C. - Axios

• Citadel sues SEC over stock-order type.
• Elon’s Vegas Loop runs into regulation.
• Twitter changes hacked materials policy.
• Zuckerberg looks to overhaul a tax law.
• Fun statistics and data on ETF trading.

Market Moving Headline: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that differences remained with President Donald Trump’s administration on a wide-ranging coronavirus relief package but that she was optimistic legislation could be pushed through before Election Day. - Reuters

• Structured finance ratings appear stable.
• How to taxes for options, futures traders.
• Stock market update for the week ahead.
• ETFs to grow your portfolio post-election.
• American Airlines accelerated IT delivery.
• Grayscale sees more than $1B in inflows.
• Fed officials called for tougher regulation.
• Energy companies restart Gulf oil output.
• Used vehicles lift prices as inflation cools.
• 2020 the year of the customer call option.