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Another fintech company Robinhood introduced their new Gold Credit Card: a fusion of investing perks and everyday spending benefits. The potential target customer base for the Robinhood Gold Credit Card could include young professionals, tech-savvy individuals, and active investors who value the integration of financial services and seek rewards for both spending and investing activities. This demographic likely embraces digital platforms for managing their finances and is drawn to the convenience and innovation offered by fintech companies like Robinhood. With cashback rewards and exclusive offers, it's set to elevate user experience. However, hidden drawbacks like potential high-interest rates and fees warrant cautious consideration. Fintech's foray into lending amplifies accessibility but also poses challenges. Advantages include streamlined processes and innovative offerings, yet navigating regulatory complexities and maintaining trust amidst potential risks are crucial. As finance evolves, let's embrace innovation responsibly, ensuring financial inclusivity while safeguarding against pitfalls. #fintech

Offering 3% cashback on every transaction prompts concerns regarding the business model's profitability and long-term viability. It appears to be a temporary marketing tactic designed to attract attention. Reflecting on their 2023 performance, there was a 4% decline in monthly active users. It might be a strategy to get more clients. #fintech #payments #financialservice #budget #cashback

Winning with a Credit Card portfolio is all about growing a healthy balance on books. It’s a fine balancing act between stimulating spends and getting just enough repaid. As long as the revolvers pay more than the cost of rewards, the portfolio will keep making more profits. 3% Cash Back (and keep in mind possible fine prints) may well actually not be very expensive for Robinhood, and at the same time is attractive for ‘traditional’ credit card users and debit first customers.

The cockpit style is still the best for active trading. Good to see Robinhood join the ranks with this future platform. Im glad to see a lot of Power E*Trade’s style and functionality (and TOS stylistically) as heavy influencers. Be curious what new functionality and features they will bring. #fintech #activetrading

Community Financial Institutions across the country know they're losing deposits to external investing apps like Robinhood, but do you know how much? According to their own quarterly results in a press release, net deposits into Robinhood were $33 Billion between Q2 2023 and Q2 2024. Yes, billion. Providing investing from checking to your Account Holders helps curb these deposit outflows to the likes of Robinhood, SoFi, Coinbase and others. Bring Investing Inside with InvestiFi! #creditunions #investing #investments #banking #investingfromchecking https://lnkd.in/gD_YsFiz

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What's New to TheStreet... 💼📉Robinhood Promotes Low Fees for Options Trading—But Are There Hidden Costs?💰 Robinhood has been touting rock-bottom fees for options trading, but a recent study finds customers may face higher transaction costs compared to other brokers. While the platform advertises affordability, hidden expenses could be impacting your trades. ⚖️📊 What do you think about these findings? Share your thoughts below!👇🏻✨ 👉🏻Follow New To The Street for more! #robinhood #optionstrading #hiddencosts #financialnews #trading #fees #investment #update #businessupdate #innovation #businessnews #business #news #newtothestreet

5 Mistakes I see investors make in their Robinhood accounts: • Over concentrating in a couple securities • No beneficiary on accounts • Active trading in taxable account, creating short-term gains • Over checking short-term performance • Forgetting to tax loss harvest

Offering 3% cash back on everything is unprecedented for a no-restriction credit card, but Robinhood used a simple triangulation to validate that it's not a risky bet. The challenge, of course, lies in whether Robinhood can be as effective as Fidelity in attracting assets and as CapOne in minimizing charge-offs: + Transactors: Fidelity Investments offers 3% cash back to clients with $2+ million in assets profiting from more assets at 0.2-1% advisory fees. + Revolvers: Capital One earns a gross 6% per transaction revenue while expensing up to 3% in losses and rewards. https://lnkd.in/eAqttuRY

By now you've likely heard of the Robinhood Gold Card, with it's flat 3% unlimited cash back, no FX and no annual fees. Much has been said about how impossible it would be to sustain financially and that the offer will be reduced very soon. Although that could happen, I think the analysis is missing a key piece, which is the focus on Robinhood's strategy. Financially to deliver rewards, it's a bunch of levers to pull (revenue vs expenses) combined with a cards strategy of how your book is structured; revolvers vs transactors, or in other words whether they want cardholders to carry a balance vs transact and pay off balance. This is a strategic and deliberate decision by an issuer to mould their book in a certain way. Although they could be profitable with that reward structure, I think it's likely that Robinhood's strategy goes beyond cards and is one of being a loss leader with this card as this is an acquisition tool for the Robinhood Gold brokerage account. With the Gold Account will come increased revenue from equity and options trading, along with margin trades.