Years ago, FB, IG, YT, and TW, announced they would label posts by state media, so people would know if they were reading government propaganda. TikTok then followed. Today, YouTube is the only one doing it in the Middle East, where there is a war. forbes.com/sites/emilybak…

We’re starting a task force within the National Association of Hispanic Journalists to try to get more Hispanic journalists onto the business beat. Please join us for a town hall on 5/1 at the WSJ office, more info below:

Interesting story by our education reporter Emma L. Whitford -- Employers are souring on Ivy League grads, while these 20 “new Ivies” (ranging from UNC to Rice University) ascend: forbes.com/sites/emmawhit…

NEW: We profiled Chime CEO Chris Britt. He opened up about his own history growing up in a low-income home, Chime’s active users (7M) and its new personal loans. Plus exclusive info on its financials, including revenue, marketing spend and '23 net loss: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

Chime fined $3.25 million for delays in returning customer funds: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

Judge Says Up To 20 Million #Fintech "Depositors" Are At Risk From #Synapse Bankruptcy via @forbes forbes.com/sites/emilymas…

Federal regulators aren’t coming to rescue the thousands of fintech customers who’ve lost access to their money during Synapse’s bankruptcy. For now, Synapse management is still in place for the wind-down. Great explanatory reporting by Emily Mason: forbes.com/sites/emilymas…

A Synapse employee has warned the court that the startup isn’t taking critical steps to wind down. Story by Emily Mason: forbes.com/sites/emilymas…

NEW: It took 14 years, but Wealthfront has finally become profitable, recently registering its sixth straight quarter of positive net income. Our story on how the once-struggling robo-advisor turned its business around: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

Perplexity is scraping the work of journalists at Forbes, CNBC, Bloomberg and other pubs, claiming its tiny, missable footnotes are fair credit. In our case, it also lifted text and artwork. Will Aravind Srinivas answer our questions? w/ Rashi Shrivastava: forbes.com/sites/saraheme…

I spoke with my colleague Maggie McGrath about our story on fintech company Wealthfront becoming profitable after 14 years, with $89M in profit before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization in 2023. Video: youtu.be/6egHXTGA19o?si… Article: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

Why Perplexity’s Cynical Theft Represents Everything That Could Go Wrong With AI trib.al/hFXSAjr by @randalllane

NEW @forbes: Private equity tycoon Toby Neugebauer alleges a GOP billionaire conspiracy crushed his "anti-woke" startup. The defendants say it's all BS, but several told Forbes that Neugebauer's complaint is accurate. Read about the dispute here: forbes.com/sites/johnhyat…

Great deep dive by Emily Mason on whether money is safe in an FDIC-insured fintech account: forbes.com/sites/emilymas…

With PayPal’s stock down 80% from its pandemic high and its share of online payments slipping, the fintech pioneer and new CEO Alex Chriss need a win: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

Chime is launching a new strategy with its acquisition of Salt Labs—selling directly to employers. forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

Scoop: billionaire Steve Cohen's firm Point72 Ventures has laid off its fintech investment team as part of a shift in strategy away from fintech and crypto to (surprise!) AI. Multiple partners are expected to leave. By Emily Mason and me for @forbes 👀 forbes.com/sites/emilymas…

NEW: "Here’s How Much J.D. Vance Is Worth" by Kyle Khan-Mullins, Leo Kamin & me for Forbes forbes.com/sites/kylemull…

Exclusive: Our deep dive on Aven, the startup that puts a home equity line of credit into a credit card & makes loans of up to $250K. Just hit a $1 bn valuation. Grew revenue by 3X over the past year, now exceeding $100M annualized with just 53 employees: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

Big Boss news: Bruce Springsteen is officially a Forbes billionaire. Here's how he went from working class to the ten figure club—and how much he's worth, in my daily cover story: forbes.com/sites/lisettev…