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…

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:

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…

New: TabaPay has agreed to acquire struggling Synapse’s assets. It said the purchase follows a bankruptcy filing by Synapse, a banking-as-a-service fintech backed by Andreessen Horowitz and other VCs: forbes.com/sites/emilymas…. By Emily Mason.

This month's cover story in Forbes, with Maneet Ahuja: How Todd Boehly has turned a boring annuities business into the engine behind a multibillion-dollar sports and entertainment empire: forbes.com/sites/maneetah…

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Unpaid bills, bungled contracts, a disastrous meeting with Jensen Huang.

From interviews with 32 sources, Iain Martin and I have the story on how poor business judgment and wild overspending unraveled Emad Mostaque's reign as Stability AI's CEO:

forbes.com/sites/kenrickc…

NEW: The Rise Of Crypto’s Billion Dollar Zombies:

With bitcoin soaring once again, blockchains are suddenly much more valuable. More than 50 of them are now worth over $1 billion—despite many having few users.

with Nina Bambysheva, Maria Gracia Santillana forbes.com/sites/steveneh…

News: Fintech startup Deserve is considering selling itself. Once valued at $500 million, it’s backed by investors like Goldman, Visa, Mastercard and Accel.

Full story here: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

Great story on startups that have bootstrapped their way to success, including some fintechs: forbes.com/sites/emilymas…. By Emily Mason.

We did a deep dive into what the big, private fintechs are worth today. Some are off 70-80% from their peaks; others are ticking back up. With a bunch of exclusive details on Chime, Plaid, Ramp, Tipalti and others: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…

Bank customers used Zelle to transfer $806 billion in 2.9 billion payments last year, up 28% in both dollar value and transaction volume from 2022: forbes.com/sites/emilymas…. By Emily Mason.

Capital One’s acquisition of Discover will take advantage of a lucrative exemption in federal law that could lead to more than $1 billion in new card-fee revenue: forbes.com/sites/emilymas…. Great story by Emily Mason.

Great story on Carta competitor @Pulley, which manages startups’ cap tables and says it’s taking a 70% share of the market in recent batches of Y Combinator companies: forbes.com/sites/hanktuck…. By Hank Tucker.

'In the first half of 2023, the average ransomware demand was $1.6 million. That cost has gone up and up and up overtime.'

Jeff Kauflin joins Brittany Lewis on 'Forbes Talks' to discuss the surge in cyber insurance companies. #Fintech50

forbes.com/sites/jeffkauf…