September 10, 2018
If you sit in an Uber car for too long, the ride-hailing company plans to check up on you to make sure all is OK. That’s one of several new features Uber Technologies Inc. unveiled on Wednesday meant to make …
June 15, 2018
The company isn’t a well-known name in Silicon Valley, but its investors certainly are. San Francisco-based Ethos Technologies Inc. was founded last year, the product of two Stanford MBAs. The company’s core product is a streamlined, and affordable process for …
February 28, 2018
Financial technology startups are seeing no shortage of venture dollars flowing their way, but there are increasing concerns over whether they can survive without partnering with the industry they’re seeking to disrupt. More than 75 percent of fintech executives surveyed …
February 27, 2018
Financial technology startup C2FO raised $100 million in funding in a new round led by the investing arm of global insurance and asset management giant Allianz SE as well as Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Co. With Tuesday’s announcement, C2FO has …
September 27, 2017
American International Group Inc., the 98-year-old insurer and retirement planner, is finding being tech-savvy pays off. Consumers are pumping cash into a unit that oversees $244 billion in client assets after it invested in digital platforms to make the process …
August 25, 2016
They may not have a 401(k) plan, but drivers working through Uber Technologies Inc.’s platform will soon be able to open a retirement account right in the app. And in traditional Silicon Valley style, the ride-hailing company is partnering with …