Fintech goes Public – Roll Call

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Fintech goes Public

Fintech Beat, Ep. 58

Public, a social-investing app that offers "fractional investing" for its users, has seen an uptick in interaction among its members since the COVID-19 pandemic. — Public, a social-investing app that offers "fractional investing" for its users, has seen an uptick in interaction among its members since the COVID-19 pandemic. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell

Posted July 14, 2020 at 4:00am

Jannick Malling, the CEO of Public, a social investing app backed by the likes of Will Smith and JJ Watt, explains how platform technologies are transforming the “experience” of investing for millennials. Plus, how the company won international plaudits for its decision to block its customers from participating in Hertz’s troubled $1 billion stock offering.

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