Here are the links to today’s stories:
Robinhood announces plans to trade cryptocurrencies
ByAllAccounts says Fidelity Stock Plan pages are off limits for account aggregation
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Welcome to the FPPad fintech briefing, Here are the top fintech stories you need to know today.
Robinhood to Trade Cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency trading is coming to Robinhood, as the provider of the popular mobile app for commission-free stock trading announced a waiting list to sign up for access to trade Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Screenshots shared on social media last week show in-app price quotes for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin, but no definitive announcement has been made just yet as to which cryptocurrencies will actually be available for trading when the app is expected to go live in February.
ByAllAccounts Cannot Aggregate Fidelity Stock Plan Pages
In account aggregation news, ByAllAccounts just emailed its customers saying that the company can no longer access account information from Fidelity Stock Plan pages, according to an email screenshot shared online by Michael Kitces. The company said it is working with Fidelity on a long-term solution, but did not have any ETA on when account aggregation would be restored. Back in November, Fidelity announced plans to block screen scraping of customer account in favor of its new API-based Fidelity Access℠ service to be rolled out throughout the year.
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I’m Bill Winterberg, and those are your fintech headlines for today from FPPad.com, be sure to check back in with me later for more fintech news.
