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Governor Murphy Announces Proposed Fintech Accelerator in Hoboken

American Entrepreneurship

Its fintech-focused research center, the Center for Research toward Advancing Financial Technologies, collaborates with academic and industry partners on innovative solutions like decentralized finance, AI-enabled finance, quantum finance, and solutions to climate-related impacts on investment.

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Shareholders approve Bird-SPAC merger, stock promptly falls

TechCrunch

first spotted the vote news ; Bird is based in the Los Angeles metropolitan agglomeration. Shares of Switchback II Corporation are off more than 14% in morning trading today, appearing to sell off sharply in the wake of news that the blank-check company’s merger with scooter company Bird has been approved by shareholders.