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posted by janrinok on Friday August 05 2022, @09:11AM   Printer-friendly

Robinhood is nearly $300 million down, lays off a quarter of its staff, and gets hit with $30 million fine:

What just happened? In a case of kicking someone when they're down, Robinhood, the company behind the popular investment app, has been hit with a $30 million fine just as it announced almost a quarter of its staff are being let go and a net loss of $295 million in Q2.

Starting with the staff-cut news, company CEO and co-founder Vlad Tenev announced that Robinhood would reduce its headcount by approximately 23% as part of a broader company reorganization into a General Manager structure.

Tenev said while all parts of the business will be affected, the main areas will be operations, marketing, and program management functions. The move comes just a few months after Robinhood laid off around 9% of its staff in April.

[...] But Robinhood's woes haven't ended there. New York's top financial regulator has fined the company's crypto unit $30 million for alleged violations of anti-money-laundering and cybersecurity regulations.

The Wall Street Journal writes that The New York State Department of Financial Services found significant failures in the company's management and oversight of its compliance programs. A supervisory exam and investigation found Robinhood's Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money-laundering compliance program was insufficiently staffed and failed to move from a manual monitoring system following the company's increase in size.

[...] In addition to the fine, Robinhood must retain an independent consultant to evaluate its actions in addressing the issues highlighted by the regulator.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 06 2022, @12:42AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 06 2022, @12:42AM (#1265199)

    "raising the barriers to entry" for the newcomer do the well established incumbent can use the " economies of scale".

    Monopolies are quite profitable.

    A good working relationship with lawmakers will leverage the forces and authority of law, paid for by the taxpayer, to enforce the public to line the pockets of the monopolists.

    I find it amazing what people put up with before coming after lawmakers with pitchforks.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday August 06 2022, @02:32AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday August 06 2022, @02:32AM (#1265207) Journal

    I find it amazing what people put up with before coming after lawmakers with pitchforks.

    When there's someone else to blame like those shifty start ups, that aren't playing by the rules that only favor big business, corruption, and stagnation, it can take a while to understand.