Lawrence Carrel

Financing start-ups with “initial coin offerings,” or ICOs, could potentially upend both the investment banking and venture capital industries. 

FM Global, one of the world’s largest business property insurers, four years ago created its Resilience Index to rank 130 countries and territories according to their ability to manage disruptive events. 

The story of online trading platforms really starts May 1, 1975, when the Securities and Exchange Commission broke the Wall Street cartel and eliminated the practice of fixed brokerage commissions.

Chosen by readers and experts the #1 financial innovation of the last 30 years: online banking.