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Making investing accessible for everyone

t used to be that buying stock shares required a phone call to a broker—and a fat commission paid for every trade. That’s changed in recent years as a flurry of financial services and fintech companies entered the scene offering automated, commission-free investing. But making these hightech trading platforms work required partnering with innovative companies that

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