Re:SIPC Says It Has Serious Concerns About Robinhood's New P...
by darkerside on Friday December 14, 2018 @05:43PM
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You really think the president and CEO of the SIPC is a... freaking clown?? Sorry if that tone is harsh, but that statement appears completely ludicrous on its face to me. Can you provide a little context on why you would trust startup lawyers over the chief executive of a major government organization?
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Re:SIPC Says It Has Serious Concerns About Robinhood's New P...
by mynameisvlad on Friday December 14, 2018 @06:06PM
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Nobody said a "freaking clown" or anywhere near that. The higher up you are at a company or organization, the less visibility you have into the day to day operations. What OP is saying is simply that the CEO of SIPC may not be informed in the discussions that already happened with Robinhood.
Simply put, Robinhood has far more at risk than the SIPC by launching without SIPC insurance. The banking industry is heavily regulated and Robinhood has been in the brokerage game for enough now to know that a major product launch like this in a tightly regulated area requires massive amounts of paperwork and approval. A mistake like this could collapse not only this new product but also their brokerage. It's far more likely that they have done their due diligence before announcing and launching a product that has that big of a risk.
Re:SIPC Says It Has Serious Concerns About Robinhood's New P...
by darkerside on Saturday December 15, 2018 @10:08AM
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It's more likely than the CEO of this organization making an uninformed public statement. Doing so is indeed the behavior of a clown. But I guess we'll see.
Edit: We don't even have to wait! SMH...
https://www.google.com/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2018/12/14/robin...