FinTech darling Robinhood fined $65M for misleading customers
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Aaron Nicodemus2020-12-17T19:38:00
Mobile trading app provider Robinhood Financial, which has become a disruptive force in the stock market, has agreed to pay $65 million to the SEC to settle charges of misleading customers about how it makes money and for failing to secure best sale prices.
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