FinTech Today

Read Time: 4 mins As the world is suffering from the coronavirus pandemic. It is really important to understand how the measures taken by certain governments are going to affect their respective economies and the economy worldwide. As we know that the majority of the firms these days work on Capitalism and that has led us to cheaper solutions to the majority of our stuff. But is Capitalism really good for us and should we keep up with the flow and let Capitalism grow like it is or should we focus to drive Socialism instead? Let's deep-dive and understand that how the surroundings are changing and what COVID-19 may lead us to. First of all, let's understand what Capitalism is? C apitalism is basically an economic and political system wherein a country's industries and trade are managed and controlled by private owners, also known as shareholders, on a for-profit basis. Although no country is fully Capitalized here is a list of countries wherein the majority is con...

Read Time - 4 mins History of Lehman  It all started in 1844, when Henry Lehman, a German immigrant, came to Montgomery, Alabama and started a small general store in 1844. Henry Lehman and his brothers, Emanuel and Mayer, later founded Lehman Brothers in the year 1950. The company that started by selling dry-goods moved to cotton trade. After the death of Henry  Lehman, in 1855, the other brothers expanded Lehman Brothers and started commodities trading and brokerage services. To complement the growth of the U.S. economy, Lehman Brothers prospered over the decades and reached a value of $600 billion before the collapse in 2008. Although, Lehman has overcome a lot of challenges over the years such as the railroad bankruptcies in the 1800s, the Great Depression in the 1930s, both world wars, the American Express spun off in 1994, the Long Term Capital Management collapse alongside the Russian debt defaults in 1998, the global recession or the subprime mortgage crisis wa...