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Seeing Beneath our Differences and Honoring the Fundamental Human Dignity Inside Every Individual
Seeing Beneath our Differences and Honoring the Fundamental Human Dignity Inside Every Individual
Robinhood was founded on a simple idea: that our financial markets should be accessible to all. With customers at the heart of our…
Robinhood
Jan 13, 2023
Financial Confidence with Alli Webb
Financial Confidence with Alli Webb
For Drybar co-founder Ali Webb, starting a business was about pursuing her passion — even though finance was never her thing. Alli’s…
Robinhood
May 28, 2021
The old guard of investing is at it again
The old guard of investing is at it again
Two of the most iconic investors insulted a new generation this weekend. Why? Because we are doing things a new way.
Jacqueline Ortiz Ramsay
May 3, 2021
What Robinhood has been up to since January
What Robinhood has been up to since January
We have been rapidly improving the experience so that our customers remain confident in themselves as investors, and in us as a platform…
Robinhood
Apr 30, 2021
Overcoming Obstacles to Achieve Financial Empowerment
Overcoming Obstacles to Achieve Financial Empowerment
Breaking down the barriers that stand between people and financial empowerment is what we’re all about at Robinhood.
Robinhood
Apr 22, 2021
Let’s Talk Stocks: How to Start a Women’s Investing Network
Let’s Talk Stocks: How to Start a Women’s Investing Network
For most of my life, I’ve been a member of one book club or another. It’s a great excuse to discuss the craft of writing, but just as much…
Christina Smedley
Apr 21, 2021
The top secret Robinhood design story
The top secret Robinhood design story
Since the day we founded Robinhood eight years ago, we envisioned building a product so simple and elegant that it would revolutionize an…
Rich Bessel
Apr 14, 2021
Taking the Taboo Out of Money Talk
Taking the Taboo Out of Money Talk
Investing in the financial markets shouldn’t be a scary concept, and yet it is perceived as one of the more daunting things you can do…
Gretchen Howard
Mar 31, 2021
The Life of a Trade
The Life of a Trade
What happens after you submit an order to buy a stock on Robinhood? Almost immediately, you see your order executed, the stock shows up on…
Jim Swartwout
Mar 26, 2021
Investing In Women
Investing In Women
While upward mobility for women is increasing, with women moving into the C-suite and reaching executive positions at an increasing pace…
Christina Smedley
Mar 24, 2021
When and why we restrict trading
When and why we restrict trading
When we made the difficult choice to restrict buying in certain securities on Jan. 28, it was a decision we didn’t take lightly. We’ve…
Jim Swartwout
Mar 23, 2021
Debunking misinformation: Yes, you own the shares you buy through Robinhood
Debunking misinformation: Yes, you own the shares you buy through Robinhood
The past few months have shown us the importance of transparency about how our business and our industry works. In keeping with that, we…
Jim Swartwout
Mar 19, 2021
Protecting Your Information
Protecting Your Information
To tear down the walls around Wall Street, Robinhood built its app for today’s investor — the tech savvy and digitally-connected consumer…
Robinhood
Mar 18, 2021
Let’s talk about women and investing
Let’s talk about women and investing
When we stop and think about the term investor, what typically comes to mind? A white, wealthy man in a suit, right? We see it in movies…
Christina Smedley
Mar 8, 2021
Empowering Women Investors
Empowering Women Investors
Nearly 40 years before women won the right to vote, a New York suffragette named Mary Gage opened a new stock exchange in New York with a…
Gretchen Howard
Mar 2, 2021
Demystifying payment for order flow
Demystifying payment for order flow
It’s been more than a year since major brokers in the U.S. went to zero commission, following the model Robinhood pioneered. Now, with…
Jim Swartwout
Mar 4, 2021
The Long View on Short Selling
The Long View on Short Selling
By Michael Obucina
Michael Obucina
Feb 16, 2021
What exactly is high-frequency trading? And is it bad?
What exactly is high-frequency trading? And is it bad?
We’ve listened carefully to our customers over the last few days. It’s been clear to me that the mechanics - plumbing if you’d prefer …
Vlad Tenev
Feb 9, 2021
Reflections on Robinhood’s Growth
Reflections on Robinhood’s Growth
Since our founding, Robinhood set out to democratize finance and enable everyone to participate in what is widely recognized as the…
Jim Swartwout
Feb 4, 2021
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