Wall Street's battle for data-science talent has gone next-level as Silicon Valley makes more East Coast hires and other industries get hip to data — here's how firms are fighting back

At some funds, like Point72, data scientists are so in-demand that they have longer non-competes than the portfolio managers making the investments.

February 06, 2020   |   View Online »

Wall Street's battle for data-science talent has gone next-level as Silicon Valley makes more East Coast hires and other industries get hip to data — here's how firms are fighting back Bradley Saacks | At some funds, like Point72, data scientists are so in-demand that they have longer non-competes than the portfolio managers making the investments. Read More »

Plaid's CEO says the buzzy fintech that Visa plans to buy for $5.3 billion wants to give customers control over access to the banking data that apps like Venmo and Robinhood rely on Dan DeFrancesco,Shannen Balogh | Zach Perret, CEO and cofounder of Plaid, spoke to Business Insider about working with banks to empower customers to control access to their data. Read More »

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Leaked memo: The head of Microsoft's fast-growing Teams chat app is retiring as Microsoft merges the Windows and hardware groups in a major reorg Ashley Stewart | Business Insider obtained an email Rajesh Jha, Microsoft's executive vice president of experiences and devices, sent to employees on Wednesday. Read More »

An Instagram influencer with 100,000 followers shares the 9-page media kit she uses to pitch brands, which includes how much money she charges Dan Whateley | Influencer Macy Mariano shares a copy of the most up-to-date version of her media kit, which she sends to brands when pitching sponsorship deals. Read More »

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