Janet Novack

Washington, D.C.

Washington Bureau Chief and Assistant Managing Editor at Forbes

Washington Bureau Chief & Assistant Managing Editor @Forbes. Tax and retirement policy. Investing. Fraud. Fintech. email: [email protected]

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Articles

The 50 Hottest Fintech Startups In 2025

2 months ago | forbes.com | Jeff Kauflin |Janet Novack

Even as venture capital funding for the industry continued to fall in 2024, many fintechs–especially those serving other businesses—flourished. Here’s the Forbes Fintech 50 for 2025. By Jeff Kauflin and Janet Novack, Forbes StaffAfter a bruising 2023, when market values for financial technology companies hit their lowest levels in years, the industry showed signs of recovery in 2024.
The 50 hottest fintech startups in 2025

2 months ago | forbes.com.au | Jeff Kauflin |Janet Novack |Melissa Houston |Yue Wang

Published on February 18, 2025 By Jeff Kauflin and Janet Novack, Forbes StaffAfter a bruising 2023, when market values for financial technology companies hit their lowest levels in years, the industry showed signs of recovery in 2024.
Before Bitcoin, Michael Saylor And MicroStrategy Took Another Wild Ride

2 months ago | forbes.com | Janet Novack

Twenty-two years before he bet his company on bitcoin, MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor sat down for a long interview with Forbes during which he invoked Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, Churchill, Caesar and Lincoln. At that point, in 1998, the company was a Wall Street darling, thanks to its dot-com-era software suite.
Guía de inversión postelectoral de Forbes: proteja su patrimonio

Nov 30, 2024 | forbesenespanol.com | Janet Novack

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Forbes Post-Election Investment Guide: Protect Your Wealth

Nov 15, 2024 | forbes.com | Janet Novack

The “Trump trade” capped two years of gains for investors. Now it’s time to buckle up and protect the wealth you have. Edited by Janet Novack and Matt Schifrin, Forbes StaffThe last two years of the Biden Administration have been blissful for stock investors. The S&P 500 has gained 60% and the tech stock–heavy Nasdaq 100 has nearly doubled. Bitcoin is up fourfold. But history teaches us that bull markets don’t last forever, and when they fall it can be ruinous to nest eggs and 401(k)s.
The 50 Hottest Fintech Startups

Feb 12, 2024 | shareandstocks.com | Jeff Kauflin |Janet Novack

Despite the industry’s funding woes, some startups–particularly those serving others business—are thriving. Here’s the Forbes Fintech 50 for 2024. By Jeff Kauflin & Janet Novack, Forbes StaffThe past year has been painful for the financial technology industry, with publicly traded fintech stocks languishing 50% below their late 2021 peak, even as the S&P 500 has surged to new highs.
Half Of High School Seniors Won’t Apply To Colleges Costing More Than $40,000

Nov 7, 2023 | newyorkfolk.com | James White |Emma Whitford |Janet Novack |Alex Perry

With Americans again struggling to repay $1.6 trillion in student debt (second only to mortgage debt), high school seniors (and their parents) are becoming increasingly price sensitive in their college search. For private colleges that have long relied on a combination of high sticker prices, offset by big financial aid packages, this could be a problem.
Social Security Benefits Will Rise 3.2% In 2024, While Top Tax Jumps 5.2%

Oct 12, 2023 | forbes.com | Janet Novack

Social Security benefits will increase 3.2% in 2024 for the nation’s 71 million recipients, raising the average monthly check for a single retired worker to $1,907, up $59 from $1,827 this year, and for a retired couple both receiving benefits to $3,033, up $94 from $2,939 this year, the Social Security Administration said today.
How We Rank America’s Best Colleges

Aug 28, 2023 | newyorkfolk.com | James White |Emma Whitford |Janet Novack |Conor Murray

A behind-the-scenes look at how Forbes picks the best 500 colleges out of thousands considered each year. By Emma Whitford, Forbes StaffTo put together Forbes’ 2023 Top Colleges list, we started with a list of U.S. colleges that educate undergraduates according to their Carnegie Classification—a higher education framework that categorizes institutions based on the types of degrees they offer, their research output and specialty focus.
Student Loan Payback Time: What You Need To Know And Do As Payments Resume

Aug 12, 2023 | forbes.com | Janet Novack

The federal moratorium that began with Covid ends on August 31. Borrowers can save money and avoid confusion by taking some key steps right now. ’s happening. The moratorium on repayments and interest on $1.6 trillion in federal student debt owed by 44 million Americans really is ending this time—on August 31. The pause began back in March 2020 as an emergency Covid-19 relief measure and was extended again and again, often at the last minute, making it tempting for borrowers to tune out.