Dan DeFrancesco

Dan is a deputy executive editor and anchor for Business Insider Today, Business Insider's flagship daily newsletter. Dan, who is based in New York, was previously an editor and reporter at BI, covering financial technology and market structure.

Some of Dan's previous stories include everything from inside Robinhood's failed "Checking and Savings" product that eventually led to Congress getting involved to the internal arguments over JPMorgan's failed attempt to launch a finance app for millennials to how big banks are trying to hold on to a corporate bond market that is quickly slipping through their fingers with the electronification of the space. 

Before joining Business Insider, Dan wrote about risk management in derivatives markets for Risk.net and fintech for WatersTechnology. He initially covered local sports for The Journal News, a daily newspaper serving the lower Hudson Valley. 

Got a tip? Contact this editor via email at ddefrancesco@businessinsider.com, or direct message on Twitter @dandefrancesco.

A selection of some of Dan's stories:

The inside story of how $3 billion Brex went from raising $150 million to slashing staff in just 10 days. Here are the execs who are out, and what's next for the fintech.

She's a US senator. He's one of the most powerful men in finance. Meet the $500 million power couple getting slammed for stock trades placed as the coronavirus tanked markets.

The inside story of how Robinhood, a $6 billion investing app for millennials, blew a huge launch so badly that Congress got involved

PE shop Vista Equity Partners paid $100 million for 7Park to get in on the alt-data craze. Insiders describe the management turnover, amped up sales pressure, and change in strategy that followed.

JPMorgan's finance app for millennials was plagued with issues from the start. Here's the inside story of how Finn fell apart.

Coinbase wants to go public. Its CEO needs to change his leadership style first, insiders say.

As credit liquidity evaporated, some investors pounced on a bond fire-sale with the help of electronic trading platforms. Insiders explain how a wild 2 weeks unfolded.

Two Sigma, Goldman, and Citi invested $41 million in data startup Crux Informatics. But the past 12 months has seen the startup churn through execs as it looks to solve Wall Street's data woes.

Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab are racing to give customers the chance to buy $1 slices of stocks. We talked to a dozen insiders about who wins, who loses, and what it says about trading today.