| Click here to view this email in your browser. The FORTUNE Reader is a weekly round up of stories and insights you need to know, curated by Editor-in-Chief of FORTUNE Clifton Leaf. REBECCA GREENFIELD—FORTUNE FINANCE This new bank targets ‘forgotten Americans’ Andrei Cherny's new fintech startup, Aspiration, aims to disrupt the financial services industry. The "challenger bank" bills itself as being built on high-minded ambitions for what spending, saving, and investing can be: conscientious capitalism that’s environmental, fair, accessible, and transparent. BY RICHARD MORGAN January 14, 2019 MPW ClassPass hits unicorn status Studio fitness and wellness platform ClassPass raised $285 million from investors, making the company the latest female-founded startup to achieve a $1 billion unicorn valuation. BY EMMA HINCHLIFFE January 11, 2020 ENTERTAINMENT Disney's next ‘Star Wars’ saga When Disney bought Lucasfilm for $4 billion in 2012, little did it know it would need to reboot Star Wars less than a decade later. Here's a look at what's next for the beloved sci-fi saga. BY DALE RUTLEDGEE January 14, 2020 DATA SHEET Sony's slick car no one will drive The Japanese tech giant surprised everyone at the Las Vegas tech show CES by debuting an electric car called the Vision-S prototype. Sharp-looking with killer specs, the car attracted lots of attention. There's just one problem: Sony has no plans to make it. BY AARON PRESSMAN January 10, 2020 TERM SHEET Visa's $5.3 billion power play Visa’s $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid, a fintech company that connects users’ bank accounts to apps and services, sent shockwaves through the industry. That’s two times more than Plaid’s most recent private valuation—a huge win for its venture investors. BY POLINA MARINOVA January 14, 2020 This email was sent to [email protected]
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