Fidelity claims the sub-Robinhood segment for itself (among majors) by offering 13- to 17-year-old investors a parent-lite, zero-fee trading app to go with a neobank
The Boston giant -- after the success of Step and others -- is going after this largely virgin market with a hard-knocks philosophy of teaching and a seamless transition to a regular brokerage account when the teen turns 18
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