Robinhood Updates Options Offering in Response to User’s Death
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Robinhood is changing its options offerings, including increased education, in the wake of a young customer’s suicide.
“On Saturday, we learned that Alex Kearns, a Robinhood customer, died by suicide and left a note citing confusion with our product,” Robinhood founders Vlad Tenev & Baiju Bhatt wrote in blog post Friday. “Over the past week, our team at Robinhood has been focused on identifying how we can improve Robinhood’s customer experience.”