It is hard to believe that it was five years ago today that LendingClub went public. December 11, 2014...
Karen Webster of PYMNTS talks with Afterpay CEO Nick Molnar about going public early on in the company’s journey; The...
[Editor’s note: Many people have been discussing Lending Club’s somewhat lofty valuation so I thought it would be useful to...
Jianpu listed on the NYSE on November 16th under code JT; it is the fourth fintech company to IPO in the US in the second half of 2017; others included Quidian, Hexindai and PPDAI; Jianpu is a subsidiary of Rong360 and has an active user base of 95.8 million; the platform has provided 170,000 financial products in more than 350 cities. Source
Ant Group, formerly known as Ant Financial, the creator of Alipay, has said that it is planning to do dual...
The Wall Street Journal reported late yesterday that Affirm has started to prepare for an IPO that could value the...
We were already aware of Avant’s spinoff called Amount which provides various technology solutions to banks; Amount is now raising...
There had previously been reports that Starling Bank could IPO as soon as 2022, but with the current environment it...
The Wall Street Journal reports that Ant Financial is putting plans on hold to go public and will continue to invest in a wide variety of startups; Ant is one of the world’s most valuable fintech companies and last raised $4.5 billion in April 2016 giving it a $60 billion valuation; the firm is focused on expanding Alipay beyond the 70 countries it is used and deploying artificial intelligence technology. Source
Volt, a challenger bank in Australia has raised $70 million in a Series C round; they have now raised $100...