Tagged: anthony noto

January 7, 2021 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Chamath Palihapitiya, CEO of Social Capital (NASDAQ:IPOE), has announced that SoFi will go public via a SPAC deal that is worth $8.65 billion via CNBC According to a Tweet by Palihapitiya, his thesis is based on the challenges of incumbent banks and the benefits of Fintech… Read More

May 29, 2020 @ 12:45 am By JD Alois  |  

At the end of March, SoFi CEO Anthony Noto visited with CNBC’s Jim Cramer to chat about his Fintech. At that time, Noto said the company had experienced a record number of new accounts as the Coronavirus lockdown has boosted growth at his firm. Several… Read More

April 21, 2020 @ 8:38 am By JD Alois  |  

  SoFi, one of the largest Fintechs in the US, has entered the Asian market with the acquisition of 8 Securities in Hong Kong. The acquisition follows another purchase by SoFi earlier this month when the Fintech acquired Galileo Financial Technologies for $1.2 billion in… Read More

March 27, 2020 @ 6:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Anthony Noto, CEO of SoFi, visited with Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money show this week and shared some insight into SoFi’s performance during the COVID-19 induced lockdown. Noto said that contrary to what many other businesses are experiencing, the Fintech has seen a record… Read More

October 4, 2019 @ 2:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fintech unicorn SoFi announced on Friday it has appointed Airbnb’s Vice President and General Manager, Clara Liang to its Board of Directors. According to SoFi, Liang has been with Airbnb since 2016 and has also led product management for community support, payments, trust, and infrastructure…. Read More

September 25, 2019 @ 8:34 am By JD Alois  |  

SoFi CEO Anthony Noto visited the studios of CNBC today and during his interview he announced that SoFi will now allow its users to purchase and trade cryptocurrencies. Specifically, Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ethereum – three of the most popular virtual currencies. Noto stated, “cryptocurrency was the… Read More

May 29, 2019 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Fintech SoFi, a company that started as an online lender but now provides a portfolio of services, has closed on a $500 million funding round giving the company a valuation of $4.3 billion. The funding round was led by the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). Current… Read More

May 16, 2019 @ 10:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, CEO of fintech unicorn SoFi, Anthony Noto, sat down with CNBC’s Jim Cramer to share his insights on millennial stock investing habits. According to Noto, early investors tend to buy stocks that are less than $10 and they are buying recognizable brands such… Read More

May 1, 2018 @ 11:57 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Mike Cagney, the former SoFi CEO, raises $50M for Figure, his new fintech venture focused on home equity lending, reported Bloomberg. Cagney left Sofi late last year as the platform was upended with legal challenges regarding accusations of allowing a “sexually charged corporate culture that condones… Read More

April 10, 2018 @ 12:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendIt returned to San Francisco this year as it continues with its annual conference which is one of the largest Fintech focused events in the US. This year’s event is a bit different for several reasons. First of all, more traditional banks showed up in… Read More

April 9, 2018 @ 1:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, new CEO of SoFi, Anthony Noto, announced on Twitter that the online lender has surpassed 500,000 in members. This news comes less than a month after Noto assumed his new role at the online lender’s team. Noto confirmed the exciting membership growth news by… Read More

February 1, 2018 @ 10:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, online lending platform SoFi announced to its employees that, despite its successes in 2017, it will be laying off 65 employees (5% of its 1,300 workforce) in its mortgage-operations centers in Healdsburg, California and Cottonwood Heights, Utah. According to the Wall Street Journal,… Read More

January 23, 2018 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

SoFi has shared that its Board of Directors has appointed Anthony Noto as Chief Executive Officer and a director, effective March 1. Rumors swirled earlier this week as it was confirmed that Noto, currently Twitter COO, was in discussion with the large Fintech firm to… Read More

January 22, 2018 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Anthony Noto, Chief Operating Officer at Twitter, is expected to move into the CEO spot at Fintech platform SoFi, according to multiple reports. Noto is responsible for Twitter’s  business operations and revenue generating organizations, including global advertising sales, global partnerships, business development, live content, data, revenue… Read More