Tagged: ipo

March 23, 2021 @ 6:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood, a digital investment platform, has filed a draft registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The S-1 has been filed confidentially and will only become visible once the document has been approved by the SEC. Earlier this month, it was reported that… Read More

March 17, 2021 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase, the largest digital asset trading platform in the US, has filed an updated S-1 document with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The amended document indicates that Coinbase will float 114,850,769 shares on the NASDAQ in an initial public offering (IPO). Coinbase expects to trade… Read More

March 16, 2021 @ 11:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Southeast Asian ride-hailing and food delivery giant Grab Holdings is reportedly holding discussions regarding its plans to go public via a potential merger with a US-based special purpose acquisition company or SPAC. Grab Holdings may be valued at around $53 to $54 billion if these… Read More

March 15, 2021 @ 3:00 pm By Lee Schneider  |  

Once the Coinbase registration statement becomes effective and Coinbase shares trade publicly, a sea change will have occurred in the US without most people recognizing it.  Part of that unacknowledged difference will be the broader awareness of blockchain and cryptoasset trading it brings. It is… Read More

March 8, 2021 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chinese authorities have increased their scrutiny of the nation’s Fintech sector. China’s regulators have now cracked down on JD Technology’s (potentially) $3 billion initial public offering. JD Technology, the Fintech division of Chinese digital commerce giant JD.com Inc., is reportedly looking into withdrawing its application… Read More

March 5, 2021 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood, a digital trading platform that has emerged as a popular venue for younger investors, is expected to pursue an initial public offering (IPO) listing shares on the NASDAQ, according to CNBC. It was reported last month that Robinhood may become a public company as… Read More

February 27, 2021 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets Inc., the digital investment and trading platform that’s largely behind or at least part of the trading frenzy in GameStop Corp.’s company shares, is reportedly planning to file confidentially for an IPO at some point next month or later, according to Bloomberg which… Read More

February 25, 2021 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

As anticipated, Coinbase has publicly filed an S-1 outlining its plans to complete an initial public offering (IPO) on the NASDAQ. Accrording to the filing, Coinbase intends to raise up to $1 billion and  trade under the ticker symbol of “COIN.” The filing shares that… Read More

February 15, 2021 @ 8:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut notes that if you’ve set up a WooCommerce store and are accepting payments with mainstream payment gateways, then you might not be happy with the extra transaction fees. Revolut reveals that it has been working on improving this for users by offering… Read More

February 15, 2021 @ 3:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

MoneyLion, a digital banking Fintech, is the next company to go public via a special acquisition company (SPAC). The deal was announced last Friday where MoneyLion will merge with Fusion Acquisition (NYSE:FUSE) at a transaction value of $2.4  billion and $2.9 billion in equity value… Read More

February 12, 2021 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) floated shares today on the NYSE following a significant decrease in its IPO price. The online mortgage lender listed shares at $14 each after previously filing an S-1 indicating its intent to float shares in a range of $19 to $21. The number… Read More

February 11, 2021 @ 12:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

loanDepot lowered the price of its initial public offering (IPO) to $14 a share – far below its expected $21 a share float. loanDepot shares, trading under the ticker symbol LDI, listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) today trading higher in early action…. Read More

February 4, 2021 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nearly 300 SPACs are currently seeking deals with $90 billion in available cash. Fintech firm Payoneer is also planning to go public through a SPAC that will reportedly be led by Bancorp founder Betsy Cohen. Payoneer’s management noted that they intend to merge with a… Read More

February 2, 2021 @ 3:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, loandDepot filed an updated S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission as it bumped up its share price to $21 for a forthcoming initial public offering (IPO) that may raise a gross amount of over $362 million. According to the document, loanDepot is offering… Read More

January 29, 2021 @ 3:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After facing increasing pressure from Chinese authorities, billionaire Jack Ma’s Fintech firm Ant Group is now focused on restructuring its business operations in order to serve as a financial holding company. The Ant Group has also been focused on positioning itself as an Internet-tech firm… Read More

January 29, 2021 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset exchange Coinbase has confirmed its plans to become a publicly-traded company “pursuant to a proposed direct listing of its Class A common stock.” Coinbase Global, Inc. noted in a blog post published on January 28, 2021, that the proposed listing is “expected to… Read More

January 23, 2021 @ 5:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sweden-based payments company Trustly is reportedly planning to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) during the second quarter of this year. The IPO might value the firm at around €9 billion. Trustly’s owner, Nordic Capital, is currently working cooperatively with Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and… Read More

January 23, 2021 @ 9:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dhana Kaneshayogan notes that in January 2020, he had joined the Governance, Infrastructure and Networks team (GIN) at UK-based Fintech firm TransferWise. Kaneshayogan confirmed that the team offered other platform teams the interfaces and tooling to develop compute resources by using “best practices and standardized… Read More

January 18, 2021 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Southeast Asian Fintech Grab may pursue an initial public offering (IPO) during 2021, according to a report. Fintech is expected to be a hot sector for initial public offers this year with two already being completed. Last week, Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) blew the doors off its IPO…. Read More

December 30, 2020 @ 8:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Firms secured more capital via stock market listings in 2020 than in any other year, except for 2007, as a recovery in equities valuations managed to attract various firms and blank-cheque acquisition vehicles were increasingly used to carry out listings in US markets. The hot… Read More