If there was a theme marking the past five days of trading, after the big banks reported earnings, and as the digital lenders that populate the FinTech IPO Index showed, this was the week the platforms plummeted. Hippo Insurance slipped 14.8%, and Opendoor gave up 12.4%. OppFi...
As shopping and entertainment become increasingly intertwined, Amazon and Walmart are looking for new ways to drive sales via content. On Tuesday (April 16), Amazon Live announced a new interactive, shoppable channel called FAST Channel on Prime Video and Amazon Freevee, featuring the eCommerce giant’s “shop the show” technology, enabling viewers to shop and...
Nordstrom CEO Erik Nordstrom and President Pete Nordstrom have told the retailer’s board that they’re interested in taking the company private. As a result, the board has formed a special committee of independent and disinterested directors that will evaluate any proposals from those executives and from other parties, the company...
Getir, the Turkish grocery delivery company that soared in value during the pandemic, is reportedly grappling with the need to cut costs and restructure as demand for its services wanes. Investors are pushing for significant changes within the company, including asset sales and market exits,...
Wagestream, a financial well-being app focused on frontline workers, has raised 17.5 million pounds (about $21.8 million) in a funding round. That total includes an investment of 7 million pounds (about $8.7 million) by British Patient Capital alongside other co-investors, including Lombard Odier Investment Managers...
Spend management platform Ramp says it is now a $7.6 billion company. The firm on Thursday (April 18) announced it had reached that valuation as it wound down a $150 million Series D-2 funding round. “This new funding will allow us to triple down on the next wave of innovation...
Ibotta shares leapt 33% during their debut on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Thursday (April 18). The stock debuted at $117 per share after pricing at $88 per share Wednesday (April 17), Axios reported Thursday. The firm raised $577.3 million. Ibotta has raised...
AffiniPay has expanded the availability of its payment processing solutions for attorneys and accounting professionals to Puerto Rico. These solutions, LawPay and CPACharge, are already used by more than 80,000 law and accounting firms in the United States and Canada, the company said in a Thursday (April 18) press release....
Change Healthcare’s troubles are apparently not over. The company, which is owned by UnitedHealth, said Thursday (April 18) it had fixed an issue that had hindered medical claims processing for some customers, per a report by Reuters. According to that report, a fix had been found...
