IPO Activity Heats Up Ahead Of Holiday Weekend
IPO Activity Heats Up Ahead Of Holiday Weekend
May 28, 2021  |  IPO

Listing activity quickened a bit into  holiday weekend, adding to year-to-date tallies. The PYMNTS IPO/SPAC Tracker recorded that through the end of the last week in May...

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SoFi Will Go Public June 1 Following SPAC Merger
SoFi Will Go Public June 1 Following SPAC Merger
May 28, 2021  |  IPO

Online FinTech startup Social Finance, otherwise known as SoFi, is expected to go public June 1 following a merger Friday (May 28) with a special...

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Auto Refinance Platform MotoRefi Raises $45 Million In Goldman-Led Series B
Auto Refinance Platform MotoRefi Raises $45 Million In Goldman-Led Series B
May 28, 2021  |  Investments

Motor vehicle refinance FinTech MotoRefi raised $45 million in a Series B funding round led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, the company said in a...

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Digital Medical Startup Babylon Eyes $3.5 Billion SPAC Deal
Digital Medical Startup Babylon Eyes $3.5 Billion SPAC Deal
May 28, 2021  |  Healthcare

Babylon, a medical startup that uses an app to connect patients with doctors, is nearing an agreement to go public via a special purpose acquisition...

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The Week In Payments: Deep Lake CEO Dives Into FinTech IPO Boom, Crypto Crackdown And Amazon And Mega Ecosystems
The Week In Payments: Deep Lake CEO Dives Into FinTech IPO Boom, Crypto Crackdown And...
May 28, 2021  |  News

If there was any doubt as to whether there is an initial public offering (IPO) boom, just take a look at the numbers: There have...

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Tata Secures Majority Stake In Indian Online Grocer BigBasket
Tata Secures Majority Stake In Indian Online Grocer BigBasket
May 28, 2021  |  International

India’s Tata Sons has acquired a majority stake in online grocery retailer BigBasket. As Reuters reported Friday (May 28), this move puts the firm the...

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Women Could Drive $280 Billion To Southeast Asian eCommerce Market
Women Could Drive $280 Billion To Southeast Asian eCommerce Market
May 28, 2021  |  eCommerce

A new report on Friday (May 28) by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) found that women could drive more than $280 billion to Southeast Asia’s eCommerce market...

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House Committee Asks Kabbage, BlueVine For Pandemic Loan Security, Revenue Data
House Committee Asks Kabbage, BlueVine For Pandemic Loan Security, Revenue Data
May 28, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

U.S. lawmakers have opened an investigation into FinTechs Kabbage and BlueVine, along with their partner banks, for their role in the distribution of billions of...

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Today In Payments Around The World: Ada Health Notches $90 Million; Wayflyer Lands $76 Million
Today In Payments Around The World: Ada Health Notches $90 Million; Wayflyer Lands $76 Million
May 28, 2021  |  International

In today’s top payments news around the world, Ada Health has notched $90 million in a Series B fundraise headed up by Leaps by Bayer,...

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