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Stripe Co-Founders Say They’re Building ‘Software-Defined Financial Services’
April 24, 2024

Today’s customers of the FinTech industry are no longer asking just for ways to accept online payments; they’re asking for “software-defined financial services.” So said Stripe co-founders Patrick Collison and John Collison Wednesday (April 24) during the opening keynote of the company’s annual user conference held in San Francisco. While they...

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Possible Funding Thaw May Bring New Life to FinTech IPO Index
April 17, 2024

Call it the thaw after the FinTech funding winter. Maybe. And for the FinTech IPO Index, there may be some reason for cheer — perhaps this year. Because if private capital is sanguine about the prospects of digital upstarts seeking to change financial services and...

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Bunq Raises $31 Million After Quadrupling User Deposits in 2023
April 12, 2024

European neobank Bunq’s shareholders signed a commitment letter in March to provide 29 million euros (about $31 million) of capital to finance the company’s growth. The new commitment followed the majority shareholder’s injection of 125 million euros (about $133 million) up to December, Bunq said in...

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Partnerships Dominate FinTech IPO Index News Ahead of Earnings
April 12, 2024

On Friday (April 12), big banks will weigh in with their latest quarterly results, kicking off earnings season in an official manner. JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and Citi will give insight into the trends tied to consumer spending, commercial loans and delinquencies. Earnings supplementals and management commentary will provide a...

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FinTech IPO Index Slides 2.9% Amid Nuvei’s Go-Private Deal and Doma’s Acquisition News 
April 04, 2024

Deal-making dominated the headlines this past week as the FinTech IPO Index lost 2.9%. Nuvei’s stock gained 2.4%. As reported by PYMNTS, Nuvei is being taken private in a $6.3 billion deal with private equity firm Advent International. Nuvei CEO Philip Fayer will reportedly control...

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FinTech IPO Index Up Slightly as nCino’s Gains Offset Huize’s Slide
March 29, 2024

Earning season’s set to begin in just a few weeks — but we’re still not quite done with, well, earnings season. The FinTech IPO Index was up 0.3% through the past five sessions as nCino’s stock soared 23%. The company’s latest earnings results showed that total revenues for...

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FinTech IPO Index Gives Up 1.9% as OppFi Leads Post-Earnings Decliners 
March 15, 2024

Stocks swooned into the end of the week, as inflation data from the government showed us all that inflation’s here to stay, perhaps longer than many investors had anticipated.   And as a result, the read across is that interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve...

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FinTech IPO Index Gathers 2.7% as MoneyLion Jumps 34% on Earnings 
March 08, 2024

Many of the names that are part of the FinTech IPO Index soared double digits on the heels of earnings this past week, leading the overall index 2.7% higher. MoneyLion Shares Roar Ahead MoneyLion’s shares gained roughly 34% as December quarter details saw the number of...

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FinTech IPO Index Up 5.2%; Expensify and Sezzle Lead Earnings Season Gainers
March 01, 2024

The earnings avalanche continues.   The FinTech 100 Index gained 5.2% in a week that saw most names rocket higher. Expensify surged 30% higher. The company said this past week that fourth-quarter revenues came in at $35.2 million, average paid members numbered 719,000 and net interchange stood at a...