ipo

Initial public offering or stock market launch is a type of public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also retail investors; an. IPO is underwritten by one or more investment banks, who also arrange for the shares to be listed on one or more stock exchanges.

(source: nasdaq.com)

Japan’s Rakuten Picks Goldman to Run Potential Banking IPO
Japan’s Rakuten Picks Goldman to Run Potential Banking IPO
September 21, 2022  |  IPO

Japan’s Rakuten Group has tapped Goldman Sachs and Daiwa Securities to oversee an initial public offering (IPO) for its banking unit. That’s according to a...

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Report: Chobani Says Market Conditions Caused Withdrawal of IPO
Report: Chobani Says Market Conditions Caused Withdrawal of IPO
September 02, 2022  |  IPO

After announcing in March that it was delaying its planned initial public offering (IPO), yogurt company Chobani announced Friday (Sept. 2) that it is withdrawing...

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M&A Exits Dim for FinTechs as IPOs Drop 38%
M&A Exits Dim for FinTechs as IPOs Drop 38%
August 31, 2022  |  Fintech Investments

In business, and especially for smaller firms, there are any number of exit strategies depending on the macro environment they must confront. When markets are...

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Report: Gopuff Seeking $300M Credit Line Following Stalled IPO
Report: Gopuff Seeking $300M Credit Line Following Stalled IPO
August 30, 2022  |  Delivery

Delivery company Gopuff is said to be looking to secure as much as a $300 million line of credit to be used as a cash...

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Payments SPACs Face Reckoning as Clock Runs Out on Investment Deadlines
Payments SPACs Face Reckoning as Clock Runs Out on Investment Deadlines
August 16, 2022  |  SPAC

Tick. Tock. Or to quote a bit of T.S. Eliot — hurry up, please, it’s time. For special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), raising cash the...

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Signs of Life but No Renaissance for Payments SPACs
Signs of Life but No Renaissance for Payments SPACs
August 05, 2022  |  SPAC

In payments, the rebound in SPAC listings — if we can call it that — will likely be a short one. We wonder: Is the...

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FinTech IPO Index Surges 8.8% as Earnings Start to Roll In
FinTech IPO Index Surges 8.8% as Earnings Start to Roll In
August 04, 2022  |  IPO

Earnings are rolling in, and for the FinTech IPO group, a relief rally may be in the works. To that end, the FinTech IPO Index...

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Plastiq’s SPAC Deal Brings SMB’s Digital B2B Payments Shift to Wall Street
Plastiq’s SPAC Deal Brings SMB’s Digital B2B Payments Shift to Wall Street
August 04, 2022  |  B2B Payments

The digital shift in B2B — and specifically the way small and midsized businesses (SMBs) pay and are paid — now comes full force to...

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Plastiq Plans SPAC Merger With Colonnade in Move to Go Public
Plastiq Plans SPAC Merger With Colonnade in Move to Go Public
August 04, 2022  |  SPAC

Plastiq, a B2B payments platform that empowers the small- to medium-sized business (SMB) economy, is planning to go public via a merger with Colonnade Acquisition...

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