SoFi

Social Finance, Inc. is an American online personal finance company that provides student loan refinancing, mortgages and personal loans.

(source: sofi.com)

SoFi Tried To Sell Itself For $8B Earlier This Year
SoFi Tried To Sell Itself For $8B Earlier This Year
October 23, 2017  |  Alternative Finances

According to reports in The Financial Times, SoFi explored the possibility of an $8 billion sale earlier this year — a process that went far enough...

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SoFi Bails On Being A Bank  
SoFi Bails On Being A Bank  
October 16, 2017  |  Banking

Social Finance, otherwise known as SoFi, the student loan online lender, is giving up on its hopes to become a bank for now. According to...

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Banking Trade Group Doesn’t Want Square To Be A Bank
Banking Trade Group Doesn’t Want Square To Be A Bank
October 11, 2017  |  Bank Regulation

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), the trade group for community banks, is calling on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to deny a...

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Navient Scoops Up Online Lender Earnest
Navient Scoops Up Online Lender Earnest
October 06, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Earnest, a FinTech startup with hopes of creating a modern financial institution, is selling to student-loan giant Navient for $155 million in cash. According to TechCrunch,...

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SoFi CTO Steps Down
SoFi CTO Steps Down
September 26, 2017  |  Personnel

Social Finance’s top technology executive, June Ou, has decided to leave the company, making her the fourth senior SoFi executive to leave the firm in...

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Transitions Edition: Sofi, Chipotle And Equifax
Transitions Edition: Sofi, Chipotle And Equifax
September 25, 2017  |  Data Dive

Friday officially arrived last Friday – although that was likely a bit more noticeable if you spent your weekend west of the Rockies, where the average temperature was sub-60. Back...

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Today In Data: SoFi’s Woes
Today In Data: SoFi’s Woes
September 19, 2017  |  Today In Data

Online lender and tech startup Social Finance (SoFi) made recent news when its chief executive officer, Mike Cagney, stepped down following a lawsuit regarding claims...

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Sofi Scandal Cost Its Bank Application
Sofi Scandal Cost Its Bank Application
September 18, 2017  |  Legal

Online lender SoFi’s sex scandal, which resulted in the company’s chief executive stepping down, is dashing its chances of becoming a bank. According to a...

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SoFi’s CEO To Step Down
SoFi’s CEO To Step Down
September 12, 2017  |  News

It seems new leadership will soon be coming to Social Finance, one of Silicon Valley’s more prominent alternative lenders, as founding CEO Mike Cagney has...

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