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Partnership Buzz Lifts FinTech IPO Index 2%
Fintech Investments // July 25, 2025

Earnings season has yet to be fully felt in the FinTech IPO Index’s realm, and in fact several of the news items through the week, alongside press releases, were focused on actual earnings release dates stretching out toward the end of the month and into...

FinTech IPO Index Slips as Platforms Decline and Overtake Circle’s 70% Surge  
Fintech Investments // June 20, 2025

Headed into the Juneteenth holiday, and nearing the end of a shortened trading week, the FinTech IPO Index slipped 1.3%. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

2025 Debuts With a Platform Plunge as FinTech IPO Index Slides 3.6%
Fintech Investments // January 03, 2025

The last few trading days bridged two separate years for the FinTech IPO Index, as the last calendar page turned on 2024. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Blend and Astra Partner on Card Funding of Deposit Accounts
Partnerships // August 05, 2024

Blend and Astra have partnered to enable financial institutions to add card funding to their deposit accounts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...

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PYMNTS FinTech IPO Index Surges 4.4% as Worldpay Expands Partnership With Affirm

October 24, 2025
Earnings season has yet to be a prime mover of the FinTech space. Partnerships announced through the past week helped drive most names higher as the overall index surged 4.4%. And one key theme was embedding: of workflows and automation, and payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy […]

Partnership Buzz Lifts FinTech IPO Index 2%

July 25, 2025
Earnings season has yet to be fully felt in the FinTech IPO Index’s realm, and in fact several of the news items through the week, alongside press releases, were focused...

FinTech IPO Index Slips as Platforms Decline and Overtake Circle’s 70% Surge  

June 20, 2025
Headed into the Juneteenth holiday, and nearing the end of a shortened trading week, the FinTech IPO Index slipped 1.3%. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

2025 Debuts With a Platform Plunge as FinTech IPO Index Slides 3.6%

January 03, 2025
The last few trading days bridged two separate years for the FinTech IPO Index, as the last calendar page turned on 2024. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Quick Reads
Blend and Astra Partner on Card Funding of Deposit Accounts

August 05, 2024
Blend and Astra have partnered to enable financial institutions to add card funding to their deposit accounts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive […]

PNC Bank and Blend Team on Digital Mortgage User Experience

September 27, 2022
PNC Bank will partner with cloud banking software company Blend, in order to digitize the mortgage application process, a press release said. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Ocrolus, Blend Announce Partnership to Automate Lending 

November 08, 2021
Document automation platform Ocrolus and cloud banking platform Blend announced Monday (Nov. 8) a strategic partnership that will embed Ocrolus’ Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) document analysis solution within the Blend platform to...

Digital Lending Platform Blend Labs To Raise $360M In IPO

July 06, 2021
The digital lending platform Blend Labs Inc. is going public. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...