Opendoor news and trends

Partnerships Dominate FinTech IPO Index News Ahead of Earnings
Fintech Investments // 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...

FinTech IPO Index Loses 3.3% as Upstart Plunges on Earnings
IPO // February 23, 2024

Earnings season moves on, and in some cases, results underwhelmed investors — and forward-looking guidance — sending shares down significantly and the FinTech IPO Index as well. Upstart and Open Lending shares sank in the wake of reports that gave the nod to macro pressures...

From Real-Time Home Sales to Virtual Realms: Brands Ride the Super Bowl Wave
Retail // February 10, 2024

As Super Bowl weekend has consumers across the United States focused on one thing, brands and retailers are going all out to seize the opportunity to capture shoppers’ attention. According to the NFL, 200 million people watched last year’s Super Bowl, 60% of the U.S....

FinTech IPO Index Skids 6.6% as Platforms Plunge Double Digits 
Fintech Investments // January 19, 2024

The Fed may not cut rates as soon as many on Wall Street would have hoped. And that means, at least for now, dampened enthusiasm for loans, perhaps some pressure on loan payments … … and so the FinTech IPO Index plummeted 6.6% in a...

Interviews & Exclusives
FinTech IPO Index Gives Up 6.4% as Platforms Plummet Ahead of Earnings 

April 19, 2024
If there was a theme marking the past five days of trading, after the big banks reported earnings, and as the digital lenders that populate the FinTech IPO Index showed, this was the week the platforms plummeted. Hippo Insurance slipped 14.8%, and Opendoor gave up 12.4%. OppFi slipped 12.1%. Though company-specific headlines might have been scarce, it […]

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...

FinTech IPO Index Loses 3.3% as Upstart Plunges on Earnings

February 23, 2024
Earnings season moves on, and in some cases, results underwhelmed investors — and forward-looking guidance — sending shares down significantly and the FinTech IPO Index as well. Upstart and Open...

FinTech IPO Index Skids 6.6% as Platforms Plunge Double Digits 

January 19, 2024
The Fed may not cut rates as soon as many on Wall Street would have hoped. And that means, at least for now, dampened enthusiasm for loans, perhaps some pressure...

Quick Reads
Opendoor Co-Founder Eric Wu to Resign Current Roles Jan. 1

December 15, 2023
Opendoor Co-founder Eric Wu will resign from the company effective Jan. 1. Wu will leave his roles as president of marketplace and a member of the board of directors but will remain an advisor to the company and the board, Opendoor said in a Friday (Dec. 15) filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). […]

Opendoor Business Model Flaw Drives Losses on 42% of August Deals

September 19, 2022
Opendoor Technologies reported it lost money on 42% of transactions in August as the U.S. housing market falters for builders, flippers and others looking to sell houses, Bloomberg wrote Monday (Sept....

FTC Fines Opendoor $62M for ‘Misleading Claims’ About Home-Buying Service

August 01, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission on Monday (Aug. 1) fined online home buying firm Opendoor Labs $62 million, saying it must stop cheating potential home sellers by tricking them into thinking...

Real Estate Platform Opendoor Launches Mortgage Finance App

June 06, 2022
Real estate digital platform Opendoor has launched a financing app that the company claims lets consumers get pre-approved for a mortgage in under two minutes. The app, which went live...