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Report: Chime to Go Public in 2025 After Submitting Confidential Filing
December 19, 2024

Chime Financial reportedly submitted a confidential filing for an initial public offering (IPO). The FinTech company plans to go public in 2025, though the timing of the IPO has not been finalized and could change, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Dec. 18), citing unnamed sources. Reached by PYMNTS,...

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FCA Chief Appears to Pave Way for Shein UK IPO
December 03, 2024

Great Britain’s financial regulator has reportedly opened the door for Shein to go public there. While not mentioning the eCommerce retailer by name, Nikhil Rathi, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), told the Financial Times (FT) Tuesday (Dec. 3) that decisions about public listings were based on company...

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Goldman Sachs Banker Sees ‘Massive’ Potential for 2025 IPO Uptick
November 25, 2024

A senior Goldman Sachs banker believes 2025 will see more technology companies go public. The number of initial public offerings (IPOs) in the tech sector will “likely more than double” next year, with the rate of companies listing by the year’s end coming closer to...

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Data Science Firm Neo4j Reportedly Prepping IPO
November 19, 2024

Neo4j, a supplier of graph database and data science tools, reportedly plans to go public. As Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Nov. 19), the company is taking a page from its customer Klarna and aiming for an initial public offering (IPO). Klarna’s IPO, expected to happen...

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FinTechs Cautious About Going Public Despite Klarna IPO
November 19, 2024

Swedish payments group Klarna is planning an initial public offering (IPO) for next year. However, many of its FinTech compatriots aren’t ready to jump on the IPO bandwagon, CNBC reported Tuesday (Nov. 19). For example, Hiroki Takeuchi, CEO of online payments startup GoCardless, said last...

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Report: Klarna Aims to List IPO in New York in H1 2025
November 15, 2024

Klarna is reportedly looking to list its recently announced initial public offering (IPO) in New York in the first half of 2025. The Swedish buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider is asking banks to submit pitches for junior roles in the share sale, Bloomberg reported Friday (Nov....

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Klarna Files Long-Awaited Plans for American IPO
November 13, 2024

Klarna has filed its long-awaited plans to go public in the U.S. The Swedish buy now, pay later (BNPL) company on Wednesday (Nov. 13) announced it had “confidentially submitted” a draft registration statement for an initial public offering (IPO) to the Securities and Exchange Commission...

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Mexican Banking FinTech Klar Aims for 2026 IPO
November 03, 2024

Mexican FinTech Klar is reportedly aiming to go public at the end of 2026. Juan Sarmiento, the company’s vice president of finance, told Bloomberg News Saturday (Nov. 2) that Klar is eyeing annual run rate of $500 million as a target for its initial public...

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Nasdaq CEO Expects IPOs to Pick Up Steam in 2025
October 27, 2024

While this year hasn’t seen an initial public offering (IPO) rebound, the CEO of Nasdaq reportedly isn’t surprised. That’s according to a report Sunday (Oct. 27) by TechCrunch, citing Adena Friedman’s comments at a recent Axios event. She said that while the public markets have...