February 02, 2024
FinTech IPO Index Adds 0.5% as SoFi Weighs In With...
Headed into the end of January, and with earnings season in full swing, the FinTech IPO Index was up a slight 0.5%. Earnings Capture Headlines SoFi’s stock was up 1%,...
January 26, 2024
Platforms Gain Momentum Ahead of Earnings, Propel FinTech IPO Index...
It’s the end of January almost, and through the next few weeks, FinTechs will weigh in with everything from loan performance metrics to profits (where there are profits to be...
January 19, 2024
FinTech IPO Index Skids 6.6% as Platforms Plunge Double Digits
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...
January 12, 2024
Partnerships Hold Sway as FinTech IPO Index Slips 1%
Mixed performances across the FinTech IPO Index brought about a negative 1% return through the past week. The specter of interest rates staying lofty for longer — because the latest...
January 07, 2024
OpenAI Backer Thrive Capital Plans $3 Billion Fundraise Amid Tech...
Venture firm Thrive Capital is reportedly preparing to raise at least $3 billion amid a downturn in tech funding. The planned fundraising, the subject of a Sunday (Jan. 7) report by the Financial...
January 05, 2024
FinTech IPO Index Soars 55% in 2023 as Platforms Notch...
By any stretch of the imagination, the 55.7% rally in the FinTech IPO Index last year was nothing to sneeze at. And the December surge, at 16.7% … well, that...
January 04, 2024
Tech Startup Funding Falls to 4-Year Low
Startups had a rough 2023, with the value of venture investments hitting a four-year low. As Bloomberg News reported Thursday (Jan. 4), investors spent the last year funneling money into...
December 22, 2023
FinTech IPO Index Surges 8% as Affirm Gets a Bump...
Headed into the last week of the year — a shortened week due to the holidays — the FinTech IPO Index gained 8%. BNPL Bounce Continues Affirm shares gathered 6.9%,...
December 18, 2023
FinTech Bankruptcies and Speedbumps Prove Digitization Offers No Straight Path...
There’s no smooth sailing for corporates into the end of 2023. As 2023 becomes 2024, and as we spotlighted here, the pandemic era relief has run its course, the cash...