Nasdaq news and trends

Nasdaq CEO Expects IPOs to Pick Up Steam in 2025
IPO // 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...

Nasdaq Turns to AI to Improve Bank and Insurance Risk Assessment
artificial intelligence // October 17, 2024

Nasdaq has introduced technology to calculate investment portfolio risk using machine learning. The new functionality, announced Thursday (Oct. 17), will be woven into Nasdaq’s Calypso platform, used by banks, insurers and other financial institutions to do things like access capital markets, manage risk and adhere to regulatory reporting...

PicPay Plans IPO Amid Brazil’s Digital Payments Revolution
IPO // October 02, 2024

Brazilian digital bank PicPay is reportedly planning to go public in the U.S. next year. The company is set to hire financial firms to help it with an initial primary offering in New York, Reuters reported Wednesday (Oct. 2), citing two sources familiar with the matter. The report...

LatAm Draws FinTechs Seeking to Transform Digital Banking
Digital Banking // September 25, 2024

Digitally savvy, younger consumers with mobile devices in hand. Underbanked and even unbanked populations ripe for financial inclusion. A regulatory environment conducive to digital innovation. It comes as no surprise, given the above statements, that Latin America would prove to be a key target for...

Interviews & Exclusives
What We’ve Learned Tracking the 100 Connected Economy Leaders Since 2022

July 15, 2024
The Connected Economy (CE) 100 Stock Index was launched in February 2022. It was introduced as an equity index of 100 publicly traded companies across 11 categories, aiming to track the digital transformation and the growth of the connected economy. At the time, though we were emerging from the pandemic, and that the CE had some […]

Opendoor’s Plunge Leads 9% Drop in FinTech IPO Index

September 22, 2022
A banner week — but just not in the direction investors would have hoped. Macro-economic concerns dominated market mindsets these past several sessions, and worries about interest rates in particular...

Brazilian Super App Inter Sees Nasdaq Listing as Springboard to US Consumers

June 24, 2022
The super app offers a digital front door for a range of activities — from banking and investing to insurance, peer-to-peer (P2P) and beyond. In an interview with PYMNTS’ Karen...

Nubank’s Debut, Grab’s Slump Dominate Year-End Listings as 2021 IPOs Limp to the Finish Line

December 09, 2021
By all accounts 2021 stands as a strong year for equities. We’re two weeks away from the end of a volatile 12-month span that, at this writing, has seen the...

Quick Reads
Nuvei Becomes a Private Company, Keeping Current Owners

November 15, 2024
Canadian FinTech Nuvei has completed its previously announced go-private transaction. As a result of the completion of the arrangement, the company expects that the subordinate voting shares will be de-listed from the Toronto Stock Exchange around Monday (Nov. 18) and from the Nasdaq Global Select Market around Nov. 25, Nuvei said in a Friday (Nov. 15) press […]

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...

Nasdaq Turns to AI to Improve Bank and Insurance Risk Assessment

October 17, 2024
Nasdaq has introduced technology to calculate investment portfolio risk using machine learning. The new functionality, announced Thursday (Oct. 17), will be woven into Nasdaq’s Calypso platform, used by banks, insurers and other financial...

PicPay Plans IPO Amid Brazil’s Digital Payments Revolution

October 02, 2024
Brazilian digital bank PicPay is reportedly planning to go public in the U.S. next year. The company is set to hire financial firms to help it with an initial primary offering in...