Fintech News 14 October 2025 - 24 October 2025

Stock Performance and Analyst Outlook Mastercard’s stock has been on a tear, trading near all-time highs. After peaking around $599 in August, MA hovers in the upper $560smarketbeat.cominvesting.com. This performance outpaces the broader market, reflecting strong earnings and strategic progress. Analysts are broadly optimistic. As of Oct 23, 2025, consensus among 27 analysts is a Buy rating with an average 12-month price target around $638marketbeat.com. Notably, Citi initiated coverage with a Buy and $735 target, and Wells Fargo and Baird also maintain buoyant forecastsmarketbeat.com. KeyCorp just upgraded MA to “Strong Buy” on Oct 23marketbeat.com. Mastercard’s fundamentals justify the fanfare. In

Stock Rebound After Volatile Weeks SoFi’s stock has been on a roller-coaster. After tripling in the past year, climbing from single-digit prices to a record ~$30 in late September, the fintech favorite hit turbulencets2.tech. In the final weeks of September and into early October, profit-taking and broader market jitters knocked SOFI off its highs. The shares slid about 10–15% from their peak, even logging a 5% one-day drop on Oct. 16 to around $26.60ts2.tech. “Most buyers are already in,” one analyst quipped during the pullback – cautioning that the pool of new investors willing to propel the stock higher may

SOFI Stock Price: 2025 Surge and Recent Volatility After a spectacular rally through 2025, SoFi’s share price has been on a roller coaster in recent weeks. The stock more than tripled in the past year, climbing from the single digits to a high of about $30.30 by late September ts2.tech. That ~230% year-over-year gain far outpaced most fintech and bank stocks. However, the euphoria has cooled slightly in October: SoFi pulled back roughly 10% from its peak, trading in the mid-$20s as some investors took profits ts2.tech. The past week highlighted SoFi’s high volatility. Shares briefly rebounded above $28 mid-week,

2025’s Blistering Rally and Recent Price Moves SoFi’s stock price has been on a blistering tear in 2025, vastly outperforming the broader market. Shares have surged roughly 230% year-over-year, driven by exploding user growth and improving financial resultsts2.tech. The stock reached a 52-week high of about $30.30 on September 22, 2025, before momentum finally cooled. A subsequent pullback – including seven straight down sessions in early October – brought SOFI down to the mid-$20sts2.tech. By October 16, the stock was hovering around $27 per share, roughly 8–10% below its recent peakts2.tech. Despite this volatility, SOFI remains up over 70% in