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SoFi Technologies Reported PrimaryBid Deal Could Put SOFI Stock Back in the IPO Race

SoFi Technologies Reported PrimaryBid Deal Could Put SOFI Stock Back in the IPO Race

SoFi Technologies Inc. is set to acquire the majority of PrimaryBid, Sky News said Monday, putting the U.S. digital lender in the thick of the battle over IPO access for retail investors. Sky’s report, linking SoFi to the British fintech known for its work on retail share offerings, was picked up by MarketScreener and StreetInsider just after noon in New York. SoFi’s push to expand past its core consumer lending and banking business comes as retail investors get targeted for major IPOs. The company is chasing more lucrative fee-based services. SOFI stock climbed roughly 1.7% to $16.02 by midday, with trading volume approaching 39.5 million shares, according to market data.
11 May 2026
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Ramp’s $40 Billion Funding Push Could Rewire the Corporate Card Race

Ramp’s $40 Billion Funding Push Could Rewire the Corporate Card Race

According to people familiar with the situation, Ramp is in talks to raise $750 million at a valuation topping $40 billion before the fresh capital comes in, the Wall Street Journal reported. GIC and Iconiq Capital, both existing investors, are expected to co-lead the round, which hasn’t closed yet, the report noted. The proposed price on the table would push Ramp’s value up by at least 25% from its $32 billion mark last November. That’s just the “pre-money” figure—what investors think Ramp is worth before any new money goes in. If this deal closes, the eventual valuation could come in even higher.
11 May 2026
Lemonade Stock Falls After Q1 Beat — Why Investors Are Still Watching Profitability

Lemonade Stock Falls After Q1 Beat — Why Investors Are Still Watching Profitability

Lemonade Inc. shares dropped in early New York trading Thursday. The digital insurer posted a much narrower quarterly loss, bumped up its 2026 forecast, and reaffirmed its plan to hit adjusted EBITDA profitability before year-end. Shares slipped 1.3% to $55.27, putting the company’s market cap near $4.1 billion, market data showed. The drop had investors wrestling with a solid earnings win set against a stock that’s already seen plenty of wild swings.
30 April 2026
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SoFi Stock Gets Its Q1 Verdict: Record Revenue, Bigger Loans, One Weak Spot

SoFi Stock Gets Its Q1 Verdict: Record Revenue, Bigger Loans, One Weak Spot

SoFi Technologies turned in its highest-ever first-quarter revenue Wednesday, sticking with its 2026 guidance as investors gauge whether the fintech upstart can keep expanding despite tougher conditions for digital lenders. Adjusted net revenue—which strips out certain lending-related valuation shifts—climbed 41% to $1.087 billion. Net income surged to $166.7 million, more than double from a year earlier. Timing was key here. SoFi dropped its results ahead of the U.S. session. Zacks had forecast $1.04 billion in revenue, earnings at 12 cents per share. Adjusted EPS landed right at 12 cents. Revenue beat that figure.
29 April 2026
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SoFi Technologies Stock Faces a Big Q1 Earnings Test as Loan Growth Comes Into Focus

SoFi Technologies Stock Faces a Big Q1 Earnings Test as Loan Growth Comes Into Focus

This week, SoFi Technologies Inc. will deliver its first-quarter numbers, and investors have boiled the story down to a single point: Can the digital financial-services company keep loan volumes up and start piling on more revenue that isn’t just tied to interest income? SoFi set a tough benchmark with its latest results. In the fourth quarter, the company cracked $1 billion in revenue for the first time, while member growth hit an all-time high with 1 million new additions. By the end of 2025, total membership hit 13.7 million, according to management's January update.
26 April 2026
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Nu Holdings Ltd taps ex-Amazon veteran Diego Piacentini for board as Nubank pushes toward U.S. bank launch

Nu Holdings Ltd taps ex-Amazon veteran Diego Piacentini for board as Nubank pushes toward U.S. bank launch

Nu Holdings Ltd on Wednesday named Diego Piacentini—a former Amazon executive—to its board, as the Brazilian fintech eyes expansion beyond Latin America. According to the company, Piacentini previously held top posts at Apple and went on to help lead Italy’s government digital transformation. Timing is key here. Nu, which owns Nubank, moved forward on its U.S. national bank plans after snagging conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency back in January. Still, it needs to satisfy OCC requirements and get the green light from both the Federal Reserve and the FDIC. Then in March, the company said it was putting money behind brand-building in tough markets like the United States.
1 April 2026
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Nu Holdings (NU) Faces New Brazil Rival as TikTok Seeks Payments, Credit Licenses

Nu Holdings (NU) Faces New Brazil Rival as TikTok Seeks Payments, Credit Licenses

BRASILIA, March 31, 2026, 18:59 BRT. Nu Holdings Ltd, which owns Nubank, could be staring down fresh competition in Brazil: TikTok is seeking approval from the central bank to roll out payments and credit services. According to two sources familiar with the matter, ByteDance’s social media giant has filed for licenses that would allow it to operate prepaid accounts and extend its own credit—eyeing a market where Nubank has already made app-driven banking mainstream.
1 April 2026
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Circle Teams With Nvidia-Backed Cassava’s Sasai to Push USDC Payments in Africa

Circle Teams With Nvidia-Backed Cassava’s Sasai to Push USDC Payments in Africa

NEW YORK, March 24, 2026, 12:16 EDT. Circle Internet Group on Tuesday said an affiliate has joined forces with Sasai Fintech, which is part of Nvidia-backed Cassava Technologies, aiming to boost USDC’s reach in Africa for business payments, remittances, and wallet offerings. USDC, a stablecoin pegged to the dollar, is designed to maintain a constant value. According to Circle, holders can redeem USDC 1:1 for U.S. dollars.
24 March 2026
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Nu Holdings Stock Jumps 6% as Wall Street Rebounds, but Nubank Cost Questions Linger

Nu Holdings Stock Jumps 6% as Wall Street Rebounds, but Nubank Cost Questions Linger

Nu Holdings climbed almost 6% Monday, with shares trading near $14.78 after reaching as high as $14.915 earlier. Trading volume spiked close to 60 million shares—a notable surge for the Brazilian digital bank. Nu shares recovered some ground after the late-February earnings-driven slide, as global markets showed signs of stabilization. Wall Street turned higher following U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that strikes on Iranian energy assets were on hold. Oil prices tumbled, taking some heat off growth stocks and riskier plays.
23 March 2026
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Mastercard’s BVNK Deal Puts Trade Finance Tokenization – and Solana – in Focus

Mastercard’s BVNK Deal Puts Trade Finance Tokenization – and Solana – in Focus

Mastercard has struck a deal to acquire BVNK for as much as $1.8 billion, intensifying the race among heavyweight financial firms looking to embed blockchain into everyday payments and trade finance. Unveiled Tuesday, the agreement hands the card giant a stronger position in stablecoin infrastructure—digital tokens tied to currencies like the dollar—across remittances, business transactions, and payouts. The timing matters because a string of recent experiments is starting to converge. Just last week, Aon reported what it says is the first stablecoin insurance-premium payment handled by a major broker—settling with USDC on Ethereum and PayPal USD over Solana. Earlier, in a February report, Citi detailed its own internal proof of concept with PwC and Solana, converting a bill of exchange into a token and running it through a full simulated issuance-to-settlement workflow.
18 March 2026
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SoFi Technologies Stock Price Today: Why Shares Lagged Even as Fintech Stocks Climbed

SoFi Technologies Stock Price Today: Why Shares Lagged Even as Fintech Stocks Climbed

SoFi Technologies slipped roughly 0.6% to $17.66 in early afternoon action Monday, missing out on broader gains. The drop stood in contrast to the Nasdaq-heavy QQQ, which tacked on about 1.2%. Other consumer-fintechs—Affirm, Upstart, PayPal—were all in positive territory. This is important as investors continue to wrestle with how to value SoFi: is it a lender, a bank, or does it play in the wider fintech space? Since late January, SoFi has not only posted record numbers, but also struck a March 3 agreement that brings SoFiUSD — a stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar — onto Mastercard’s settlement rails.
16 March 2026
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SoFi Stock Price Today: SOFI Rebounds After 4.5% Slide as Market Nerves Rattle Fintechs

SoFi Stock Price Today: SOFI Rebounds After 4.5% Slide as Market Nerves Rattle Fintechs

SoFi Technologies bounced 1.1% to $17.89 in early Friday trading, trimming some of Thursday’s slide. Shares had ended the previous session at $17.70. The gain barely puts a dent in SoFi’s recent slump. Shares rose Friday, but the stock still lagged 22% under its Jan. 30 close at $22.81. Wall Street showed a split open following Thursday’s steep drop, as investors dumped riskier stocks on higher oil and fresh inflation worries.
13 March 2026
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Nu Holdings Stock Price Near $14 as Nubank’s Global Brand Push Reopens Cost Debate

Nu Holdings Stock Price Near $14 as Nubank’s Global Brand Push Reopens Cost Debate

Nu Holdings, which owns Brazil’s digital bank Nubank, hovered near $14 early Friday. Investors had the company’s new international branding rollout in focus, but questions lingered over costs raised in last month’s results. Timing is a factor here. Nu chose this week to lay out a wider marketing push, right as executives stuck to their view that 2026 marks a turning point. Analysts remain focused on operating costs and cost of risk—the bank’s term for funds reserved against potential loan defaults.
13 March 2026
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Nu Holdings Stock Price Falls as Nubank Pushes U.S. Expansion, Investors Watch Costs

Nu Holdings Stock Price Falls as Nubank Pushes U.S. Expansion, Investors Watch Costs

Nu Holdings slipped roughly 2% to $14.21 early Thursday in New York as investors weighed Nubank’s newest effort to stretch its brand outside Latin America. The digital bank’s latest step: tapping a new global marketing chief and tightening its messaging on going international. The clock is ticking for Nu, which holds conditional approval to set up a U.S. national bank and expects to clear that hurdle in the next 18 months. This puts a sharper spotlight on fresh marketing hires and sponsorships—key moves as investors keep pressing the bank on whether its low-cost structure will hold up during the expansion.
12 March 2026
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SoFi Technologies (SOFI) stock rises today as Mastercard stablecoin deal, Noto buy stay in focus

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) stock rises today as Mastercard stablecoin deal, Noto buy stay in focus

SoFi Technologies bounced 2.6% to $18.77 early Wednesday, recouping nearly all of Tuesday’s slip. The stock had closed at $18.29, a drop from Monday’s $18.79. SoFi’s rebound is significant as the company shifts focus from just loan growth toward fee and payment-driven businesses. On January 30, its fourth-quarter numbers showed adjusted revenue topping $1 billion for the first time. Fee-based revenue jumped 53%, while financial services revenue climbed 78%.
11 March 2026
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Nu Holdings Ltd taps ex-TikTok executive Kim Farrell as Nubank steps up U.S., global push

Nu Holdings Ltd taps ex-TikTok executive Kim Farrell as Nubank steps up U.S., global push

Nu Holdings Ltd on Tuesday tapped Kim Farrell, who previously held roles at TikTok and Google, as its new global marketing director. The appointment puts a seasoned brand executive in place as Nubank looks to expand outside Latin America. Farrell will report directly to Cristina Junqueira, co-founder and head of the company’s U.S. operations, according to the company. Nu is pushing into a tougher stretch of its expansion, and the timing of the hire reflects that. Back in January, the company secured conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to set up a national bank — a federal license that, with full sign-off, would open the door to taking deposits and issuing loans. Junqueira called the green light a “significant step” on the road to building a regulated U.S. arm.
11 March 2026
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Stock Market Today

  • Intel (INTC) jumps 6%, hits 25-year high as 18A-P chip process enters risk production
    July 1, 2026, 11:59 AM EDT. Intel (INTC) surged 6.01% to $139.63 on June 30, putting shares at their highest in 25 years after the company said its 18A-P chip process started risk production. The milestone means the chips are one stage away from volume production, delivering 9% more performance at the same power draw. On-time progress is big for Intel, which has struggled with delays, and it gave bulls more reason to stay invested. Though shares have climbed more than 250% in 2026, the average Wall Street price target is still about $99, or 29% below current levels, showing investor hesitation about valuation. Intel's CFO said factory yield improvements could arrive sooner than planned, potentially boosting margins since higher yields would cut costs. Now investors are split on how much of Intel's comeback story is already in the price.
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