The end of November is here — due to the holiday-shortened trading week — and for the FinTech IPO Index, the month was stellar. The index was up 25.5% through the month, and now stands ahead by 40.1% as measured year to date. And to...
The FinTech IPO Index was 3.8% higher this past week, as Lemonade and Affirm were at the forefront of gainers, up a respective 58.5% and 23.6%. A broad-based rally in the overall markets Thursday — as tech stocks got a boost from Nvidia’s earnings – helped...
Stocks took a breather on Thursday (Nov. 14), but the general trend of the FinTech IPO Index was up and to the right. This week, as has been seen through the last several weeks, earnings continued to roll in, as buy now, pay later (BNPL)...
The FinTech IPO Index was 2.3% higher in a week that saw the platforms roar ahead — many of them by double digits — in anticipation of earnings reports that won’t come until next month. Expensify shares were more than 33% higher for the week, followed by...
Earnings season is barely a week old. While the headlines have centered on big banks, Wall Street trading and credit card spending, the deluge of quarterly reports has yet to be seen from the digital upstarts populating the FinTech IPO Index. We’ll get there for...
The past few weeks were marked by rallies in names domiciled outside the United States — particularly those based in Asia — which boosted the fortunes of the FinTech IPO Index a bit. But what goes up must come down. And in a dramatic reversal...
Even a surge in Asia-based firms — a continuation of rallies seen in the wake of macro stimulus packages in China — were not enough to boost the fortunes of the FinTech IPO Index. The overall group was down 6.3% through the week. As for...
Are recent rate cuts good news for venture capitalist (VC) firms in the FinTech space? A report Sunday (Sept. 29) by TechCrunch says the answer is yes, particularly for those FinTechs that depend on loans to keep cash flowing. Those FinTechs, the report said, include...
Earnings season won’t be for another few weeks. But earnings reports had some impact on the FinTech IPO Index, and gains were reserved chiefly for firms domiciled outside the U.S. as macro news from China helped goose the FinTech IPO Index slightly higher, by 0.5%....
