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FinTech IPO Index Loses 5% as NerdWallet and Lemonade Slip on Earnings
Fintech Investments // August 02, 2024

Earnings season’s in full swing and proved to be less than kind to the FinTech IPO Index, which gave up 5%. Double digit declines on the heels of various quarterly reports proved to be common through the last several sessions. NerdWallet shares gave up 28.1%....

Blend, Huize Help FinTech IPO Index Notch 0.2% Gain in Volatile Week 
Connected Economy // September 29, 2023

A volatile week on Wall Street is bringing the third quarter to a close. And for the FinTech IPO Index, the slight gains of 0.2% came as platforms and international names showed some outsized momentum. Blend stock surged 12.6%. In an announcement, Blend disclosed the...

Blend’s 40% Decline Leads FinTech Index Lower in Volatile Week
Fintech Investments // March 23, 2023

Bank runs were only part of the story this week. And as the FinTech IPO Stock Index sank for another week, down 2.5%, the positive returns year to date are getting winnowed down. The index is up just under 7% since 2023 dawned. Interest rates...

Rally Fades and Platforms Plummet as FinTech IPO Index Loses 0.6%
Fintech Investments // January 20, 2023

For the FinTech IPO Index, the rally fizzled quickly. After a surge into the first few weeks of the new year — notably, double-digit gains last week — the index slipped 0.6% through the past five sessions.     Blame the macro data from this...

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FinTech IPO Index Loses 5% as NerdWallet and Lemonade Slip on Earnings

August 02, 2024
Earnings season’s in full swing and proved to be less than kind to the FinTech IPO Index, which gave up 5%. Double digit declines on the heels of various quarterly reports proved to be common through the last several sessions. NerdWallet shares gave up 28.1%. The latest earnings results showed that revenues were 5% higher […]

Blend, Huize Help FinTech IPO Index Notch 0.2% Gain in Volatile Week 

September 29, 2023
A volatile week on Wall Street is bringing the third quarter to a close. And for the FinTech IPO Index, the slight gains of 0.2% came as platforms and international...

Blend’s 40% Decline Leads FinTech Index Lower in Volatile Week

March 23, 2023
Bank runs were only part of the story this week. And as the FinTech IPO Stock Index sank for another week, down 2.5%, the positive returns year to date are...

Rally Fades and Platforms Plummet as FinTech IPO Index Loses 0.6%

January 20, 2023
For the FinTech IPO Index, the rally fizzled quickly. After a surge into the first few weeks of the new year — notably, double-digit gains last week — the index...

Quick Reads
Blend and Astra Partner on Card Funding of Deposit Accounts

August 05, 2024
Blend and Astra have partnered to enable financial institutions to add card funding to their deposit accounts. With this collaboration, financial institutions that use Blend’s platform for digital banking solutions will also be able to use Astra’s instant-payments-as-a-service offering to enhance the digital onboarding experience for consumers looking to fund their new deposit account, the companies said […]

PNC Bank and Blend Team on Digital Mortgage User Experience

September 27, 2022
PNC Bank will partner with cloud banking software company Blend, in order to digitize the mortgage application process, a press release said. Customers will now be able to apply digitally...

Ocrolus, Blend Announce Partnership to Automate Lending 

November 08, 2021
Document automation platform Ocrolus and cloud banking platform Blend announced Monday (Nov. 8) a strategic partnership that will embed Ocrolus’ Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) document analysis solution within the Blend platform to...

Digital Lending Platform Blend Labs To Raise $360M In IPO

July 06, 2021
The digital lending platform Blend Labs Inc. is going public. The company announced Tuesday it had launched the roadshow for the initial public offering (IPO) of 20 million shares of...