Posted on February 14, 2021 | by news-summaadvisory

Top Fintech News Stories for Friday February 12, 2021

Here are the top news stories from our daily newsletter today:

Mobile bank MoneyLion to go public via blank-check merger in $2.9 billion deal – Reuters
OppFi is the latest fintech to go public via SPAC – American Banker
Bitcoin to Come to America’s Oldest Bank, BNY Mellon – The Wall Street Journal
loanDepot Prices IPO Significantly Lower, Shares Float on NYSE – Crowdfund Insider
Credit Karma Money integrates with TurboTax – Finextra
Money Left on the Table? loanDepot Closes at $22 a Share Up 57% From IPO Price [u] – Crowdfund Insider
Buy now, bank later: Klarna’s bold new business model in Germany – American Banker
Finicity talks data aggregators’ treatment under the Fair Credit Reporting Act – FinLedger
Robinhood’s pain is Public’s gain as VCs rush to give it more money – TechCrunch
Blockchain Mortgage Platform Figure Launches SPAC to Raise $250M – CoinDesk

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