PPDAI plans to raise up to $350 million in their IPO and list on the NYSE. Source
Shares began trading on the NYSE this morning under ticker PPDF; shares were priced at $13 and the company raised $221 million; the company launched in 2007 and has over 57 million cumulative registered users; it targets borrowers between 20 and 40. Source
Ppdai is reportedly looking to a US IPO and plans to raise $200 million; it would be the second lender to do so after Yirendai in 2015 who raised $75 million; the company was founded in 2007 and offers unsecured loans. Source
PPDAI plans for an IPO this month and co-founder Shaofeng Gu owns more than 25% of the business; Ning Tang of Yirendai, a US listed public company, owns 36% of the company; This year three Chinese fintech companies have gone public, raising $2.45 billion; Bloomberg provides data on the rise of the wealthiest billionaires in China. Source