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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