Jeff Kauflin
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2 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Jeff Kauflin
Chime cofounder and CEO Chris Britt started the company in 2012. Photo by Vanja Savic, NasdaqDigital bank Chime went public on the Nasdaq stock exchange today, and its stock rose 45% to about $39 per share in early trading, bringing its valuation to $17 billion when factoring in the total number of outstanding shares reported by FactSet.
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2 weeks ago |
forbesmiddleeast.com | Jeff Kauflin
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2 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Jeff Kauflin
Chime cofounder and CEO Chris Britt started the company in 2012 and has long focused on trying to get consumers to make Chime their primary banking app. Cody Pickens for ForbesThirteen-year-old digital bank Chime is expected to go public on Thursday and has already built one of the fintech industry’s largest consumer-facing businesses, with 8.6 million active customers and $1.7 billion in 2024 revenue.
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3 weeks ago |
forbesjapan.com | Jeff Kauflin
サンフランシスコに拠点を置く米国最大のデジタルバンクのChime（チャイム）は、1株あたり24ドル（約3408円。1ドル＝142円換算）から26ドル（約3692円）という株価で新規株式公開（IPO）を目指している。同社が6月2日に公開したプレスリリースや米証券取引委員会（SEC）への提出書類によれば、この価格は、ストックオプション（新株予約権）の行使などを考慮した完全希薄化ベースの時価総額が約110億ドル（約1兆5620億円）になることを意味している。この時価総額は、フィンテック業界がバブルの頂点にあった2021年8月の資金調達時にチャイムが記録した評価額の250億ドル（約3兆5500億円）を大きく下回るものだ。 同社の完全希薄化後の評価額の110億ドル（約1兆5620億円）には、従業員への株式報酬やチャリティプログラム「Chime Scholars」のために確保された5900万株が含まれている。これらの株式を除外した場合のIPO時のバリュエーションは95億ドル（約1兆3490億円）となり、フォーブスが約1年前に試算した額の80億ドル（約1兆1360億円）をやや上回る水準となる。...
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3 weeks ago |
forbesmiddleeast.com | Jeff Kauflin
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Chime is aiming to go public at an $11 billion valuation: https://t.co/0f46BoqREu. Interesting fact: Chime’s debit card was first publicly announced on the Dr. Phil show in 2014. Today, Jay McGraw, Dr. Phil’s son and a TV producer, owns 5.5 million shares of Chime, which will be
NEW: Our deep investigation into how private equity-owned companies are quietly pocketing class action payouts: https://t.co/GqorjKZzq2 https://t.co/utsyNKDFQn
Chime finally filed to go public. Its SEC filing confirms Forbes’ prior reporting on Chime’s strong growth in 2024: https://t.co/InPgpiuPQW