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Softbank-Backed OPay Prices at $4 Billion Value for New York IPO

Bloomberg Technology Friday 30 October 2026, 10:13 UTC By Loni Prinsloo 1 min read
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EXCLUSIVE Softbank-Backed OPay Prices at $4 Billion Value for New York IPO Softbank Group Corp.-backed OPay Ltd. priced its initial public offering in New York at $19 a share, valuing the Africa-focused fintech at about $4 billion. The placement by the payments company, which had offered 16 million American depositary shares, is at the bottom of the $19 to $21 range, according to a company filing. The firm’s shares will start trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday and the pricing...

EXCLUSIVE Softbank-Backed OPay Prices at $4 Billion Value for New York IPO Softbank Group Corp.-backed OPay Ltd. priced its initial public offering in New York at $19 a share, valuing the Africa-focused fintech at about $4 billion. The placement by the payments company, which had offered 16 million American depositary shares, is at the bottom of the $19 to $21 range, according to a company filing. The firm’s shares will start trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday and the pricing makes OPay one of the largest fintechs to emerge from the continent.
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