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SoFi launches gig-focused ETF
SoFi is one of the leading fintech startups to emerge from San Francisco and breach the financial markets. Originally started as a way to better finance student debt, it has since expanded to include
SoFi founder Mike Cagney’s new company, Figure, just raised another $65 million
Figure, a 13-month-old, San Francisco-based company that says it uses blockchain technology to provide home equity loans online in as little as five days, has raised a whole lot of money in not a lot
FTC finalizes settlement with student loan refinancer SoFi over deceptive advertising
The FTC announced this morning it has approved the final consent order with online student loan refinancer SoFi, which resolves the allegations around SoFi’s deceptive advertising practices. Las
SoFi founder Mike Cagney is back with a new startup and $50 million in funding
Mike Cagney, who was ousted last summer from the lending company he founded, is back with a new startup and a whole lot of funding from at least one of his previous investors. According to a new repor
MIT’s soft robotic fish is studying real ones in Fiji
MIT CSAIL just revealed footage of SoFi, the lab’s robotic fish, which looks right at home swimming amongst the coral reefs of Fiji. The project is an attempt to create an autonomous underwater veh
Twitter COO Anthony Noto resigns to become SoFi CEO
Twitter COO Anthony Noto has left the company, Twitter announced Tuesday. Noto’s leaving because he accepted a CEO role elsewhere, according to the release. Just last week, the WSJ reported that
SoFi held acquisition talks with Charles Schwab
SoFi, the online lending giant, held conversations with Charles Schwab about a potential acquisition by the brokerage firm, according to a source with knowledge of the discussions. The M&A talks
Robert Scoble has allegedly continued to sexually harass women after going sober
Venture capitalists Dave McClure, Jason Caldbeck and Chris Sacca, SoFi CEO Mike Cagney and a top Uber engineer have all been accused of sexual impropriety in the last six months as a growing number o
Online lender Earnest sells to Navient, in a disappointing deal for investors
Earnest, a well-funded fintech startup with bold ambitions to create a modern financial institution, is selling to the student-loan company Navient for $155 million in cash. The WSJ was first to repor
Equity podcast: SoFi loses its CEO, big rounds for unicorns, and will this VC buy the iPhone X?
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital themed podcast that we are bringing live to Disrupt SF next Wednesday. All the cool kids will be there to chat numbers and heckle.
SoFi responds to sexual harassment and wage lawsuits
Last month a SoFi senior operations manager filed a lawsuit saying he was wrongfully terminated for reporting sexual harassment, as well as for outing managers who he claims improperly recorded loans.
SoFi loses another senior executive, as chief revenue officer Michael Tannenbaum departs
Online finance startup SoFi has lost yet another senior executive, TechCrunch has learned. Chief revenue officer Michael Tannenbaum is the latest exec to leave, following a string of departures in the
Six months after acquisition, SoFi is shutting down Zenbanx
Online lending company SoFi is closing down Zenbanx, the online banking provider it bought earlier this year. In an email sent to Zenbanx customers, the company announced that it will close all accoun
SoFi has applied for a bank charter
In May, SoFi CEO Michael Cagney told TechCrunch the company would be applying for a bank charter "in the next month." Well, it's about a month later, and -- surprise! -- the company has actually done
SoFi co-founder Dan Macklin is leaving the company
Another one of the co-founders of online lending startup SoFi is leaving the company, TechCrunch has learned. Dan Macklin, who served as VP of Community and Member Success at SoFi, has announced inter
SoFi’s CEO wishes the US had less student loan debt
SoFi was founded on the business of helping high-earning graduates refinance their student loans. But perhaps ironically, CEO Michael Cagney thinks today’s record amount of student loan debt is
SoFi gets into wealth management
SoFi wants to be at the center of its members' financial lives, and believes the best way to do so is to provide new products that complement its existing portfolio of student loan, mortgage and other
SoFi plans to apply for a bank charter in the next month
With an eye on providing banking services later this year, online lending startup SoFi is planning to apply for an industrial bank charter in the next month, according to CEO Mike Cagney. If approved,
What do you want to ask SoFi CEO Mike Cagney at Disrupt NY?
Have you ever wanted to know what makes a fintech startup tick, but didn’t have the chance, or the right person, to ask? Well, we’ve got you covered: Mike Cagney, the co-founder and CEO of
SoFi confirms $500 million in new funding as it pushes beyond lending
Online finance startup SoFi got its start refinancing student loans but gradually has been adding other services to members. To expand into new regions and move closer to becoming a full-service finan