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OPay Raises $304m in US IPO, Valued at $4bn, Puts Trading on Hold

What happened

OPay completed its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, raising $304 million.

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• ⁠ ⁠Fintech sells 16m shares at $19 apiece, rings NYSE opening bell Nume Ekeghe and Sunday Ehigiator SoftBank-backed Nigerian fintech company, OPay, has raised $304 million through its initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, securing a valuation of approximately $4 billion, but has temporarily suspended the commencement of trading in its shares over an outstanding regulatory requirement in a foreign jurisdiction. The company, which marked its listing yesterday by ringing the opening

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Event
IPO

What this signalsA public listing often brings new spend on compliance, reporting and infrastructure.

Amount
$304M
Takes effect
Oct 30, 2026
Location
New York, New York, United States
Round
IPO
Financing type
Ipo

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Numbers

Amount (USD)
$304M

Extraction

Confidence
95%
Detected
Oct 31, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
goes_public

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Signal

  • signal_nameValue in the API
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GET /v1/signals/bf4cadb9-6a2e-03e8-af5a-8ddcdb5b1e14 returns this record as JSON. POST /v1/companies/enrich returns every signal for opayweb.com.

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    "title": "OPay Raises $304m in US IPO, Valued at $4bn, Puts Trading on Hold - THISDAYLIVE",
    "excerpt": "• ⁠ ⁠Fintech sells 16m shares at $19 apiece, rings NYSE opening bell Nume Ekeghe and Sunday Ehigiator SoftBank-backed Nigerian fintech company, OPay, has raised $304 million through its initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, securing a valuation of approximately $4 billion, but has temporarily suspended the commencement of trading in its shares over an outstanding regulatory requirement in a foreign jurisdiction. The company, which marked its listing yesterday by ringing the opening",
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