The San Francisco based company, which was valued at $4.8b in a private fundraising round last year, has held talks with a number of so-called special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). The discussions show that going public is solidly in the sights of SoFi’s CEO, Anthony Noto.
SPACs have emerged as one of Wall Street’s most popular investment vehicles in 2020, with 208 SPACs raising more than $70 billion so far this year, according to SPAC Research. United Wholesale Mortgage and Finance of America were among the mortgage lenders that agreed to go public this year through SPACs.