SoFi to Go Public Through $8.7 Billion Blank-Check Combination
Lending startup SoFi is going public through a combination with the special-purpose acquisition company
Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. V,
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in a deal that values the company at $8.65 billion, the companies said.
The company, officially named Social Finance Inc., began as a student loan refinance business