Nigerian fintech firm OPay don list for di New York Stock Exchange, and e raise $304 million for im initial public offering, wey put di company value at $4 billion. Premium Times report di listing, wey mark one major step for one Nigerian-founded technology company inside di American public market.
OPay yarn say di company dey enter public markets from position of financial strength. Di company tok say e reach $1 billion revenue run rate for di second quarter of 2026, and for di first six months of 2026, business grow 137 per cent year-on-year.
Di OPay outing na one part of di activity wey surround di New York Stock Exchange dis period. Di exchange dey welcome new listings, but e also dey face movement of old tenants, changes to how trading dey run, and fresh plans for products wey go operate round di clock.
One big name dey waka out. CNBC report say General Motors go comot from di NYSE go join Nasdaq on November 17. Di move mean say di carmaker shares no go dey trade for di New York exchange again from dat date.
Trading matter also shake di exchange. Bloomberg report say NYSE Options Exchange stop trading because of wetin dem call ‘technical issue’. Di report come out on Friday, 23 October 2026.
Reuters also report say NYSE dey move to bring all-or-nothing options to stocks and to company earnings. Di plan mean say di exchange dey push to add dis kind option to shares and to wetin companies dey declare as profit.
For di digital-asset side, The Crypto Times report say ICE, wey be di owner of NYSE, and trade[XYZ] dey plan one CFTC-regulated US market for 24/7 perpetual futures on Hyperliquid. Di market go cover equities, indices and commodities.
