SOFI - This Fintech Stock Is Rebranding. Here's Why It Could Help the Stock Take Off
2025-11-02 14:00:00 ET
Fintech stocks are an intriguing play right now. Over the past five years, they've endured the pandemic and pandemic-related inflation, the fastest-ever increases in the federal funds rate , the regional banking crisis of 2023, and then the "Liberation Day" global turmoil.
Yet with interest rates now on their way down and the economy seemingly getting back to a "normal" environment, surviving fintech stocks could be big winners.
LendingClub (NYSE: LC) is the oldest and most seasoned of these new-aged lenders, and has in many ways executed better than newer peers through the recent downturns. Nevertheless, its valuation has badly lagged peers such as SoFi Technologies and Upstart Holdings .