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Chime has officially filed for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) and aims to list its Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “CHYM.”
Regarding valuation, while some older reports or private funding rounds from 2021 indicated a valuation of around $25 billion, more recent estimates and current discussions suggest that Chime’s IPO valuation is likely to be lower, in the range of $8 billion to $9 billion as you mentioned. This reflects a shift in market conditions for fintech companies since their last private funding round.
The exact number of shares to be offered and the final price range for the IPO have not yet been determined by Chime. The company confidentially filed its registration documents in December 2024 and publicly filed its S-1 statement in May 2025, indicating that the IPO is expected to take place in 2025.

Video courtesy of First Bank of Nigeria

Video courtesy of First Bank of Nigeria