Robinhood shares tumble after PayPal news, SEC scrutiny of key revenue stream

Shares of Robinhood Markets Inc (HOOD.O), a popular gateway for trading meme stocks, tumbled nearly 7% on Monday on news that PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL.O) may start an online brokerage and a report saying regulators were looking at a possible ban on a practice that accounts for the bulk of the company’s revenue.

Robinhood’s meme stock status fuels IPO uncertainty

Robinhood Markets Inc (HOOD.O) thrived thanks to the popularity of so-called meme stocks such as GameStop Corp (GME.N) with retail investors. Becoming a meme stock itself comes with trading volatility that is giving pause to some potential investors in its initial public offering.

Robinhood says U.S. watchdogs probing staff meme stock trading, registration

Robinhood Markets Inc disclosed on Tuesday it has received inquiries from U.S. watchdogs asking whether employees traded GameStop Corp. (GME.N) and AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (AMC.N) before the online broker publicly announced it was restricting trading in those and other meme stocks on Jan. 28.

Robinhood seeks up to $35 bln valuation in mega U.S. IPO

Robinhood Markets Inc is targeting a valuation of up to $35 billion in its initial public offering in the United States, the company revealed in a Monday filing, setting the stage for one of the most highly anticipated stock market listings this year.

Robinhood IPO faces threat of retail snub on Reddit

Online brokerage Robinhood Markets Inc, which helped enable the “meme stock” frenzy earlier this year and later attracted flak for its handling of the trading mania, is facing pushback on social media forums against its initial public offering.

Explainer: The regulatory and legal headwinds facing Robinhood

WASHINGTON, July 1 (Reuters) – Robinhood Markets Inc, the online brokerage at the center of this year’s retail trading frenzy, disclosed on Thursday previously unreported regulatory risks in its long-awaited initial public offering filing. Amid an increasingly hostile climate in Democrat-led Washington, Robinhood’s growing regulatory attention could be a turn off for some potential investors. […]