专注于尼日利亚的支付平台有限公司（Ltd.）以面临监管调查为由，暂停了一项原定于周五开始在纽约证券交易所交易的首次公开募股。
Ltd., a Nigeria-focused payments platform, halted an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange that was supposed to start trading on Friday, citing a regulatory inquiry.
OPay周六在给彭博新闻社的一份声明中表示：“公司相信该调查将在不久的将来得到满意的解决。”该公司表示，该调查涉及“一个对公司核心业务运营无关紧要的司法管辖区”，但未提供更多细节。
“The company is confident that the inquiry will be concluded satisfactorily in the near future,” OPay said in a statement to Bloomberg News on Saturday. It said the inquiry related to “a jurisdiction that is immaterial to the company’s core business operations,” but didn’t provide further details.
该公司表示：“经过仔细考虑并与承销商讨论后，公司确定目前不推进发行将是最审慎的做法。因此，此次发行将不会完成，公司的美国存托股份也不会像原计划那样开始在纽约证券交易所交易。”这次突然撤回暂停了今年纽约最受瞩目的新兴市场金融科技上市之一，该上市原本预计以约40亿美元的估值首次亮相。
“After careful consideration and discussions with the underwriters, the company determined that not proceeding with the offering at this time would be the most prudent course of action,” the company said. “As a result, the offering will not be completed, and the company’s ADSs will not commence trading on the New York Stock Exchange as previously scheduled.”The sudden withdrawal halts what was set to be one of the highest-profile emerging-market fintech listings in New York this year — one that was expected to debut at a valuation of about $4 billion.
这家得到软银集团公司支持的公司的美国存托凭证在纽约周五下午2点时显示开盘价为每股16.25美元至16.75美元，就在OPay将美国存托凭证定价为每股19美元的次日。但它们并未如预期那样开始交易。纽约证券交易所的消息流报告称，由于有待公布的消息，交易于下午3点30分暂停，不过没有已执行的交易。根据先前的声明，OPay的首次公开募股由花旗集团、德意志银行和标准银行主导。标准银行将置评请求转回给该公司。花旗拒绝置评，德意志银行未立即回应置评请求。
The SoftBank Group Corp.-backed company’s American Depositary Receipts were indicated to open at $16.25 to $16.75 each as of 2 p.m. on Friday in New York, the day after OPay priced the ADRs at $19 each. But they didn’t begin trading as expected. The New York Stock Exchange’s message feed reported a trading halt at 3:30 p.m. with news pending, though no executed trades OPay’s IPO was led by Citigroup Inc., Deutsche Bank AG and Standard Bank, according to an earlier statement. Standard Bank refered requests for comment back to the company. Citi declined to comment and Deutsche Bank didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
该公司在声明中表示：“OPay希望强调，这一进展不应被误解为对公司业务表现、财务状况、运营完整性或监管地位的反映。该事项涉及一个外国司法管辖区的调查，目前正通过适当渠道进行处理。”OPay是尼日利亚快速增长的数字支付领域的巨头，拥有超过5000万用户。该公司表示，其对尼日利亚的长期承诺坚定不移，并将继续深化其在非洲这个人口最多国家的投资。
“OPay wishes to emphasize that this development should not be misconstrued as a reflection on the company’s business performance, financial condition, operational integrity, or regulatory standing,” the company said in its statement. “The matter relates to an inquiry in a foreign jurisdiction, which is being addressed through the appropriate channels.”OPay is a dominant player in Nigeria’s fast growing digital payments sector, with more than 50 million users. The company said its long-term commitment to Nigeria was unwavering, and that it will continue to deepen its investments in Africa’s most populous nation.