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SoftBank-Backed OPay Halts IPO to Respond to Regulatory Inquiry

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OPay 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.

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