secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Chime Financial, Inc. (CHYM)
CIK:        0001795586
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-08T21:28:16+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-385383
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Chime to acquire Stride Bank for $590M cash; raises Q3 and FY 2026 guidance
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- Chime (CHYM) agrees to buy Stride Bank, N.A. parent Central Service Corp for $590M cash; Stride to become Chime Bank, N.A.
- Deal expected to close in H1 2027, subject to OCC and Federal Reserve approval; boards of both companies unanimously approved.
- Transaction expected to be immediately accretive to EPS with over $100M in net synergies from sponsor-bank fee savings and lower funding costs.
- Q3 2026 revenue guided to $705M (~30% YoY growth), adjusted EBITDA $117-120M; FY revenue $2.76-2.77B (~26-27% YoY), adjusted EBITDA $481-489M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795586/000119312526385383/0001193125-26-385383-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795586/000119312526385383/d948605d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-385383

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