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The company I am going to introduce is $Ally(ALLY)$

It went public on 10th April 2014.

【Company Profile】

Ally Financial Inc., a digital financial-services company, provides various digital financial products and services to consumer, commercial, and corporate customers primarily in the United States and Canada. It operates through four segments: Automotive Finance Operations, Insurance Operations, Mortgage Finance Operations, and Corporate Finance Operations. 

The company also offers commercial banking products and services. In addition, it provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services. The company was formerly known as GMAC Inc. and changed its name to Ally Financial Inc. in May 2010. Ally Financial Inc. was founded in 1919 and is based in Detroit, Michigan.

【History & Events】

In 1939, the company founded Motors Insurance Corporation and entered the vehicle insurance market.

In 1985, while GM was under the leadership ofRoger Smith, who sought to diversify the company, GMAC formed GMAC Mortgage and acquired Colonial Mortgage as well as the servicing arm of Norwest Mortgage, which included an $11 billion mortgage portfolio.

In 1991, the company was forced to write-off $275 million in bad debt as part of a $436 million loss suffered from fraud committed by John McNamara, who ran a Ponzi scheme.

In 1998, the company formed GMAC Real Estate. 

In 2006, General Motors sold a 51% interest in GMAC to Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity firm.

In 2010, GMAC re-branded itself as Ally Financial.

In 2016, Ally Bank re-entered the mortgage business with the launch of its direct-to-consumer offering called Ally Home.

In 2021, Ally acquired Fair Square Financial, a credit card company, for $750 million and subsequently rebranded the subsidiary and product as Ally Credit Card.

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​​【Competitors】

Donnelley Financial Solutions $Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.(DFIN)$

Freedom Mortgage $Freedom Holding Corp(FRHC)$

Sterling Bancorp $STERLING GP(01825)$

Capital One $Capital One(COF)$

Bank of America $Bank of America(BAC)$