SoftBank is arranging a new $5 billion margin loan to invest in OpenAI and use its shares in Arm Holdings as collateral, reports data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-10/softbank-in-talks-for-5-billion-margin-loan-backed-by-arm-stock” data-url=”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-10/softbank-in-talks-for-5-billion-margin-loan-backed-by-arm-stock” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>Bloomberg. The move will enable the company to increase its stake in OpenAI and/or invest in the company’s infrastructure, while taking the company’s total borrowing against Arm shares to $18.5 billion.
The Japanese investment company is said to be negotiating with several international banks to finalize the deal, which will be collateralized by Arm stock. The company had…
