Top fintech stories this week – 14 June 2019
This week, we look at the FCA’s new rules, SoftBank’s investment, and the World Bank’s new tech.
Mergers & Acquisitions/M&A
StatPro acquires ECPI research and index
The group will also take on the employees of ECPI, ESG unit in Milan.
H&R Block acquires Wave Financial for $398m
It follows Wave’s recent acquisition of Every.
CloudBees acquires Rollout to ease feature deployment
Targeting the continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) market.
SimCorp acquires AIM Software for €60m for data management boost
The Danish investech will include AIM’s solution to its portfolio.
Prepaid payments firm InComm acquires Hallmark Business Connections
Hallmark Business Connections provides employee incentive programmes.
Refinitiv acquires AlphaDesk to expand buy-side solutions
Deal adds a cloud-based OMS to Refinitiv’s offering.
Global Payments and TSYS agree mega-merger
The third major payments industry deal so far this year.
Top fintech stories this week – 24 May 2019
TransferWise just became even bigger, Nuvei Bidco acquires SafeCharge, and more!
Nuvei Bidco acquires paytech SafeCharge for $889m
SafeCharge board unanimously recommends the deal.
Cryptomathic acquires Aconite Tech for EMV infrastructure prowess
The two firms say they have complementary and similar products.
TransUnion acquires TruSignal
Financial details remain undisclosed.
Top fintech stories this week – 17 May 2019
SoftBank’s big investment, as well as BCR’s pool B… and more!
Certua acquires insurtech Surely Group
It is to bolster Certua’s new insurance platform.
ION Investment Group acquires majority stake in Acuris
BC Partners and Acuris management retain minority ownership.
Liquidnet acquires RSRCHXchange for investment data insights
RSRCHXchange digitises content and provides a centralised hub for research access.
Top fintech stories this week – 10 May 2019
Deutsche Bank picks Red Hat, Orange acquires Secure Link, and much more!
Orange acquires SecureLink for €515m
Investcorp originally acquired SecureLink in December 2015.
What’s driving change and where’s M&A activity in the fintech sector?
A “technological arms race” to digitise processes and drive efficiencies is on!
Mastercard acquires Transactis to boost Bill Pay Exchange
Transactis makes digital payment services available to small businesses.
Broadridge acquires Rockall for securities lending
Financial details were not disclosed.
Equifax acquires PayNet to boost SME credit access
PayNet CEO says deal will support “Main Street American business”.
Top fintech stories this week – 26 April 2019
Figure Eight acquired by Appen, T-mobile launches checking account, and RBS’ digital bank picks Mambu.
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Figure Eight acquired by Appen
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Top fintech stories this week – 18 April 2019
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NPM Capital acquires 35% stake in Dutch fintech Ohpen
Ambitions to expand to large banks and pension market.
Mastercard acquires Vyze for point-of-sale financing
The ai Corporation has also implemented Mastercard’s Pay by Bank feature.
Merchant platform Pine Labs acquires Qwikcilver for $100m
Actis is increasing its investment in Pine Labs as a result.
Canadian challenger Mogo merges with Difference Capital
It will give Mogo access to Difference’s technology company portfolio.
Vision Blue acquires Cardiff-based SamePage
Both firms are happy about how the GDFC deal went.
Credit Karma closes Noddle acquisition for UK expansion
It will make Noddle’s premium services available for all.
Sberbank, Gazprombank and Digital Horizon invest in biometric future
Speech Technology Centre aims to become a global leader.
PayU acquires Wibmo for Indian mobile payments fun
It also has other high growth markets in sight.
Sopra Steria acquires France-based core system vendor SAB
SAB’s SAB AT will be added to the acquisitive French company’s existing range of acquired core offerings.
Nasdaq announces purchase of shares in Oslo Stock Exchange
Board unanimously recommended Nasdaq’s offer
Nordic Capital acquires digital identity firm Signicat
The financial details for the Norwegian security firm have not been disclosed.
NIIT Technologies to acquire Whishworks
Specific terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Torstone Tech grows with Percentile acquisition
Percentile’s risk solution will be integrated into Torstone’s offering.
Euronext ahead in bid race for Oslo Bors with regulator’s recommendation
The Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority is vouching for Euronext.
