Global Payments and TSYS agree mega-merger
The third major payments industry deal so far this year.
Mergers & Acquisitions/M&A
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.
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!
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!
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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Mastercard acquires Vyze for point-of-sale financing
The ai Corporation has also implemented Mastercard’s Pay by Bank feature.
Canadian challenger Mogo merges with Difference Capital
It will give Mogo access to Difference’s technology company portfolio.
Sberbank, Gazprombank and Digital Horizon invest in biometric future
Speech Technology Centre aims to become a global leader.
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.
Top fintech stories this week – 5 March 2019
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TradeIt to be acquired by TradingView
The company will leverage TradeIt’s technology to bring mobile trading.
Crown Agents Bank bags Segovia’s payment gateway business
The bank provides payment services in frontier markets.
OnDeck acquires Evolocity
Catering for small businesses in Canada.
Broadway Technology acquires Barracuda FX for wealthtech push
Broadway will retain the full Barracuda FX team, operating as an independent company.
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FIS acquires Worldpay, PSD2, Tandem, and other news!
Envestnet | Yodlee to acquire PIEtech for $500m
This would be the tenth acquisition for the Chicago-based company.
Top fintech stories this week – 22 March 2019
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Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 18 March 2019
More open banking news, fintechs in LatAm, an a MasterCard acquisition.
FIS acquires Worldpay for $34bn
The resulting merger will have an enterprise value of approximately $43bn.
Paytech InComm acquires Linq3 Technologies
This is the firm’s eighth acquisition.
Mastercard acquires Ethoca for e-commerce fraud protection
Follows on from Mastercard’s recent acquisition of Transfast.
Mastercard drops Earthport bid for Transfast acquisition
The firm will now get this cross-border account-to-account money transfer network instead.
Wave acquires Canadian SME account provider Every
Software firm plans to integrate more financial products and services.
ACI to acquire Speedpay for $750m from Western Union
Deal will bring Speedpay and UP Bill Payment platforms together.
Zurich North America acquires Sea Pine for auto insurance action
Deal for dealers as insurance firm gets access to vehicle protection products.
BlackBerry buys AI cybersecurity firm Cylance for $1.4bn
BlackBerry says it is “now a billion-dollar cybersecurity firm”.
Entrust Datacard acquires Thales’ data security business
Will get the general purpose hardware security module, nCipher Security.
Top fintech stories this week – 22 February 2019
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