Top fintech stories this week – 10 May 2019
Deutsche Bank picks Red Hat, Orange acquires Secure Link, and much more!
Mergers & Acquisitions/M&A
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
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
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.
Top fintech stories this week – 5 March 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
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.
Three-way merger creates enlarged Bank of Baroda
The three banks are Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank, and Dena Bank.
OnDeck acquires Evolocity
Catering for small businesses in Canada.
Fidor CEO leaves as BPCE sells bank
Matthias Kröener founded Fidor ten years ago.
Broadway Technology acquires Barracuda FX for wealthtech push
Broadway will retain the full Barracuda FX team, operating as an independent company.
Finleap acquires German challenger bank Penta
Penta will collaborate with Beesy to serve Italian freelance market.
VC financing enables MeaWallet management buyout
Thanks to a “substantial capital injection” from Idekapital
eToro buys blockchain company Firmo
This is eToro’s first acquisition.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 25 March 2019
FIS acquires Worldpay, PSD2, Tandem, and other news!
One Finance gets bigger with Amplify acquisition
The details of the deal remain undisclosed.
HSBC to offer BlackRock’s Aladdin software to wealthy customers worldwide
BlackRock also announces acquisition of eFront
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
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 18 March 2019
More open banking news, fintechs in LatAm, an a MasterCard acquisition.
