Tagged: acquisition

December 2, 2022 @ 10:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Decimal, a Fintech company offering bookkeeping and accounting operations for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs),  announced it “has acquired the cloud-based bookkeeping service and certain other assets of KPMG Spark, owned by Big Four tax, accounting and advisory firm KPMG LLP.” Financial terms “were not… Read More

December 1, 2022 @ 11:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s “leading” blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, announced it has “acquired 100% of Sakura Exchange BitCoin (SEBC), the Japanese-registered crypto exchange service provider.” Through this acquisition, Binance enters “the Japanese market, as a Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA)… Read More

November 26, 2022 @ 6:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

QUANTIFEED, the provider of digital wealth management solutions, announces that it has acquired ALPIMA, a London-based portfolio construction, visualisation, and analytics fintech company. Alex Ypsilanti, Co-Founder and CEO of Quantifeed, said: “We are very excited about bringing together two hugely talented teams of financial engineers… Read More

November 23, 2022 @ 4:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Motive Partners, a specialist private equity firm focused on building, backing, and buying the technology companies that enable the financial economy, announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire embedded/capital GmbH, a European venture capital platform “focused on supporting the next wave of… Read More

November 21, 2022 @ 6:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fortis, which claims to be the leader in embedded payments for software providers, announced the company is “expanding its suite of technology solutions by acquiring Payment Logistics, a payment technology company based in La Jolla, California.” Payment Logistics “not only brings dozens of embedded payments… Read More

November 20, 2022 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ROX Equity Partners, a UK based private equity company, has acquired SilverBridge. The financial services technology provider “has become the first subsidiary in the newly established Alula Technologies group providing solutions to the insurance and health industries.” As an organization who has demonstrated its ability… Read More

November 18, 2022 @ 5:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arkon Energy, which claims to be a “100% renewable” data center infrastructure company, has announced the completion of a US $28M raise. The Australia-based company has also “completed the acquisition of Hydrokraft AS, a leading renewable energy-based data center in Norway.” The Hydrokraft purchase is… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 10:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Opn, the one-stop payments solutions company from Japan and Southeast Asia, announced that it has acquired MerchantE, an end-to-end digital commerce platform that “provides payment processing and solutions to businesses of all sizes in the United States.” The acquisition will “accelerate Opn’s growth and innovation… Read More

November 9, 2022 @ 9:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayTabs — MENA and South Asia’s payments Fintech — in a new move announced that it plans “to acquire a 100% stake in Digital Pay, Saudi Arabia.” Under the terms of the acquisition, Digital Pay will “serve as PayTabs’ flagship point of sale (POS) terminal… Read More

November 9, 2022 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], a global player focused on payment services, announced the signing of a binding agreement for the acquisition of Banco Desio’s merchant acquiring activities and the planned set-up of a commercial partnership “aiming to leverage Banco Desio’s banking network in order to distribute… Read More

November 8, 2022 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) announced that it has agreed to acquire Boston-based Wall Street Horizon, Inc. (WSH), a provider of global market-moving action and global corporate event data. Jay Rajarathinam, Chief Operating Officer, TMX Group, said: “TMX Group is committed to serving the evolving needs… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 3:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

impak Ratings, an impact analysis, and ratings Fintech, acquires 100% of London-based Exerica’s assets to expand its AI capabilities. Exerica’s entire team will be “integrated into impak’s production processes along with its proprietary AI data extraction and contextualization software.” This will “increase production capacity for… Read More

November 4, 2022 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BKKT), a digital asset platform that unlocks crypto and drives loyalty to create delightful, connected experiences for a broad range of clients, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Apex Crypto, LLC from Apex Fintech Solutions, Inc. This acquisition is “expected… Read More

November 2, 2022 @ 5:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluefin, the integrated payments firm focused on PCI-validated encryption and tokenization technologies that protect payments and sensitive data, announced the acquisition of TECS Payment Systems, a global provider of omnichannel payment solutions to acquirers, payment service providers and POS system providers. Consumer demand for omnichannel… Read More

October 28, 2022 @ 8:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

InComm Payments, a global payments technology company, announced it has acquired The Card Network (TCN), an Australian-based gift card provider “known for its suite of creatively themed, multi-brand gift cards.” The acquisition “enhances InComm Payments’ ability to create personable gift card products that consumers seek,… Read More

October 27, 2022 @ 4:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IRIS Software Group, a global software provider of accountancy solutions, announced it has acquired Thomson Reuters myPay Solutions, a trusted online payroll processing service designed to empower CPAs. myPay Solutions “provides comprehensive outsourced payroll and associated banking and tax services via CPA firms to small… Read More

October 27, 2022 @ 10:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Only a few weeks after finalizing the sale of its terminal business to Apollo Funds for €2.3 billion, Worldline [Euronext: WLN] has now moved to acquire a 55% stake in SoftPos.eu, a Warsaw-headquartered Fintech platform that reportedy converts Android devices into secure payment terminals. The… Read More

October 18, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra recently announced that The Belize Bank Limited, one of the largest banks in Belize, providing retail, corporate and commercial banking services, “successfully migrated the business of Scotiabank (Belize) Limited onto the Fusion Essence core banking platform following an acquisition facilitated by its parent company,… Read More

October 18, 2022 @ 1:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment in the regulatory compliance consultancy marks Copper Street Capital’s fifth investment, as the private equity investor “widens its portfolio across lower mid-market European financial services.” Thistle Initiatives Group will use Copper Street investment “to double in size over the next three years through organic… Read More

October 14, 2022 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Data solutions provider, Sagacity Solutions Ltd., recently announced its acquisition of data marketing and insight agency, REaD Group Ltd. The acquisition will give clients “a one-stop-shop for clean, accurate and compliant data with … comprehensive insights.” Sagacity will “provide an intelligently informed customer lifecycle proposition… Read More