Tagged: acquisition

July 15, 2023 @ 3:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clear Street, a New York-based independent prime broker, announced that it intends to enter the futures clearing market with the acquisition of React Consulting Services, LLC and its proprietary, cloud-native futures clearing platform, BASIS. BASIS will be integrated “into Clear Street’s existing cloud-native clearing, settlement,… Read More

July 13, 2023 @ 9:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cornerstone Advisors, a management and technology consultancy for banks, credit unions and fintech firms, today announced the acquisition of BankSmart, a consulting firm specializing in bank operations, vendor selection, project management solutions and payments. Scott Sommer, chief executive officer at Cornerstone Advisors, said: “Since its… Read More

July 11, 2023 @ 12:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Inversis, a Banca March 100%-owned subsidiary specializing in providing global solutions for institutional clients in the financial asset distribution business, has reached an agreement with BME, a SIX company, for the complete acquisition of Openfinance. This firm reportedly “offers technological tools for the provision of… Read More

July 9, 2023 @ 12:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FIS (NYSE: FIS), which claims to be a global leader in financial services technology, announced an acceleration of its previously announced separation plan in order “to create two highly focused global companies with greater strategic flexibility.” FIS has signed a definitive agreement “to sell a… Read More

July 7, 2023 @ 9:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Merchant Lynx Services, a “top fifty” merchant acquirer, is pleased to announce their acquisition of National Credit Card Processing Group (NCCP) as “part of the company’s strategic expansion.” NCCP Group provides payment acceptance services and technology solutions “to the B2B sector.” Their core verticals “are… Read More

July 6, 2023 @ 10:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluesphere Ventures, a pioneering venture studio specializing in incubating environmental fintech ventures, announced its definitive agreement to acquire Climate Carbon, Canada’s leading broker of carbon and renewable energy credits. This acquisition is expected “to reshape the industry and accelerate the global adoption of sustainable practices.”… Read More

July 1, 2023 @ 6:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Socure, the provider of digital identity verification solutions, has acquired Berbix, a San Francisco-based startup that developed a high-accuracy document verification solution with a patent-pending forensics engine “able to detect spoofed IDs – including AI-generated fakes – that are visually indistinguishable to the human eye.”… Read More

June 30, 2023 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) recently announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pismo for $1 billion in cash. Together, they will be positioned “to provide core banking and issuer processing capabilities across debit, prepaid, credit and commercial cards for clients via cloud native APIs.”… Read More

June 28, 2023 @ 5:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AI technology is rapidly evolving and its applications even faster. Ramp says they are dedicated “to pushing the frontiers of AI to help businesses save time and money,” using GPT to deliver price intelligence, expense management, and more. As stated by the company’s management, they… Read More

June 25, 2023 @ 7:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banking-as-a-Service Fintech Bankable has reportedly acquired Arex Markets, giving the combined business entity the capability to effectively embed credit and working capital into the payment channels of major neobanks, multinational/global brands as well as Fintech platforms. Financial terms of the transactions have not been shared… Read More

June 23, 2023 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOOD) has entered into an agreement to acquire San Francisco-based X1 Inc., a platform that “offers a no-fee credit card with rewards on each purchase.” According to Robinhood, this marks “an important step in their journey towards broadening their product offerings and… Read More

June 20, 2023 @ 11:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Compass, the Mediobanca Group consumer credit arm, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of HeidiPay Switzerland AG from HeidiPay AG. HeidiPay Switzerland AG is described as “a fast-growing Swiss company specializing in the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) segment, with over 400 commercial agreements… Read More

June 16, 2023 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Backbase, the global firm focused on Engagement Banking software, announced its acquisition of Nucoro, the UK-based digital wealth platform for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition will allow Backbase “to incorporate Nucoro’s headless platform capabilities directly into the Backbase Engagement Banking platform, enabling its customers to… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 3:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ), a technology company serving the global financial system, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Adenza, a provider of mission-critical risk management and regulatory software to the financial services industry, from Thoma Bravo, a software investment firm,… Read More

June 13, 2023 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

XMDS Holding, a European software company active in the field of fintech and faretech, has acquired KUARIO, the Dutch based self-service payment provider to complement its portfolio of mobile payments solutions, playing into the increasing use of self-service kiosks. Since its establishment in 1998, XMDS… Read More

June 12, 2023 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) and Kreos Capital announced a definitive agreement under which BlackRock will acquire full control of Kreos, a provider of growth and venture debt financing to companies in the technology and healthcare industries. The acquisition of Kreos adds to BlackRock’s position as… Read More

June 12, 2023 @ 9:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Medius, a provider of accounts payable (AP) automation, announced its intent to acquire expense management software company Expensya for an undisclosed sum. Founded in Tunisia in 2014 by former Microsoft software engineers Karim Jouini and Jihed Othmani, Expensya’s web, mobile and smart payment-card solutions “automate… Read More

June 12, 2023 @ 6:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AMNIS Treasury Services AG (amnis), a Fintech company founded in 2014 with the objective of simplifying international banking for SMEs, has recently acquired the SME portfolio of FX-Consulting AG. With this strategic move, the two Zurich-based companies aim “to enhance their support for Swiss SMEs… Read More

June 12, 2023 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

B2B payment solutions provider Hokodo has announced the acquisition of a Lithuanian payments business, making it the first and, currently, only B2B Buy Now, Pay Later provider with a payments license. This acquisition is “part of Hokodo’s journey to make better payment options available to… Read More

June 9, 2023 @ 3:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Snyk, which claims tobe the leader in developer security, announced it agreed to acquire Enso Security, “pioneers” of the industry’s first Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) solution. The acquisition is “subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in Q2 2023.” Together, with… Read More