Tagged: acquisition

February 28, 2023 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cashfree Payments, India’s payments and API banking company, announced its strategic acquisition of Zecpe, a one-click checkout company. Zecpe enables e-commerce businesses “to improve checkout conversion by making the process quick and seamless for customers.” Zecpe will now “operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cashfree… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Doconomy, the climate technology startup helping banks, brands, and consumers to better understand and reduce their environmental impact – has acquired Stockholm-based financial wellbeing fintech Dreams Technology. This marks the “first” deal of its kind “to bridge the unique intersection of behavioural economics and climate… Read More

February 26, 2023 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Noventiq (LSE: SFTL), the global digital transformation and cybersecurity solutions and services provider, announces that the acquisition of the majority stake of Saga Group has been closed. In September 2022, Noventiq signed an agreement “to acquire Saga Group.” The transaction strengthens Noventiq’s presence in Eastern… Read More

February 23, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FNZ, the global wealth management platform, has confirmed the completion of its acquisition of YieldX, a US-based provider of fixed-income portfolio management technology and optimization services for the wealth management industry. The acquisition “brings together the full-service end-to-end platform of FNZ with YieldX’s market-leading digital… Read More

February 16, 2023 @ 6:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zopa has announced the acquisition of buy now – pay later (BNPL) platform  DivideBuy. Terms of the transaction were not immediately available. Zopa recently raised £75 million as it gears up for the possibility of more acquisitions. The acquisition is expected to complete in the… Read More

February 15, 2023 @ 12:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Coinmetro has announced that their firm has acquired Ignium.io, a blockchain-native fundraising platform for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), for EUR 4 mil.” Ignium was “created to address the pressing issue of 60 million small businesses world-wide lacking optimum financial services.” The… Read More

February 15, 2023 @ 11:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wahed has acquired iWill Solicitors, the UK pioneers “in Islamic wills, in a seven-figure transaction.” iWill Solicitors will “become a pillar of Wahed’s financial platform—helping ethical investors to secure the next generation.” Wahed also “acquires True Wills, a pioneering online Islamic will-writing service.” Wahed, a… Read More

February 14, 2023 @ 3:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) announced that it has “acquired OJO Canada — the Canadian operations of U.S.-based real estate technology company, OJO Holdings Corp.” The acquisition further “enables RBC’s commitment to supporting Canadians at every stage in their home buying journey by offering intuitive,… Read More

February 9, 2023 @ 9:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FNZ, the global wealth management platform, has agreed to acquire International Fund Services & Asset Management SA (ifsam), a Luxembourg-based B2B fund platform. The acquisition, which is “subject to regulatory approval, will strengthen FNZ’s global client proposition for both asset managers and distributors, adding advanced… Read More

February 8, 2023 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Billing Better, the UK bills management company, recently revealed that it has acquired Homebox, a utilities comparison and switching service. The two firms have been working together during the last few years, and this acquisition brings together the strengths of both businesses in order to… Read More

February 7, 2023 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

International fraud prevention company SEON has announced the acquisition of compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) specialist firm, Complytron. The acquisition instantly adds AML capabilities “to SEON’s fraud fighting toolkit and signals a new focus on holistic FinCrime prevention for the growing business.” As a result… Read More

February 6, 2023 @ 12:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Radiant Logic, the Identity Data Fabric company, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Brainwave GRC, a key player focused on Identity Governance and Analytics (IGA) headquartered in France. Together, Radiant Logic and Brainwave GRC address “a broad set of identity… Read More

January 31, 2023 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Yield App has acquired Trofi Group, a platform that offers structured product solutions for cryptocurrencies, in response “to growing investor demand for enhanced yield investment opportunities.” The acquisition adds four new structured product strategies “to Yield App’s product suite that offer the opportunity to capture… Read More

January 29, 2023 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OneSpan Inc. (NASDAQ: OSPN), the digital agreements security company, announced that it has agreed to acquire ProvenDB, an Australia-based startup that delivers secure storage and vaulting for documents based on blockchain technology, “to provide an industry-leading trust model for high assurance contracts and documents.” ProvenDB… Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 7:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Merchant commerce omnichannel company, Pine Labs announced that it has acquired a proprietary enterprise platform from Bengaluru-based Saluto Wellness Private Limited. This acquisition will “boost the capabilities of Pine Labs’ Issuing Business under the Qwikcilver brand, enabling it to strengthen its offerings across employee rewards… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 7:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Abacus Group, the provider of hosted IT services and solutions to alternative investment firms, announces that it has acquired two boutique cybersecurity consulting companies, Gotham Security and its parent company, GoVanguard, both of which have solid track records of excellence in the cyber arena. Gotham… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Forter, the Trust Platform for digital commerce, announced the acquisition of Immue, a bot detection company based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Forter’s first acquisition will “not only strengthen the company’s existing fraud management capabilities but add Immue’s domain-specific bot expertise.” Bots are used “by the… Read More

January 17, 2023 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FNZ, the global wealth management platform, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Fondsdepot Bank, one of the leading independent platforms for trading and custody in Germany. The acquisition represents “a further investment by FNZ in the German market and will bring together the complementary… Read More

January 16, 2023 @ 3:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Deel notes that they are building the “best” equity and compliance product for global companies and their teams. The Deel team writes in a blog post that we all know equity “can be one of the best ways to attract and retain… Read More

January 15, 2023 @ 3:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CUBE, which claims to be a global leader in Automated Regulatory Intelligence (ARI),  announced its acquisition of The Hub, a RegTech firm providing highly innovative artificial intelligence solutions for capturing and monitoring unstructured data across the regulatory internet. As global regulations continue to rapidly evolve,… Read More