Tagged: acquisition

U.S. Fintech AvidXchange Announces Acquisition of AP Solutions Core Associates

  AvidXchange, a U.S. fintech that provides accounts payable and automated payment solutions to midsize businesses, announced on Monday it has acquired Core Associates, the makers of TimberScan and complementary AP solutions. AvidXchange claims that through the acquisition, it is now one of the foremost… Read More

U.S. Fintech Xalles Set to Acquire Cryptocurrency Platform Vigor Crypto Holdings

Xalles Holdings Inc. (OTC: XALL), a fintech holding company providing technology and financial services solutions, recently announced it will acquire Vigor Crypto Holdings, a cryptocurrency firm, as a wholly owned subsidiary under Xalles Capital Inc. Xalles notably claims that Vigor Crypto has been enhancing its cryptocurrency… Read More

Fintech SoFi Notes that Q4 2020 M&A + IPO Spike was Much Higher than 2008 Financial Crisis and Other Periods of Downturn

San Francisco-based SoFi, a financial services firm that helps people “get their money right—save, spend, borrow, and invest in one app,” has noted that 2020 was a year to remember. Industries were forced to adapt to changing consumer behavior, capital markets fluctuated wildly, and people… Read More

Fintech Firms and Incumbents are Collaborating Instead of Directly Competing in Post COVID World, Industry Analyst Explains

Collaboration is the “new competition” in the financial technology industry, according to Melody Brue, a Senior Fintech Analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy. Brue, a startup veteran and advisor, notes that almost every industry or sector had to “pivot” in many different ways in order… Read More

NEC Completes Acquisition of Swiss Financial Software Firm Avaloq

Avaloq, an international fintech providing services and digital solutions to banks and wealth managers, announced earlier this week the closing of NEC’s acquisition of Avaloq. As previously reported, the acquisition was announced in October and NEC purchased Avaloq for around 2.05 billion Swiss francs. Founded… Read More

PayPal’s Rumored Acquisition talks With BitGo Fall Through

PayPal’s rumored talks about acquiring BitGo, a digital asset financial services provider, has reportedly fallen through. According to Fortune, rumors began to circulate about PayPal being in talks to acquire BitGo and now the deal will officially not be happening and the cryptocurrency firm is… Read More

SaaS Tech Provider Datasite Completes Agreement to be Acquired By International Private Equity Firm CapVest

Datasite, a U.S.-based SaaS technology provider for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) professionals, announced on Wednesday it has completed its agreement to be acquired by funds managed by CapVest Partners LLP, an international private equity firm. Datasite reported that the transaction, which was first announced on… Read More

IBM Announces Acquisition of Cloud Implementation Application Transformation & Managed Services Provider Nordcloud

    U.S.-based tech giant IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM) announced on Tuesday it has acquired Nordcloud, a European cloud implementation, application transformation, and managed services provider. The acquisition comes just days after IBM announced it acquired Expertus Technologies Inc., a Canadian Fintech company that assists… Read More

NatWest Acquires Metro Bank’s Mortgage Portfolio

  UK banking group NatWest announced on Monday it has entered into an agreement with Metro Bank to acquire a £3 billion portfolio of prime UK mortgages. According to NatWest, the portfolio consists of owner-occupied residential mortgages with a weighted average current loan to value of… Read More

Nasdaq Listed Fintech Fiserv Enters Agreement to Acquire Ondot, a Digital Experience Platform for Financial Institutions

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV), a global provider of financial services technology solutions, has entered an agreement to acquire Ondot Systems, Inc., a digital experience platform for financial institutions. The transaction is expected to expand Fiserv digital capabilities, enhancing its integrated solutions so that clients can offer… Read More

Shawbrook Bank Acquires RateSetter’s Property Finance Portfolio

RateSetter, a leading UK based peer to peer lender, announced on Wednesday it has sold its £120m portfolio of property development loans to Shawbrook Bank. According to RateSetter, the acquisition follows the announcement in August that the lending platform was focusing on consumer finance. The… Read More

Canadian Fintech Expertus, Processor of $50B in Transactions Per Day, Acquired by Tech Giant IBM

New York-based tech giant IBM Corp. (NYSE:IBM) has acquired Expertus Technologies Inc., a Canadian Fintech company that assists clients with processing over $50 billion in transactions per day. IBM bought the company so that it could enhance its electronic-payments capabilities. Expertus has now been added… Read More

Netherlands based Firms Made Several Important Fintech Acquistions in 2020 in Order to Diversify and Strengthen Business Operations: Report

The Fintech sector has been growing rapidly across the globe, especially following the COVID-19 outbreak which has accelerated the shift towards digital financial services. Although the Coronavirus crisis has negatively impacted certain business sectors in Europe like travel and the hospitality industry, the European Fintech… Read More

MassMutual Set to Acquire Fintech Platform Flourish

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) announced on Monday it has entered into a definitive agreement with Stone Ridge Asset Management, an asset manager, to acquire Flourish, a fintech platform for RIAs. According to the duo, Flourish provides digitally enabled products and services to RIAs… Read More

Mogo Receives Conditional TSX Approval to Acquire Carta Worldwide

  Canadian fintech Mogo Inc. (TSX:MOGO) (NASDAQ:MOGO) announced on Monday it received conditional approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange for the issuance and listing of up to an additional 10 million common shares in connection with the previously announced acquisition of Carta Solutions Holding Corporation…. Read More

Switzerland’s Etops AG, a Banking Service and Software Firm, Acquires Wealth Management Solution Provider, Evolute AG

Etops AG, a banking service and software firm, has reportedly acquired a 100% stake in Evolute AG, which provides wealth management solutions. After the integration process has been completed, the merged firm (called Etops) will be managed by Etops CEO Pius Stucki. Pius Stucki, CEO… Read More

Credit Karma Is the Largest and “Most Powerful” Fintech because of their Data and Number of Customers, Says Intuit CEO

Credit Karma aims to offer free credit score tracking and its business was worth billions of dollars to Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU), an American business and financial software firm that provides financial, accounting, and tax preparation software for small businesses. Intuit recently finalized its acquisition of Credit… Read More

Next Insurance Announces Acquisition Juniper Labs

    Next Insurance, an insurtech seeking to transform small business insurance, announced on Thursday it has acquired Juniper Labs, a provider of alternative open data and underwriting technology focused on small businesses. Next Insurance reported that it and Juniper Labs will continue to develop… Read More

Refinitiv Completes Acquisition of GIACT

Refinitiv, a provider of financial markets data and infrastructure that has served more than 40,000 institutions in over 190 countries, announced on Wednesday it has completed its acquisition of Giact Systems, LLC (GIACT). Refinitiv recently revealed that the acquisition will boost its existing risk and… Read More

Paul Gamble, CEO at Fintech Firm 55ip, Says being Part of JPMorgan will Enhance their Ability to Eliminate Financial Barriers

The Tifin Group, a Boulder-headquartered VC company that focuses on the Fintech sector, has reportedly sold off 55 Institutional Partners LLC, a financial tech firm known as 55ip, to JPMorgan’s asset management unit. 55ip has created tax automation software solutions for investment advisors. The terms… Read More

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