Tagged: ft partners

August 29, 2023 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FT Partners Research is pleased to announce the release  of their new in-depth industry research report, “Innovations in Payroll and Human Capital Management.” As noted in the update shared by FT Partners with CI, the global payroll industry is currently in the process of “undergoing… Read More

April 21, 2023 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FT Partners Research publishes their Q1 2023 FinTech Insights report, providing a comprehensive review of global Fintech deal activity “with analysis across private company financings, IPOs, and M&A transactions.” While still feeling the prolonged impact from high inflation and rising interest rates, turbulence in the… Read More

March 20, 2023 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Boutique Fintech investment bank FT Partners has kicked off a new service: Fintech equity research. Over the years, the number of analysts actively following smaller, publicly listed firms have diminished. While there are various reasons for this decline, in the end equity research now tends… Read More

December 28, 2022 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As digital assets became more widely accepted, the need “for corresponding tooling to meet accounting, reporting and tax requirements of both individuals and corporate users grew,” according to an update from FT Partners. Initially operating largely out of sight, tax authorities across the globe “noted… Read More

October 22, 2022 @ 6:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FT Partners Research recently announced the publication of their Q3 2022 Crypto & Capital Markets Tech Insights report, providing the review of global deal activity for the Crypto & Blockchain and Wealth & Capital Markets Tech sectors “with analysis across private company financings, IPOs, and… Read More

October 12, 2022 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BNP Paribas (EPA: BNP) is pleased to announce the signature of an agreement for the acquisition of Kantox, a Fintech for the automation of currency risk management. FT Partners advised Kantox on its sale to BNP Paribas. Kantox’s software solution has “managed to successfully re-bundle the… Read More

April 27, 2022 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FT Partners recently shared their Q1 2022 Fintech Insights Report. As noted in the update from FT Partners, it has been a record year for financing in Fintech. The firm is internationally known for its expertise in the Fintech industry. FT Partners has associations with… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zimpler, a Swedish Fintech within the payments space, has secured new equity funding from Nordstjernan Growth, an arm of an established Swedish investment house “focused on long-term quality growth.” FT Partners advises leading Swedish account-to-account payment provider Zimpler (@zimplers) on its new equity funding round… Read More

March 29, 2022 @ 4:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT), a Cloud-powered virtual banking solutions provider for US financial institutions, announced it has entered an agreement to acquire Segmint Inc., a firm focused on “making account and transaction data usable and meaningful for FIs to deepen customer relationships and grow… Read More

March 22, 2022 @ 10:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Forge Global begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) today under the ticker FRGE. The public listing is following the completion of a SPAC deal with Motive Capital Corp. Financial Technology Partners and FTP Securities (FT Partners) served as financial advisors to Forge… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 2:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-headquartered Fintech Railsbank, which provides virtual banking services, is approaching Unicorn status (valued at $1 billion or more), Sky News confirmed on Friday (February 4, 2022). The UK-based Fintech firm recently acquired certain assets of Wirecard, the collapsed and fraudulent German payments firm. As mentioned… Read More

November 30, 2021 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Slice, a Fintech platform that provides card-based products to younger Indian consumers to help them build a solid credit score, has secured $220 million in capital via a Series B round that values the business at more than $1 billion. Slice‘s investment round has been… Read More

September 9, 2021 @ 1:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Varo Bank, one of the first, nationally chartered digital banks in the US, has raised a $510 million Series E funding round. The capital was raised at a valuation of $2.5 million, according to reports. Once again, FT Partners was the exclusive advisor for the… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Upgrade has raised $105 million in a Series E funding round at an upsized valuation of $3.325 billion according to a company release. Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), the investment subsidiary of Koch Industries, led the funding with both new and existing investors participating in the… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nium, an established B2B payments platform, reveals that they’ve acquired $200+ million through a Series D round that was led by Riverwood Capital – a U.S.-based “high-growth” technology investor. Temasek, Visa, Vertex Ventures, Atinum Group of Funds, Beacon Venture Capital, Rocket Capital Investment, and various… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Once again, leading Fintech investment bank FT Partners has played a key role in an outsized funding round in the Revolut transaction. As was reported earlier today, Revolut raised $800 million at a whopping $33 billion valuation. The funding was led by SoftBank – Tiger… Read More

May 20, 2021 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DailyPay, the provider of on-demand pay solutions for enterprises, has acquired $500 million in capital. DailyPay has completed a $175 million Series D equity round that was led by Carrick Capital Partners along with contributions from existing investors. DailyPay has also secured $325 million of… Read More

April 18, 2021 @ 7:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The founder of digital banking challenger Revolut is reportedly planning a new round of funding that could value the Fintech at over £7.2 billion (appr. $10 billion). Sky News reports that the digital bank may be looking to work with  FT Partners, the US-headquartered Fintech-focused… Read More

January 20, 2021 @ 4:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

PPRO, a payments as a service provider based in London, has raised $180 million in financing led by Eurazeo Growth, Sprints, Wellington, and “one of the world’s largest asset managers” who remains unnamed. This most recent funding round arrives after six months when the company… Read More

January 7, 2021 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Mambu, a Fintech that offers a Banking as a Service platform, has raised a significant €110 million ($134 million) funding round led by TCV a venture firm that has invested more than $2.5 billion in Fintech. John Doran, TCV General Partner, will join the Mambu… Read More