Mergers and acquisitions

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Goldman Sachs to buy home improvement lender Greensky for $2.24 billion

Goldman Sachs is buying digital lender Greensky for $2.24 billion as part of its push into the consumer finance market.

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Mastercard buys crypto intelligence firm CipherTrace

Mastercard continues to strengthen its digital asset capabilities, buying cryptocurrency intelligence outfit CipherTrace. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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JPMorgan to buy majority stake in VW’s payments business - Reuters

JPMorgan has announced plans to purchase a majority stake in Volkswagen's payments business, Reuters UK revealed today.

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PayPal agrees $2.7bn deal to buy Japanese BNPL firm Paidy

PayPal has struck a deal to buy Japanese buy now, pay later firm Paidy for around $2.7 billion, mainly in cash.

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Mastercard expands open banking reach through Aiia acquisition

Mastercard has agreed to buy Danish open banking technology outfit Aiia. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Clearstream sells its 50% stake in Regis-TR to joint venture partner Iberclear

Clearstream is selling its 50% stake in the European trade repository Regis-TR to its joint venture partner Iberclear, part of SIX, who is taking full control of the business.

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Pollen Street Capital buys majority stake in mobile top-up service Ding

Irish mobile top-up service provider Ding has sold a majority stake to London-based private equity player Pollen Street Capital.

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Nubank buys Pix payment platform for online stores

Brazilian digital bank Nubank has acquired Spin Pay, a local firm that supports e-commerce transactions using the country's PIX instant payments platform.

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Zip sets sights on Africa with acquisition of Payflex

ASX-listed Zip is to fully acquire South African buy now pay later (BNPL) fintech Payflex as part of its global expansion plans.

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Signicat expands into the Baltics with third acquisition in as many months

Nordic digital identify firm Signicat is continuing its acqusition spree, acquiring Baltic e-signature outfit Dokobit.

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Ikea owner invests in BNPL firm Jifiti

The owner of Swedish furniture retail giant Ikea has paid $22.5 million for a minority stake in white label buy now, pay later player Jifiti.

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PayU backer Prosus to acquire India's Billdesk for $4.7 billion

Dutch venture builder Prosus is to buy Indian digital payments provider BillDesk for $4.7 billion and merge it with payments processing subsidiary PayU.

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National Bank of Canada takes majority stake in data sharing startup Flinks

National Bank of Canada is paying C$103 million for a majority stake in Flinks, a Montreal-based data aggregation startup.

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LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquires TruNarrative

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has acquired Leed-based automated onboarding and financial crime platform TruNarrative.

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Brex buys Israel's Weav

US corporate card unicorn Brex has paid $50 million to buy Weav, an Israeli outfit offering a universal API for commerce platforms.

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Singpore's Azentio takes over Islamic core banking outfit Path Solutions

Singapore's Azentio Software has acquired the core banking software assets of Path Solutions, a technology supplier to 150+ Islamic financial institutions across the globe.

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FE fundinfo acquires Denmark's FundConnect

Data distribution provider FE fundinfo has acquired Danish fund data and technology house FundConnect.

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US Bank to acquire Bento Technologies

US Bank is to acquire Chicago-based debit card-based spend management firm Bento Technologies for an undisclosed amount.

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Zilch acquires US lender NepFin

London BNPL player Zilch has acquired US debt funding platform Neptune Financial to fast-track its launch stateside.

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Robinhood to pay $140m for investor comms platform Say Technologies

Stock trading app Robinhood has agreed a $140 million cash deal to buy investor communications firm Say Technologies.