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News/crypto
PayPal is in early-stage talks to buy Curv in a deal that would value the digital asset security firm at up to $500 million, according to media reports.
04 March 2021
News/retail
Digital advertising platform Cardlytics is set to buy cash-back offers outfit Dosh for $275 million in cash and stock.
02 March 2021
News/payments
A UAE-Israeli consortium is in talks with Bahrain outfit BFC Group Holdings about a merger that would create a remittances and currency player with more than 24 million customers.
24 February 2021
News/markets
Swiss IT services house SIX has taken a majority stake in Orenda Software Solutions, a Canadian-based AI platform specialising in ESG and alternative data sets.
23 February 2021
Opportunity Financial is the latest US fintech to go public via a merger with a special acquisition company.
12 February 2021
Furniture retailer Ikea is to acquire a 49% stake in Ikano Bank with the aim of offering a full suite of banking services instore and online.
ION Investment Group is set to snap up another fintech, agreeing to buy options technology and execution provider Dash Financial Technologies.
09 February 2021
Equifax has acquired long-term Open Banking partner AccountScore, in a deal that will see the combination of traditional credit bureau information held by Equifax with bank transaction data.
News/regulation
United Fintech, a recently launched venture focussed on buying up a slate of capital markets fintechs, has entered the market data and regtech space with its second acquisition: TTMzero.
04 February 2021
US digital currency outfit Uphold is set to launch crypto-enabled cards across Europe thanks to the acquisition of issuer Optimus Cards UK. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Digital payments firm Payoneer is the latest fintech to go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (Spac) in a deal that values the merged entity at $3.3 billion
03 February 2021
Spanish banking giant BBVA has sold Holvi to an investment firm set up by one of the Finnish fintech's founders. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
02 February 2021
News/startups
National Australia Bank is to acquire 86 400, one of a crop of new digital banks which have struggled to break the dominance of Australia's Top Four banks.
29 January 2021
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange has acquired a 22.8% stake in local data handling startup Tetrao.
26 January 2021
Shares in ACI Worldwide have risen following reports that the payments technology company has hired Goldman Sachs to find potential bidders.
22 January 2021
News/sustainable
BlackRock has taken a minority stake in Clarity AI, a Spanish fintech firm that uses machine learning and big data to help investors understand the sociatel impact of their investment portfolios.
18 January 2021
Konsentus has acquired Open Banking Europe, the operator of a centralised PSD2 directory supporting bank data sharing initiatives, from EBA Clearing subsidiary Preta.
DriveWealth is set to bring its API-based brokerage technology for retail investors to the floor of the Nyse thanks to a deal to buy institutional broker dealer Cuttone and Company. Financial terms were not disclosed.
15 January 2021
PayPal has taken complete ownership of GoPay, making it the first foreign firm to have 100% control of a Chinese payments platform, according to Reuters.
14 January 2021
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has acquired fintech Blockrize ahead of the launch of a credit card that lets users earn crypto rewards.
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