1410 articles tagged with this keyword
News/retail
OnDeck, the online lender to small businesses, is being acquired by rival Enova in a cash and stock deal worth around $90 million.
29 July 2020
News/wealth
Online investment platform eToro has furthered its preparations for the launch of its first debit card by acquiring UK-based e-money platform Marq Millions.
Brazilian digital banking powerhouse Nubank has acquired Cognitect, the US-based software consultancy behind the Clojure programming language and the Datomic database. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
28 July 2020
News/people
Australian bank Westpac has appointed former ANZ technology chief Scott Collary to lead the consolidation of its technology and operations division.
News/markets
ION Group's planned takeover of Broadway Technology has been thrown into doubt after a UK watchdog ruled that the deal could raise competition concerns in the supply of electronic trading systems.
08 July 2020
News/regulation
Singapore's competition watchdog has raised concerns about the London Stock Exchange's planned $27 billion takeover of financial data vendor Refinitiv.
02 July 2020
News/startups
Societe Generale is acquiring Shine, a French neobank for entrepreneurs, in a deal rumoured to be worth around EUR100 million.
30 June 2020
News/payments
Pan-African digital payments hub MFS Africa has bought Beyonic, a digital payments management provider of business services for SMEs across the continent. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
News/Mergers and acquisitions
Singapore Exchange is to enter the over-the-counter FX market after acquiring the remaining 80% stake in BidFX from its other shareholders for a cash consideration of approximately $128 million.
29 June 2020
News/wholesale
Rabo Frontier Ventures is to take a stake in Ageras through the sale of its online bookkeeping app Tellow to the fast-growing SME marketplace.
25 June 2020
Mastercard is accelerating its open banking strategy through the $825 million acquisition of real-time financial data aggregation service Finicity.
23 June 2020
The European Commission has opened an in-depth antitrust investigation into the London Stock Exchange's planned $27 billion takeover of financial data vendor Refinitiv.
22 June 2020
Finastra has struck a definitive deal to sell off its Canadian-based Enhancement Services business to Sigma Loyalty Group. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.
18 June 2020
Greensill, a UK-based supplier of alternative supply chain finance, is targeting the Latin American market following the acquisition of Colombian SME digital lender Omni.
16 June 2020
American fintech Credit Sesame is moving into the Canadian market through the acquisition of challenger bank Stack. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
News/covid-19
Metro Bank has confirmed that it is in exclusive talks to buy the UK's biggest P2P lender RateSetter.
15 June 2020
Western Union has made an offer to buy fellow money transfer outfit MoneyGram, according to Bloomberg.
02 June 2020
Anna, a London-based mobile business current account and financial admin assistant for SMEs and freelancers, is planning to move into Europe after selling a majority stake to multinational banking group ABHH.
14 May 2020
Singaporean financial comparison site GoBear is extending its regional influence and business remit with the acquisition of consumer lending platform Asiakredit, which has processed over one million loan applications in the Phillippines.
04 May 2020
IHS Markit has acquired Catena Technologies, a regulatory trade reporting firm based in Singapore. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Welcome to Finextra. We use cookies to help us to deliver our services. You may change your preferences at our Cookie Centre.
Please read our Privacy Policy.