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News/Mergers and acquisitions
Sberbank has completed a deal to acquire Intercomp, Russia’s leading business process outsourcing (BPO) company.
28 November 2018
The UK's anti-trust watchdog has provisionally found that Experian's takeover of ClearScore is likely to weaken competition in the credit reporting sector and have a negative effect on the services offered to customers.
News/payments
PayPal's $2.2 billion takeover of Swedish mobile payments firm iZettle could lead to higher prices and worse service for UK customers, a Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation has found.
26 November 2018
UK anti-trust regulators are probing the proposed takeover of Swedish trading technology firm Cinnober by Nasdaq.
23 November 2018
News/startups
Capital One has acquired WikiBuy, a Texas-based startup that helps users find lower prices, coupons, and rewards as they shop online. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
21 November 2018
UK-based digital wealth manager Moneyfarm has acquired German compatriot vaamo, marking the company's entrance into a third European market.
20 November 2018
Visa has moved to strengthen its position in the fast-growing Indian market, making a minority investment in digital payments platform BillDesk. Terms were not disclosed.
19 November 2018
News/devops
Goldman Sachs has struck a deal to buy ClearFactr, a New York-based startup behind spreadsheet software for creating, analysing and sharing financial models. Financial terms of the deal are not known.
12 November 2018
Portland-based Umpqua Bank has agreed to offload its Pivotus Ventures innovation subsidiary to tech firm Kony. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
22 October 2018
The London Stock Exchange is to lift its stake in LCH Group to 80%, paying £384 million for an additional 15.1% interest in the clearing house.
19 October 2018
Czech bank Moneta is to acquire the Czech and Slovak business of consumer finance house Home Credit and its online challenger bank Air Bank for EUR767 million, creating a new business serving two million customers.
08 October 2018
The financial technology sector reported 141 M&A transactions in the first half of 2018, with a total disclosed value of nearly $40 billion, more than 26% up from the prior half year.
Crypocurrency firm Circle is to acquire equity crowdfunding platform SeedInvest with the aim of creating a regulatory-approved token marketplace for capital formulation by businesses and individual entrepreneurs.
05 October 2018
Chinese web behemoth Tencent and private equity giant KKR are paying a combined $175 million for a "substantial" minority stake in the fintech arm of Philippines telco PLDT.
04 October 2018
InnoCells, the innovation hub of Banco Sabadell, has acquired Spanish online payments platform PayTPV. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
03 October 2018
US electronic payments association Nacha has acquired the Business Payments Directory Association (BPDA) as it seeks to advance the development and deployment of a B2B payments and remittance directory.
PwC is bolstering its regulatory compliance business with the acquisition of anti-money laundering and sanctions screening tool KYC-Pro from Irish consultancy FSCom.
01 October 2018
Nasdaq has made an all-cash offer of $190 million to acquires Swedish trading technolgy firm Cinnober.
14 September 2018
Fintech unicorn Klarna is buying the retail financing arm of merchant bank Close Brothers to strengthen its position in the UK market.
Blockchain startup Paxos has secured approval from New York regulators to launch a US dollar-pegged stablecoin
10 September 2018
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