Latest Mergers and acquisitions News: Finextra Research

Mediobanca acquires tech boutique Arma Partners

Mediobanca has signed a strategic agreement with the partners of Arma Partners LLP and US Arma Partners LP to join forces in the Digital Economy space.

18 May 2023

News/crypto

Ripple buys crypto custody provider Metaco

Blockchain firm Ripple has acquired Swiss crypto custody player Metaco in a $250 million deal.

17 May 2023

Company update/payments

Italy's Fabrick acquires Judopay

Today, Fabrick, a European leader in ‘Open Finance’, has announced the acquisition of Judopay, a leading UK-based mobile payments company.

17 May 2023

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Fifth Third buys healthcare payments and remittance provider Big Data

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) today announced it has closed the acquisition of Big Data LLC, a technology solutions provider for healthcare payments and remittance.

16 May 2023

Company update/regulation

Regnology acquires Metadata Technology

Regnology, a leading software provider with a focus on regulatory reporting solutions, announces today the acquisition of Metadata Technology (Metadata), a UK-based provider of Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX) solutions for central banks and national statistics authorities.

15 May 2023

Company update/retail

Nordea completes acquisition of digital pension broker Advinans

Nordea has today completed the acquisition of Swedish digital pension broker platform Advinans, following receipt of the regulatory approvals.

15 May 2023

News/regulation

Darktrace founding investor Mike Lynch extradited to US to face fraud charges

Renowned UK tech entrepreneur, Mike Lynch, has been extradited to the US to face criminal fraud charges, after losing his years’ long appeal against extradition.

12 May 2023

Company update/crypto

Talos acquires D3X Systems

Talos, the premier provider of institutional digital assets trading technology, has acquired D3X Systems, a developer of institutional technology to support systematic investment strategies.

09 May 2023

News/regulation

Regulator AML concerns scuppered TD Bank-First Horizon deal - WSJ

TD Bank's $13.4 billion purchase of US bank First Horizon collapsed over regulator concerns about the Canadian lender's anti-money laundering (AML) practices, according to the Wall Street Journal.

09 May 2023

Company update/markets

Digitec acquires Modular FX

DIGITEC, the provider of D3, the market-leading Multi-Asset Pricing Engine and the DIGITEC/360T Swaps Data Feed (SDF), today announced the successful acquisition of Modular FX, the specialist provider of electronic trading technology and consulting services.

09 May 2023

Company update/regulation

United Fintech increases TTMzero stake

By acquiring a further 26% stake in TTMzero, Danish-British United Fintech has reached the 51% tipping point to gain majority ownership of the Berlin-based RegTech, one of five acquisitions made during United Fintech's just two-and-a-half-year lifespan.

09 May 2023

News/retail

TD Bank blames regulatory uncertainty for failed First Horizon acquisition

Canada’s TD Bank has pulled its planned purchase of US bank First Horizon, stating that questions around approval of the £13.4 billion deal from regulators was to blame.

05 May 2023

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Deutsche Bank to acquire Numis

Deutsche Bank today announces that it has reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended all-cash offer for the acquisition of Numis Corporation Plc.

02 May 2023

Company update/wealth

GBST acquires WealthConnect

GBST, a leading global provider of cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) wealth management technology, has announced the acquisition of WealthConnect, a digital advisor practice management, customer relationship management (CRM) and compliance system, based on Salesforce.

02 May 2023

Company update/payments

Rêv and Searchlight complete acquisition of Netspend for $1 billion

International payments company Rêv Worldwide (Rêv), in partnership with funds advised by Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P. (Searchlight), today completed its purchase of the Netspend consumer business from Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) in an all-cash transaction valued at $1 billion.

02 May 2023

Company update/retail

Tyfone scores investment from Demopolis and merges with Cubus Solutions

Today, digital banking innovator Tyfone, Inc., announced a major transaction that includes a significant investment from Demopolis Equity Partners and a merger with digital banking provider Cubus Solutions, resulting in the combined entity operating under the Tyfone brand.

27 April 2023

News/markets

Tradeweb makes A$125 million offer for e-trading platform Yieldbroker

Fixed income marketplace Tradeweb is in talks to acquire Australian government bond and interest rate derivatives trading platform Yieldbroker.

27 April 2023

News/markets

Deutsche Börse makes €3.9bn bid for SimCorp

Deutsche Börse has made a €3.9 billion bid to takeover Danish financial sodtware house SimCorp.

27 April 2023

Company update/payments

Belvo acquires Brazil's Skilopay

Belvo, the leading open finance data and payments platform in Latin America, announced the acquisition of Skilopay, a Brazilian payment institution specializing in payment services through Pix.

26 April 2023

Company update/retail

Zinnia to acquire Policygenius

Zinnia, a life and annuity insurance technology and digital services company, today announced it is acquiring Policygenius, a digital insurance marketplace.

25 April 2023