Mergers and acquisitions

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Paysafe to acquire Peru's PagoEfectivo

Paysafe (NYSE:PSFE), a leading specialized payments platform, today announces that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PagoEfectivo, a market-leading, Peruvian alternative payments (APM) platform.

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Voyager Digital acquires Coinify for $84 million

Voyager Digital Ltd. ("Voyager" or the "Company") (CSE: VYGR) (OTCQX: VYGVF) (FRA: UCD2), the fastest-growing, publicly-traded cryptocurrency platform in the United States, today announced the acquisition of Coinify ApS, a leading cryptocurrency payment platform with a global user base in over 150 countries.

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Symphony acquires StreetLinx

Symphony- the leading markets’ infrastructure and technology platform - will now offer the most complete and secure verified directory in the financial services industry as it has acquired the counterparty mapping platform StreetLinx.

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Nasdaq acquires minority stake in Level ATS

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) and LeveL ATS today announced Nasdaq has acquired a significant minority stake in LeveL ATS, a leading, independently operated US Equity Dark Pool trading venue.

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Broadridge acquires Alpha Omega

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), a global Fintech leader, today announced that it has acquired Alpha Omega, a market-leading FIX-based post-trade solutions provider for the investment management industry.

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Lloyds Banking Group to acquire WealthTech Embark

Lloyds Banking Group is to acquire self-directed wealth platform Embark Group for £390 million.

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Blockchain trade finance platform Factorin raises investment from MTS

The Venture building arm of the international investment firm Digital Horizon announces the sale of a controlling stake in a blockchain platform Factorin to Mobile TeleSystems PJSC, Russia’s largest mobile operator and a leading provider of media and digital services. Factorin, the two year old blockchain-based trade finance platform, was valued at $23 million.

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Solarisbank raises EUR190m; buys Contis

Berlin-based banking-as-a-service platform Solarisbank has set its sights on conquering Europe after raising EUR190 million in a Series D funding round at a EUR1.4 billion valuation and buying UK outfit Contis.

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Starling Bank acquires Fleet Mortgages for £50 million

Starling Bank has made its first acquisition, shelling out £50 million for the buy-to-let lending operation of Hampshire-based Fleet Mortgages.

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Klarna buys German shopping app Stocard

Flush from a recent $639 million mega-raise, BNPL giant Klarna has reportedly splashed €113 million on German discount shopping app Stocard.

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Visa to acquire Currencycloud

Visa has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Currencycloud, a global platform that enables banks and fintechs to provide foreign exchange services for cross-border payments.

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Bank of Ireland acquires wealth management services provider Davy

The Group announces that it has reached an agreement to acquire J&E Davy (“Davy”), Ireland’s leading provider of wealth management and capital markets services, for an enterprise value of €440 million, subject to certain customary adjustments including capital at completion (the “Enterprise Value”).

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Thunes acquires Limonetik

Cross-border payments leader Thunes today announced the acquisition of Limonetik, a European Payment Methods Platform.

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Aite and Novarica merge

Aite Group LLC and Novarica Inc. have joined forces to create the leading advisory firm focused on helping executives from banks, payments providers, insurers, securities firms and their respective service providers respond to important technology, market, operations, and regulatory changes.

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Fellow Finance and Evli to merge banking operations

Fellow Finance Plc (“Fellow Finance”) and Evli Bank Plc (“Evli”) have today signed a combination agreement (the “Combination Agreement”).

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Onegini and iWelcome merge

Dutch SaaS companies Onegini and iWelcome today announced that the companies have merged into OneWelcome.

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Bill.com to acquire Invoice2go

Bill.com (NYSE:BILL), a leading provider of cloud-based software that simplifies, digitizes, and automates complex back-office financial operations for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), announced today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Invoice2go in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $625 million.

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Nordic Capital invests in Duco

Nordic Capital today announces an agreement to invest in Duco Technology Limited (“Duco”) and acquire a majority shareholding from current investors, CME Ventures, Insight Partners and Eight Roads Ventures. Founder Christian Nentwich will remain as a shareholder and chief executive officer.

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Volt acquires Australian Mortgage

Australian neobank Volt has acquired fintech lender Australian Mortgage to speed up the mortgage approval process as part of its banking-as-a-service offering.

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FactSet acquires BTU Analytics

FactSet (NYSE:FDS) (NASDAQ:FDS), a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, and industry-leading service, announced that it has acquired BTU Analytics (BTU), a provider of data and analytics in the North American renewables, power, oil, and natural gas sectors.