Mergers and acquisitions

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Acuant buys Hello Soda

Acuant, the global trusted identity platform for fraud prevention and AML compliance, today announced the completion of the acquisition of Hello Soda as part of their continued investment and commitment to innovative technology.

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CBA acquires health technology firm Whitecoat

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has acquired health technology provider Whitecoat, furthering its ambition to create an end-to-end digital payment, claiming, and directory solution for the healthcare industry.

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Nets Group completes acquisition of e-commerce provider Checkout Finland

Nets Group's Finnish e-commerce specialist Paytrail has completed the acquisition of Checkout Finland Oy, one of the leading payment service providers in Finland.

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Isabel Group acquires Clearnox

Isabel Group announces today the acquisition of Clearnox, a French solution for cash collection.

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Avelacom makes Brazilian acquisition

Avelacom, the low latency connectivity, IT infrastructure and data solutions provider for global financial markets, today announced the acquisition of ITDN Ltd, an IT trading infrastructure specialist, headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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Stripe to buy tax compliance specialist TaxJar

Stripe, a global technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire TaxJar, a leading provider of sales tax software for internet businesses.

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Blackstone bids to take controlling interest in Mphasis

Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that private equity funds managed by Blackstone have entered into definitive agreements to acquire a majority stake in Mphasis Limited (NSE: MPHASIS).

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Israeli fintech Pagaya plans to enter Wall Street at $8 billion

Having registered revenues reflecting $300 million annually for the first three months of 2021, Israel-based startup Pagaya is allegedly planning to enter Wall Street at $8 billion, as well as execute a traditional IPO.

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China’s fintechs face an uphill battle with listings - CNBC

Going public in China is proving to be something of an uphill battle for fintechs, and new guidelines released by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) are only further complicating the process.

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Deluxe to acquire First American Payment Systems

Deluxe (NYSE: DLX), a Trusted Business Technology™ company, today announced an agreement to acquire First American Payment Systems (“First American”) for $960 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments.

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Nydig acquires Arctos capital

NYDIG, a leading provider of technology and investment solutions for Bitcoin, announced today that it has acquired Arctos Capital, a technology-driven commercial lender that provides financing solutions to bitcoin holders, investors, and mining businesses.

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Affirm agrees $300m Returnly acquisition

BNPL giant Affirm has agreed to buy online returns and post-purchase payments player Returnly for about $300 million in cash and equity.

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Covid-19 has driven digital transformation, not the C-suite

During a panel for UK Fintech Week 2021, Jess Bartos, investment manager, Albion VC, quipped that the joke going around the tech community at the beginning of the pandemic was “who has been driving digital transformation in your enterprise, the CEO, the CIO, the CTO or C19?”

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Zeepay Ghana acquires Mangwee Mobile Money in Zambia

Zeepay, the leading African Challenger Fintech with operations in over 10 African countries today acquired a 51 percent stake in Mangwee Mobile Money in Zambia.

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Lunar to acquire Swedish marketplace lender Lendify

Nordic challenger bank Lunar is to acquire the loan book of Swedish digital lender Lendify.

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MVB acquires Trabian Technology

MVB Financial Corp. (“MVB,” “MVB Financial”) (Nasdaq: MVBF), the holding company for MVB Bank, Inc. (“MVB Bank”), announced today its acquisition by MVB Bank of a majority interest in Trabian Technology, Inc. (“Trabian”), a leading software development firm serving financial institutions.

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Mastercard to buy digital ID firm Ekata for $850m

Mastercard has agreed an $850 million deal to buy AI-powered digital identity verification company Ekata.

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Siris bids to acquire Equiniti for £600 million

US private equity firm Siris Capital has made a 170 pence per share bid for Equiniti, which vlaues the British-based financial process outsourcing business at £600 million.

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Nuvei to buy gaming payments firm Mazooma

Nuvei Corporation (“Nuvei” or the “Company”) (TSX: NVEI and NVEI.U), the global payment technology partner of thriving brands, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mazooma Technical Services Inc. (“Mazooma”), a U.S. focused gaming and sports wagering payment technology provider for approximately $56 million plus additional consideration subject to the achievement of specific performance criteria (over a maximum 3-year period from the closing date) of up to a total maximum consideration of approximately $315 million.

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Prytek invests in Israeli fintech CRiskCo

Technology group Prytek has added credit capabilities to its onboarding platform Karbon by investing in CRiskCo through its corporate venture capital arm.