Mergers and acquisitions

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/sustainable

BlackRock boosts sustainability analytics with stake in Clarity AI

BlackRock has taken a minority stake in Clarity AI, a Spanish fintech firm that uses machine learning and big data to help investors understand the sociatel impact of their investment portfolios.

/regulation

Konsentus acquires Open Banking Europe

Konsentus has acquired Open Banking Europe, the operator of a centralised PSD2 directory supporting bank data sharing initiatives, from EBA Clearing subsidiary Preta.

/payments

Play2Pay buys rival Postr

Play2Pay, Inc. (Play2Pay™), the global mobile payments platform that gamifies payments, announces the acquisition of New Zealand competitor, Postr, expanding its global leadership profile.

/crime

Tier1 acquires financial crime vendor Alessa

Tier1 Financial Solutions, a leading provider of client relationship management (“CRM”) solutions, has acquired Alessa, a compliance and financial crime prevention solution.

/markets

DriveWealth buys broker dealer to bring retail investing tech to Nyse floor

DriveWealth is set to bring its API-based brokerage technology for retail investors to the floor of the Nyse thanks to a deal to buy institutional broker dealer Cuttone and Company. Financial terms were not disclosed.

/regulation

PayPal takes full ownership of Chinese payments business

PayPal has taken complete ownership of GoPay, making it the first foreign firm to have 100% control of a Chinese payments platform, according to Reuters.

/markets

Fitch to acquire CreditSights

Fitch Group, a global leader in financial information services owned by Hearst, today announced it will acquire CreditSights, Inc., a leading provider of independent credit research to the global financial community.

/crypto

Gemini preps credit card with crypto rewards

Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has acquired fintech Blockrize ahead of the launch of a credit card that lets users earn crypto rewards.

/regulation

European Commission lays out terms for greenlighting LSE takeover of refinitiv

The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of Refinitiv by the London Stock Exchange Group (‘LSEG').

/markets

EU approval of LSE/Refinitiv deal paves the way for Euronext acquisition of Borsa Italiana

Euronext today acknowledges that the European Commission has conditionally approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) proposed acquisition of Refinitiv.

/markets

EU Commission clears LSE takeover of Refinitiv

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) confirms that the European Commission has conditionally approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, its proposed all share acquisition of Refinitiv (the Transaction).

/wholesale

Crealogix hives off service business in Coburg

As part of its focus strategy, CREALOGIX has decided to hive off the product implementation of CREALOGIX BaaS GmbH & Co. KG from January 2021.

/Mergers and acquisitions

Aryza Group takes over Anchor Computer Systems

The Aryza Group have today announced the acquisition of Anchor Computer Systems, a move that will strengthen Aryza’s already dominant position within the financial services and insolvency market.

/Mergers and acquisitions

Investment Metrics acquires Style Aanalytics

Investment Metrics, a leading provider of analytics, reporting, data, and benchmarking solutions for the institutional investment market, today announced its acquisition of London and Boston-based Style Analytics, a leading cloud-based SaaS platform that provides Investment Factor and ESG Exposure analysis for the institutional investment community worldwide.

/retail

NCR makes $1.7bn offer for Cardtronics

NCR has made a cash offer worth more than $1.7 billion to buy Cardtronics, trumping a bid made late last year for the ATM operator by Apollo Global Management and Hudson Executive Capital.

/security

Equifax acquires ID trust network Kount

Equifax is to acquire digital fraud prevention network Kount for $640 million.

/security

Ultimaco acquires MYHSM

Utimaco, a leading global provider of IT security solutions, announced that it has acquired MYHSM, the leading provider of Payment HSM as a Service.

/regulation

IHS Markit acquires RegTech vendor Cappitech

IHS Markit (NYSE: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced that it has acquired compliance technology provider Cappitech to expand its suite of global, multi-asset class transaction regulatory reporting offerings to the financial industry.

/payments

Global Savings Group to acquire Shoop Germany

The Global Savings Group (GSG), Europe’s leading shopping rewards company, and Shoop Germany GmbH (Shoop), operator of Germany’s #1 cashback platform shoop.de, have reached an agreement under which the GSG will acquire Shoop Germany GmbH.

/payments

FortisPay acquires Swype at Work

Fortis Payment Systems, LLC (FortisPay), the leader in payment technologies to businesses and developers, today announced it has acquired Swype at Work (Swype) and entered into a long-term strategic partnership with Net at Work, an affiliate company of Swype.