Latest Mergers and acquisitions News: Finextra Research

Begian banking consultancy Projective buys shares back from Diebold Nixdorf

After a few years of working together, the financial services firm Projective has bought out the German-American Diebold Nixdorf.

11 April 2019

News/Mergers and acquisitions

Nasdaq raises stake in Oslo Bourse

Nasdaq has increased its stake on Oslo Bourse with the purchase of 844,071 shares in the Norwegian exchange operator, upping the ante in its fight with Euronext over control of the business.

11 April 2019

News/Mergers and acquisitions

Deutsche Bourse confirms talks with Refinitiv over FX business acquisition

Deutsche Bourse has confirmed that it is in talks with Refintiv over the acquisition of 'certain FX business units', following market speculation about a pending $3.5 billion swoop for multi-bank foreign exchange portal FXall.

11 April 2019

News/Mergers and acquisitions

Nordic Capital acquires digital identity and oboarding pioneer Signicat

Nordic Capital has acquired Norwegian digital identity outfit Signicat with the objective of expanding its ID assurance and digital onboarding toolbox into new international markets.

11 April 2019

News/wholesale

Deutsche Börse to pay $850m for analytics firm Axioma

German exchange operator Deutsche Börse is buying Axioma for $850 million and combining the analytics specialist with its index businesses in a new company.

09 April 2019

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Torstone acquires Percentile

Torstone Technology, a leading provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing technology, has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Percentile, a provider of real-time, cloud-based risk and compliance technology to global financial markets.

09 April 2019

News/Mergers and acquisitions

Euronext bid for Oslo Bourse edges closer to fruition

Euronext's battle with Nasdaq for the takeover of Oslo Bourse has been boosted by a positive recommendation from the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority.

08 April 2019

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Top Image shareholders approve acquisition by Kofax

Top Image Systems Ltd. (the “Company” or “Top Image Systems”) (NASDAQ:TISA) announced that, at an extraordinary general meeting held today, the shareholders of the Company voted overwhelmingly to approve the previously announced acquisition by Kofax.

05 April 2019

Company update/payments

CMA probes Earthport takeover by Visa

The CMA is investigating the anticipated acquisition by Visa International Service Association of Earthport plc.

04 April 2019

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

KeyBank closes acquisition of Laurel Road Bank’s digital lending business

KeyBank National Association today announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of Laurel Road Bank’s digital lending business.

03 April 2019

Company update/retail

OnDeck merges Canadian ops with Evolocity

OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK), the leader in online lending to small business, today announced it has completed the transaction combining its Canadian operations with Evolocity Financial Group (Evolocity), a Montréal-based online small business lender. The combined companies are majority owned by OnDeck.

03 April 2019

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Thales completes acquisition of Gemalto

Completed in 15 months, the acquisition of Gemalto by Thales for €4.8 billion creates a Group on a new scale and a global leader in digital identity and security employing 80,000 people.

03 April 2019

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Broadway Technology acquires Barracuda FX

Broadway Technology, a leading provider of high-performance fixed income and foreign exchange solutions, today announced it has acquired 100% of Barracuda FX, a global provider of FX order management technology.

02 April 2019

News/startups

Finleap acquires German digital business bank Penta

Berlin based Penta, a challenger bank for startups and small businesses, has been acquired by fintech venture builder finleap.

02 April 2019

Company update/Mergers and acquisitions

Nasdaq completes sale of BWise to SAI Global

Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced the successful completion of the sale of its BWise enterprise governance, risk and compliance software platform to SAI Global, a recognized leader of integrated risk management solutions.

01 April 2019

Company update/security

Thales locks up Gemalto takeover

Reference is made to the joint press release by Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) and Gemalto (Euronext Amsterdam and Paris: GTO) dated 27 March 2018 in relation to the launch of the recommended all-cash offer by Thales for all the issued and outstanding shares of Gemalto (the Offer), the publication of the Offer Document, and the joint press release of Thales and Gemalto dated 14 March 2019 in relation to the Acceptance Closing Time.

29 March 2019

News/Mergers and acquisitions

ABN Amro sells majority stake in mortgage admin business to Infosys

ABN Amro has sold a 75% stake in its mortgage administration business to Indian multinational Infosys.

29 March 2019

News/Mergers and acquisitions

SGX strengthens forex biz with BidFX investment

Singapore Exchange (SGX) has paid US$25 million for a 20% stake in BidFX, a specialised trading platform for global FX markets.

27 March 2019

News/Mergers and acquisitions

EToro signals tokenized future with Firmo acquisition

Online trading and investment firm eToro is looking to a tokenized future after buying Firmo, a Danish outfit that enables smart contracts for derivatives to be securely enabled on any major blockchain. Financial terms were not disclosed.

25 March 2019

Company update/devops

Axway acquires Streamdata.io to advance event-driven APIs for its customers

Axway Software (Euronext: AXW.PA) today announced the acquisition of French start-up Streamdata.io, a software publisher specializing in event-driven API Management.

25 March 2019