Mergers and acquisitions

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Coinbase abandons BVNK acquisition

Coinbase has pulled out of a proposed $2 billion deal to buy payments and stablecoin infrastructure platform BVNK.

/markets

HKEX to buy 20% stake in OmniClear

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is pleased to announce that it entered into agreements today (Wednesday) to acquire a 20 per cent stake in the holding company of CMU OmniClear Limited (CMU OmniClear), as the leading financial market infrastructure operators bolster their strategic partnership to advance the long-term development of Hong Kong’s fixed-income and currencies (FIC) ecosystem.

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State Street acquires inflation analytics partner PriceStats

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) today announced the recent acquisition of its long-term partner, PriceStats, the leading provider of daily inflation statistics derived from digitally-sourced prices for millions of consumer products across the world.

/wealth

Charles Schwab to buy private markets platform Forge for $660m

Wall Street broker Charles Schwab has splashed out $660m to acquire investment platform Forge Global in a sign of the growing interest in private investment markets.

/wholesale

United Fintech acquires Trade Ledger

United Fintech, an umbrella outfit dedicated to scooping up a stable of capital markets, wealth management and wholesale banking vendors, has made its seventh acquisition to date, buying out commercial lending platform Trade Ledger.

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Ortecha and Broadgate Consultants announce merger

Ortecha, the data, analytics and AI consultancy that champions ‘Data made Human’, has merged with the technology transformation specialist Broadgate Consultants.

/crypto

Ripple acquires UK digital asset and wallet company Palisade

Ripple is further bolstering its crypto custody capabilities with the acquisition of UK digital asset wallet and custody company, Palisade.

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Banca Sella acquires Hype

The Boards of Directors of Banca Sella and its parent company Banca Sella Holding have decided to submit an offer for the 50% stake of Hype's capital held by illimity Bank, in accordance with the procedure set out in the shareholders' agreement of the joint venture.

/regulation

UK RegTechs FundApps and SteelEye merge

UK RegTechs FundApps and SteelEye have merged to create a unified platform combining surveillance, monitoring, reporting, and analytics for buy-side and sell-side institutions.

/payments

ISH acquires ProSpend

ISH today announced the acquisition of ProSpend, a Sydney-headquartered spend management software company.

/startups

US fintech Lettuce Financial secures $28 million funding round

We have two big Lettuce announcements for you today: We’ve secured $28 million in funding led by existing investor Zeev Ventures, and we’ve acquired the benefits access startup Besolo.

/payments

ACI Worldwide acquires A2A fintech Payment Components

ACI Worldwide has acquired Payment Components, a European provider of financial messaging and open banking technology for A2A payments.

/identity

Ping Identity to acquire Keyless

Ping Identity, a leader in securing digital identities for the world’s largest enterprises, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Keyless, a London-based innovator in privacy-preserving biometric authentication.

/crypto

Mastercard closes in on $2bn deal to buy crypto firm Zerohash - report

Mastercard is in late-stage talks to buy crypto and stablecoin infrastructure platform Zerohash for up to $2 billion, according to Fortune.

/markets

Morgan Stanley to buy private shares platform EquityZen

Morgan Stanley has struck a deal to buy EquityZen, a trading platform for shares in private companies. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

/startups

Barclays to acquire lending startup for $800m

UK bank Barlcays is set to expand its presence in the US consumker banking market after agreeing a deaL to purchase US-based personal lending fintech BestEgg for $800m.

/crime

Experian acquires KYC360

Experian, the global data and technology company, has today announced the acquisition of KYC360 in the UK and Ireland, which will significantly enhance its fraud and financial crime compliance capabilities.

/crypto

Modern Treasury buys stablecoin platform Beam

Payments orchestration platform Modern Treasury is expanding into stablecoins through the acquisition of Beam. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

/wholesale

Nordic Capital to acquire BMLL

Nordic Capital announces an agreement to acquire BMLL, a leading independent provider of harmonised historical order book data and analytics.

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Fireblocks buys Dynamic

Fireblocks, the enterprise platform securing more than $4 trillion in digital asset transfers annually, today announced its acquisition of Dynamic, a developer platform powering over 50 million on-chain accounts for industry leaders including Kraken and zerohash, and web3 leaders such as Magic Eden, Lighter, and Ondo Finance.