Latest Mergers and acquisitions News: Finextra Research

Luxembourg Stock Exchange acquires major stake in data handling startup Tetrao

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange has acquired a 22.8% stake in local data handling startup Tetrao.

26 January 2021

Company update/retail

NCR agrees Cardtronics acquisition

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a global enterprise technology provider for the financial, retail and hospitality industries, and Cardtronics (Nasdaq: CATM), the world’s largest non-bank ATM operator and service provider, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which NCR will acquire all outstanding shares of Cardtronics for $39.00 per share in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $2.5 billion, including debt.

25 January 2021

Company update/regulation

Vox Financial acquires Delv Global

Vox Financial Partners (“Vox”), a global consulting firm that supports financial institutions in the planning, resourcing, and delivery of complex regulatory change, announced it has acquired 100% of the equity of Delv Global (“Delv”), a business and technology change consultancy that specializes in data and financial project delivery.

25 January 2021

Company update/payments

Fiserv closes Ondot acquisition

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Ondot Systems, Inc.

22 January 2021

News/payments

ACI Worldwide shares rise as firm considers its options

Shares in ACI Worldwide have risen following reports that the payments technology company has hired Goldman Sachs to find potential bidders.

22 January 2021

Company update/markets

IG Group to spend $1 billion to acquire tastytrade

The Board of IG Group Holdings plc (“IG” and, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”) is pleased to announce the proposed acquisition of tastytrade, Inc. (“tastytrade”), a high growth US online brokerage and trading education platform with a leading position in US listed derivatives, primarily options and futures, and over 105,000 active accounts1 (the “Acquisition”).

21 January 2021

Company update/payments

DNA Payments acquires Active Merchant Services

DNA Payments Group (DNA), a fast-growing vertically integrated payments company, has acquired Active Merchant Services (also known as Active Payments), a UK-based independent sales organisation with more than 2,500 merchants.

21 January 2021

News/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.

18 January 2021

News/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.

18 January 2021

Company update/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.

15 January 2021

Company update/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.

15 January 2021

News/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.

15 January 2021

News/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.

14 January 2021

Company update/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.

14 January 2021

News/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.

14 January 2021

Company update/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').

14 January 2021

Company update/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.

13 January 2021

Company update/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).

13 January 2021

Company update/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.

12 January 2021

Company update/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.

12 January 2021