Mergers and acquisitions

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Entrust closes Onfido acquisition

Entrust, a global leader in trusted payments, identities, and data security, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Onfido, a global leader in identity verification.

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London-listed Gresham to be bought by STG Partners

London-listed fintech Gresham Technologies has agreed to be bought out by a private equity firm in a cash deal worth £146.7 million.

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Tradeweb to pay $785m for investment tech firm ICD

Tradeweb Markets has struck a deal to buy investment technology firm Institutional Cash Distributors (ICD) for $785 million.

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Linedata acquires French AI startup

Linedata (Euronext Paris: LIN), a global provider of asset management and credit technology, data, and services, today announces the acquisition of DreamQuark, a renowned French startup specializing in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) platforms and services for the financial services sector.

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SC Ventures and NEXT176 partner up to launch financial wealth platform

Standard Chartered’s investment ventures arm, SC Ventures has joined forced with building and investment arm of Pan-African financial services group Old Mutual, NEXT176, to roll out a financial wellness platform.

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Advent to acquire Nuvei in $6.3bn deal

Canadian payments firm Nuvei is set to go private after agreeing an acquisition deal with a private equity firm.

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Rakuten to merge fintech units

Japanese financial services conglomerate has announced plans to consolidate its various fintech divisions into a single unit.

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SIX buys majority stake in fixed income data outfit FactEntry

SIX today announced that it has acquired a majority stake in FactEntry, a global provider of fixed income reference data, analytics, and solutions for financial market participants.

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Paynetics buys 'impact' banking app Novus

Bulgarian embedded finance provider Paynetics is making an ESG play through the acquisition of UK 'impact neobank Novus. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Nationwide to acquire Virgin Money with extended Branch Promise

Nationwide Building Society has confirmed the offer of acquisition to Virgin Money UK, agreeing to the terms of a cash offer of £2.9 billion with Virgin Money’s Board.

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Railsr proposes merger with Equals Group

Embedded Finance, Railsr's parent company, has approached Equals Group for a merger of the two companies, Sky News reports.

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Shift4 Payments unimpressed by suitor bids

Shift4 Payments' CEO is Jared Isaacman is said to be distinctly unimpressed by the valuations placed on the firm from potential acquirers.

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Nuvei in talks over private equity buy-out

Nasdaq-listed Canadian fintech Nuvei has confirmed that it is in talks over a potential going-private transaction.

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GoCardless to buy Nuapay from EML Payments

GoCardless is creating a full-service bank payments provider through the acquisition of open banking business Nuapay from Australia's EML Payments in a deal worth €32.75 million.

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UK fintech Anna Money acquires Sydney-based GetCape

UK business and tax app ANNA Money today announced its strategic acquisition of Sydney-based fintech GetCape, a business spend management platform.

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Levenue acquires MidFunder

Levenue, Europe’s largest revenue based financing company, has acquired MidFunder, a Zurich based FinTech that provides financing for companies with recurring revenue. The acquisition marks a strategic move to enhance its Swiss operations.

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Fscom acquires FMConsult

fscom, the leading governance risk and compliance consultancy, has acquired risk and compliance solutions provider FMConsult.

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Nationwide to buy Virgin Money for £2.9 billion

Nationwide has struck a deal to buy Virgin Money for £2.9 billion in a move that would see the building society expand into business banking and present a challenge to the might of the four big high street banks.

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Mexico's Ziff acquires real estate financing outfit Arrenda

Mexico's Ziff has acquired revenue-based real estate financing outfit Arrenda.

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Payments fintech Purse completes acquisition of ID firm ReachFive

Founded in Lille in 2021, Purse is expanding rapidly and today announces its first external growth operation with the acquisition of ReachFive. This union marks a shared commitment to enhance the customer experience.