Tagged: acquisition

November 14, 2025 @ 12:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Carta, the software platform for private capital, announced that it has acquired Sirvatus, a loan administration platform for private credit funds. The acquisition reportedly makes Carta the first integrated platform for private credit fund CFOs, combining fund administration, loan operations, and investor reporting into an… Read More

November 12, 2025 @ 10:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), a top crypto exchange, has decided not to purchase BVNK , a money service business that enables stablecoin usage. Shares of Coinbase are currently higher in a day when markets are bullish. It has long been rumoured that Coinbase was in advanced discussions to purchase… Read More

November 11, 2025 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The INX Digital Company, Inc. (Cboe CA: INXD) recently confirmed the completion of its previously announced plan of arrangement pursuant to which OpenDeal Inc. (doing business as Republic) acquired, via a wholly-owned subsidiary, all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the corporation, other… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

United Fintech, the digital transformation group for financial institutions, has acquired Trade Ledger, the tech firm behind an AI-enhanced solution that automates commercial and business lending. Trade Ledger brings to United Fintech a user-base that reportedly includes Barclays and Bank of Queensland, along with expertise in… Read More

November 6, 2025 @ 2:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW), the eponymous brokerage, has acquired private markets platform Forge (NYSE:FRGE) for $660 million. Once again, bespoke Fintech investment bank FT Partners served as financial advisor on the deal for Forge. FT Partners has been a long time partner with Forge, assisting in… Read More

November 5, 2025 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, a financial tech firm that provides crypto solutions for businesses, announced the acquisition of digital asset wallet and custody firm, Palisade. The acquisition will now further expand Ripple’s custody capabilities to serve the needs of fintechs, crypto-native firms, as well as corporates. Ripple Custody… Read More

November 3, 2025 @ 1:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Artificial intelligence funding this year is said to be on track to double 2024’s record total ($108.0B). This, according to an update from CB Insights. Although deals fell in Q3’25, billion-dollar rounds to AI infrastructure providers continued to fuel the ongoing funding surge. However, the… Read More

November 2, 2025 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is reportedly late-stage discussions in order to acquire BVNK for $2 billion. If this deal is finalized, then it would be considered a significant move in the global stablecoin infrastructure development ecosystem, and a major step toward Coinbase’s goal to become a key… Read More

November 1, 2025 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) is reportedly closing in on a $2 billion deal to acquire crypto-focused company Zerohash, according to an update from Fortune (which has cited sources familiar with the matter). Mastercard is now said to be in late-stage discussions with buy digital assets and… Read More

November 1, 2025 @ 11:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian, the data and technology company, announced the acquisition of KYC360 in the United Kingdom as well as Ireland, which will aim to enhance its fraud and financial crime compliance solutions. Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Business (KYB) are said to be foundational… Read More

October 29, 2025 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Secondary market platform EquityZen has been acquired by Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), the global investment bank and brokerage. Details of the transaction were not immediately available. The deal is expected to close in early 2026. Shares of Morgan Stanley were little changed on the news. EquityZen… Read More

October 29, 2025 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Barclays PLC announces its wholly-owned US consumer banking subsidiary, Barclays Bank Delaware, has agreed to acquire Best Egg, Inc. for $800 million. Completion of the transaction is currently said to be subject to required regulatory approvals as well as other customary conditions. Best Egg is a US D2C personal loan… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 4:41 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

CSI, a provider of end-to-end financial software and technology, has completed its acquisition of Apiture, a provider of digital banking solutions to U.S. financial institutions. The Apiture Digital Banking Platform delivers tools that help institutions win and retain account holders. “Acquiring Apiture supercharges our mission to deliver… Read More

October 27, 2025 @ 12:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Allica Bank announced this past week the acquisition of Kriya, the SME lending Fintech specialising in SME working capital and embedded finance. The move aims to boost Allica’s SME lending proposition and sees the UK based Fintech move into the embedded payments market. The businesses… Read More

October 26, 2025 @ 9:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aave Labs has acquired Stable Finance, a San Francisco-based fintech company. This acquisition will help Aave Labs develop more consumer-focused products for decentralized finance (DeFi). As part of the deal, Stable Finance founder Mario Baxter Cabrera will now become Aave Labs’ Director of Product. The… Read More

October 25, 2025 @ 4:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple has announced its plans earlier this year to acquire Hidden Road, one of the non-bank prime brokers, providing institutions a “one-stop-shop” for services such as clearing, prime brokerage, and financing across foreign exchange, digital assets, derivatives, swaps, and fixed income. Ripple noted in a… Read More

October 24, 2025 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain infrastructure provider Fireblocks has announced the acquisition of US-headquareted Dynamic, a digital wallet development platform that is reportedly backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) as well as Founders Fund. The acquisition is said to valued at around $90 million. The update marks Fireblocks’ initial move… Read More

October 23, 2025 @ 1:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Square has announced the launch of its AI CRM for Investor Relations – the CRM is built for private markets funding. The AI CRM for Investor Relations uses JunieAI to automate manual tasks, “enrich investor data, and surface insights to help investor relations teams… Read More

October 22, 2025 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer says it has signed an agreement to acquire Zimpler, a Pay by Bank network in the Nordics. The acquisition will now aim bring together two of Europe’s Pay by Bank providers, further strengthening TrueLayer as a key player in the crowded European payments industry…. Read More

October 21, 2025 @ 10:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pier Two, the institutional staking and infrastructure provider, announced the acquisition of Solana validator Blockport. The latest acquisition highlights Pier Two’s growing commitment to the Solana ecosystem and brings on board Blockport Co-Founders Adrian Ciaffoncini and Nik Herrmann, whose experience and focus on the Solana… Read More