Tagged: merger

November 5, 2025 @ 6:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Currenc Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CURR), a fintech that is enabling financial institutions with artificial intelligence solutions, announced it entered into a non-binding term sheet with Animoca Brands Corporation Limited in relation to a potential proposal for Currenc “to acquire 100% of Animoca Brands’ issued shares… Read More

November 4, 2025 @ 11:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FundApps, a provider of compliance monitoring and regulatory reporting solutions for the financial services industry, and SteelEye, a trade and communications surveillance and data analytics platform, announced they have entered into a “definitive agreement to merge.” Existing FundApps investor FTV Capital provided an “additional equity… Read More

October 13, 2025 @ 3:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

The House of Doge, the commercial arm of the Dogecoin Foundation, will merge with Brag House Holdings (NASDAQ:TBH), effectively becoming a publicly traded company. Seward & Kissel, the law firm that handled the combination, shares that the combined entity will become the largest institutional holder of Dogecoin, managing over 837… Read More

August 16, 2025 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alchelyst, a fund administrator for alternative asset managers, and Lyra Client Solutions, a client servicing organization spun out from Apollo (NYSE: APO), announced a merger to form a private markets servicing platform purpose-built to transform the investor experience across the institutional and global wealth channels…. Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 5:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a significant development for the US financial services sector, the Department of Justice (DoJ) has given the green light to a $35 billion merger between Capital One Finance Group and Discover Financial Services. The decision, announced this week, marks a pivotal step forward for… Read More

May 5, 2024 @ 5:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA proposes that Banco Sabadell merge both entities to create a European financial service provider. In a letter addressed to the Board of Directors of Banco Sabadell, BBVA emphasizes that the combination of both entities “would give rise to the most attractive industrial project in… Read More

June 8, 2023 @ 11:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finsemble and Glue42 announce the two firms have merged, “bringing together the best in desktop interoperability technology and automated workflows.” The merger positions the new firm, interop.io, “as the industry leader in interoperability for capital markets and beyond.” interop.io brings together the technologies of both… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 5:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital banking innovator Tyfone, Inc. announced a major transaction that includes a significant investment from Demopolis Equity Partners and a merger with digital banking provider Cubus Solutions, “resulting in the combined entity operating under the Tyfone brand.” This move will aim to accelerate “the adoption of… Read More

April 7, 2023 @ 4:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With nearly 50 percent of U.S. workers reporting financial stress, FinFit and Salary Finance U.S. announce their merger, to better support the financial needs of working Americans. Both companies have been “part of the rapidly growing market of financial wellness employee benefits offered through the… Read More

January 22, 2023 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Orrick and Buckley jointly announced the strategic combination, which “responds to growing demand from the most innovative companies and financial institutions for forward-looking regulatory and enforcement advice.” It also responds “to demand from Fintech innovators, tech companies and their financial sponsors for holistic solutions to… Read More

October 22, 2022 @ 2:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The agreement between Danske Bank and the consortium of banks behind Vipps to merge MobilePay and Vipps has been “approved by all relevant authorities, including the EU Commission.” The parties expect “to complete the transaction during the fourth quarter of 2022.” The merger was “announced… Read More

August 5, 2022 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Plastiq Inc., the B2B payment platform powering the small and midsize business economy, and Colonnade Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: CLAA) a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company,  announced that they have “entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger.” The combined company will “continue… Read More

May 2, 2022 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

First Internet Bancorp (Nasdaq: INBK), the parent company of First Internet Bank, has terminated a planned merger with First Century Bancorp. First Internet Bank claims title as the first branchless, chartered bank having opened its virtual doors in 1999. The combination with First Century Bank… Read More

February 16, 2022 @ 11:36 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Akulaku, an Indonesian buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm, announced this week it has received $100 million from the Siam Commercial Bank in Series E financing. The news comes months after the firm announced a $125 raise which was co-led by Silverhorn Group, who has… Read More

December 13, 2021 @ 12:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TCM & Technologies Pte Ltd (TCM), an investment and advisory company offering institution-recognizable investments products and advisory services focused on the digital economy, and Trovio Pty Ltd, a technology company focused on digitization, tokenization and provenance services for the commodities and carbon industries, have announced… Read More

November 16, 2021 @ 9:58 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Oportun a consumer credit Fintech, today announced that it has agreed to acquire neobank Digit, a platform that provides automated savings, investing, and banking tools. By adding Digit Oportun will further expand its A.I. and digital capabilities. “This is a transformational deal that will expand… Read More

September 10, 2021 @ 3:08 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Citizens Financial Group and JMP Group have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Citizens will acquire JMP in an all-cash transaction. JMP is a capital markets firm that provides investment banking services, including strategic advisory, equity research and sales and trading focused primarily… Read More

June 25, 2021 @ 7:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Germany-based Fintech firms Raisin and Deposit Solutions have reportedly decided to merge their operations in order to establish a new company in the business-to-consumer or B2C savings sector. Deposit Solutions currently operates deposit marketplaces for more than 150 partners, such as large institutions including Deutsche… Read More

April 11, 2021 @ 4:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CurrencyFair, a cross-border payments solution provider, and Assembly Payments, whose platform aims to fully automate complex payment workflows, recently revealed that they’ve merged operations as part of a strategic investment from Standard Chartered (which is subject to shareholder approval and regulatory clearance). As noted by… Read More

April 8, 2021 @ 11:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Axiata Group and Telenor Asia revealed on Thursday (April 8, 2021) that they’ve revisted and confirmed their merger plans involving Celcom and Digi. At present, the deal is in advanced discussions. Malaysian telecoms company Axiata Group Bhd and Norway-based Telenor ASA will be focused on… Read More