Mergers and acquisitions

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Communify acquires Fincentric from S&P Global

Wealthtech entrepreneur John Wise and PE firm Stellex Capital Management have acquired S&P Global’s Fincentric business with a view to providing digital experiences and financial data distribution to the wealth, broking and asset management industries.

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Payoneer buys payroll firm Skuad

Cross-border payments firm Payoneer has acquired Singapore-based workforce and payroll management outfit Skuad for $61 million in cash.

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NCR Voyix sells digital banking business for $2.45bn

NCR Voyix has entered an agreement to sell its cloud-based digital banking business for $2.45 billion in cash to Veritas Capital.

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ThetaRay boosts AI financial crime detection with Screena acquisition

AI-powered financial crime detection specialist ThetaRay has acquired screening company Screena. Financial terms were not disclosed.

/retail

NatWest buys Metro Bank’s £2.4 billion mortgage portfolio

NatWest has bought Metro Bank’s £2.4b mortgage book, while also admitting to being forced to spend £24m on cancelled “Tell Sid” campaign by the previous government.

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UniCredit to acquire Banking-as-a-Service venture Vodeno and Belgian digital bank Aion

Italy's UniCredit has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the entire share capital of European Banking-as-a-Service platform Vodeno and Belgian digital bank Aion.

/crypto

Zodia Markets acquires Elwood's OTC trading arm

Standard Chartered's digital asset trading arm Zodia Markets has acquired the Jersey-based OTC trading business of Elwood Technologies.

/retail

BUX offloads UK subsidiary to APM Capital

BUX Holding has sold its UK business BUX Financial Services Limited (BFS) to Asseta Holding, the parent company of UAE-based investment firm APM Capital.

/crypto

DWS moves toward first German-regulated euro stablecoin

German asset management company DWS has launched a new company in a step towards creating the first German-regulated cryptocurrency.

/wealth

Bain and Reverence to buy Envestnet for $4.5bn

Private equity firms Bain Capital and Reverence Capital have agreed to buy Envestnet in a deal that values the provider of wealth management technology and data at $4.5 billion.

/regulation

UBS under observation from pricing supervisor after acquiring Credit Suisse

Following UBS’s takeover of Credit Suisse earlier this year, Swiss consumer pricing supervisor has put the bank under observation amid competition concerns that could bring about higher loan charges.

/payments

Ant Group acquires Dutch payments vendor MultiSafePay

China's Ant Group has acquired Dutch payments firm MultiSafepay as it expands further into Western markets.

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BlackRock to buy private markets data platform Preqin for £2.5 billion

BlackRock is to acquire private market data firm Preqin for £2.55 billion in an all-cash deal expected to close before year end.

/startups

Chime buys enterprise employee rewards platform Salt Labs

Digital banking giant Chime has acquired employee rewards startup Salt Labs. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

/ai

Nubank buys Hyperplane to push AI-first strategy

Nubank is doubling down on its AI-first strategy with the acquisition of Silicon Valley-based data intelligence outfit Hyperplane for an undisclosed fee.

/wholesale

Funding Circle sells US business

Small business lender Funding Circle has reached an agreement with iBusiness Funding for the sale of its US operations in a £33 million all-cash deal.

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Klarna sells Checkout business

Klarna is selling its online checkout business to a consortium of investors for around €485 million in order to remove the conflict of interest it created with partners such as Adyen and Stripe.

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Ageras to acquire French fintech Shine from Societe Generale

Danish accounting software fintech Ageras has entered into an exclusive agreement with Societe Generale to acquire Shine, a provider of banking and accounting software for SMEs.

/payments

Judge paves way to end JPMorgan-Viva Wallet valuation dispute

The legal tussle between JPMorgan and the founder of Viva Wallet over the Greek payments firm's valuation appears to have been settled by a UK judge.

/crypto

Robinhood to buy crypto firm Bitstamp for $200m

Trading app Robinhood has agreed a $200 million cash deal to buy crypto exchange Bitstamp in an effort to expand outside of the US and accelerate its push into digital assets.