OANDA, New York based forex trading serving provider recently revealed in an announcement that it has made a new addition to its APAC region senior level leadership team. As per statement released by the firm…
Citi buys Kard to own a $10bn-a-month card…
Citi has agreed to acquire Kard Financial, the New York-based card-linked offers and commerce media company, in a deal announced on August 13, 2026. The bank gets outright ownership of a rewards network that Kard…
Bank of America takes 26.5% of Jio Credit,…
Bank of America is not buying half of Jio Credit. Read the exchange filing rather than the headlines: the structure is a 26.5% equity stake bought now, plus a warrant that could carry the US…
Visa to buy BioCatch for $2.4bn to stop…
Visa has agreed to buy BioCatch, the Israeli behavioural biometrics firm, for $2.4 billion in cash from Permira-advised funds and other shareholders, the network announced on August 3, 2026. The more revealing number sits in…
Nubank buys Banco Porto Real to keep ‘bank’…
Nubank has agreed to buy 100% of Banco Porto Real de Investimentos, a wholesale lender founded in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, and the strategic logic has almost nothing to do with wholesale lending. Latin…
Fourthline and Veridas merge as fintech deal count…
Dutch regtech Fourthline has agreed to merge with Spanish digital identity provider Veridas, creating a platform the two companies expect will run roughly 115 million identity verifications in 2026 across more than 50 countries. The…
PayPal board rejects $53bn Stripe-Advent bid as too…
PayPal's board has rejected the $53 billion all-cash takeover offer from Stripe and Advent International as inadequate, concluding at a specially convened meeting that the $60.50-per-share bid fails to reflect the value management could deliver…
Stripe, Advent bid $53bn for PayPal in record…
Stripe and Advent International have offered more than $53 billion to take PayPal private at $60.50 per share — a 28% premium — in what would be the largest fintech acquisition ever completed. Combine the…
Equifax buys Círculo de Crédito for $750m to…
Equifax has agreed to acquire Círculo de Crédito, Mexico's second credit bureau, at a $750 million enterprise value — and the multiple tells the strategy: roughly 12× the target's $62 million adjusted EBITDA for a…