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…
MarketAxess to $167 by the ICE close: the…
MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX) reaches $167.00 per share on completion of its all-cash acquisition by Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) — a contractual number, not a forecast — with the parties guiding to a…
FNZ sells €155bn-custody German bank to Advent consortium
FNZ has agreed to sell FNZ Bank, its German custody and banking arm, to a consortium led by Advent International and including HarbourVest Partners — a deal the wealth platform frames as sharper focus, but…
Pollen Street buys Finastra’s Universal Banking core unit
UK private-equity firm Pollen Street Capital has agreed to acquire Universal Banking, the global core-banking software unit of Finastra — and the most telling detail is who the buyer is. A buyout shop, not a…
Figure buys Kiavi for $717m in tokenised-lending push
Figure Technology Solutions is acquiring residential-lending platform Kiavi for $717 million — and the structure of the deal, not the price, is the signal worth reading. Where most fintech roll-ups simply absorb a competitor's loan…
Adyen’s €750m Talon.One deal ends 20-year build-only rule
Adyen has agreed to pay €750 million ($879 million) for Berlin-based loyalty platform Talon.One — the first acquisition in the Dutch payments processor's two-decade history, and the clearest signal yet that the build-versus-buy religion that…
Fintech Raises $111.8B in 2018, Up By 120…
KPMG has found that global fintech funding rose by 120 percent to $111.8B in 2018 from $50.8B in 2017, mainly driven by mega M&A and buyout deals such as Blackstone's $17B investment in Refinitiv in H2'18 and…
Fidelity National Information Services Appoints Ex-KKR and Ex-BNY…
[caption id="attachment_310222" align="alignleft" width="179"] Alexander Navab[/caption] International provider of financial services technology and outsourcing services, Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE: FIS) or better known as FIS has announced changes in its board this Thursday. The company…