Rocket Companies to acquire personal finance app Truebill for $1.275bn
Truebill claims 2.5 million members and has doubled its user base in the last year.
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MoneyLion acquires embedded finance marketplace Even Financial for $440m
The acquision is expected to add $90m of revenue for MoneyLion.
Canada’s BMO acquires Bank of the West from BNP Paribas in $16.3bn deal
BMO describes the acquisition as the “natural next step” in its North American growth strategy.
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo snaps up US fintech Bottomline in $2.6bn deal
The agreement will see Bottomline’s shareholders receive around $57 per share in cash.
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US paytech Flywire enters UK education market with WPM acquisition
The acquisition will build on Flywire’s existing education payments business.
Ameris Bank adds to lending portfolio with Balboa Capital acquisition
Ameris Bank resources will allow Balboa to expand its offering, says Balboa CEO.
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Aussie fintech Finder secures first capital injection worth $22m
Finder co-founder Fred Schebesta says the company has been “bootstrapped since day one”.
Wealthtech FNZ acquires client onboarding tech vendor Appway
Hanspeter Wolf, CEO and founder of Appway, will become FNZ’s CTO.
Tutuka and Paymentology merge to create new paytech “powerhouse”
The merger will “create the world’s first global issuer-processor spanning 49 countries”.
Numerated acquires fellow fintech Fincura
Numerated is “building the future of business banking”, founder and CEO states.
Regtechs PassFort and kompany acquired by Moody’s Corporation
Both companies will be integrated into Moody’s KYC business within Moody’s Analytics.
Republic to buy Seedrs to create global private investment player
The $100 million deal brings together the US and UK-based partners.
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Cloud banking provider nCino to acquire mortgage neolender SimpleNexus
Finserv provider says acquisition is a “natural expansion” of its digital banking platform.
US Bancorp to buy expense and travel management partner TravelBank
The deal is expected to close before the end of the year.
Oportun to buy neobank Digit in $213m deal
Acquisition intended to accelerate Oportun’s expansion plans by three to five years.
Patriot Bank to acquire American Challenger and adopt its tech stack
Patriot will migrate to American Challenger’s technology platform.
BM Technologies to acquire First Sound Bank
The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2022.
Cybersecurity platform Immersive Labs acquires US start-up Snap Labs
“The two platforms are a natural fit,” says Snap co-founder Chris Myers.
Business paytech Bottomline adds straight through processing with Bora acquisition
Virtual card payments made via STP cut costs and time, Bottomline says.
Argentinian fintech Ualá to acquire Mexico’s ABC Capital
The company launched in Argentina in 2017 before expanding its services to Mexico last year.
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Stripe acquires Indian accounting software firm Recko
The acquisition reflects a broader investment strategy in India, the fintech says.
M1 Finance CEO buys First National Bank of Buhl
Brian Barnes plans to turn community bank into BaaS provider.
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Goldman Sachs gets green light for total ownership of Chinese venture
Goldman becomes the second US bank to buy out its Chinese mainland joint venture partner.
Capital One acquires SME travel fintech Lola
Lola announced a cessation of operations last month.
VoxSmart acquires speech recognition platform GreenKey
Firm aims to bolster its communications surveillance offering for financial institutions.
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Goldman Sachs acquires BNPL firm GreenSky in $2.2bn deal
US bank aims to furnish its Marcus app with new capabilities.
SpotOn raises $300m in Series E round to fuel acquisition of Appetize
US payments firm acquires commerce platform as growth continues.
Santander’s PagoNxt acquires majority stake in Mexican technology firm MIT
PagoNxt plans to bolster the development of its payments service Getnet.
TransUnion acquires Neustar for $3.1bn to integrate identity solutions
Credit reporting firm aims to branch into fraud prevention.
JP Morgan to acquire majority stake in Volkswagen’s payments business
US banking giant says the deal will expand its digital payment capabilities.
