Google is moving into Japan via a buyout
Google is preparing to buy a Japanese FinTech. Facing the American GAFA, Asian giants dominate their territory and impose themselves by covering ...
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REX: Encouraging Results for Treezor
FACTS A year after their buyout by Société Générale, Treezor –Banking-as-a-Service provider for FinTechs– releases their results.
FDJ Boosts their Payment Activity with Bimedia
FACTS La Française des Jeux acquires the Bimedia, payment service provider focusing on in-store checkout.
iBanFirst Acquires the Dutch FinTech NBWM
FACTS Brussels-based FinTech, iBanFirst –financial services provider delivering solutions across banking borders– acquires NBWM, Dutch paym...
Deals: PayPal Acquires Honey for $4 Billion
FACTS The US e-payment giant PayPal acquires Honey Science Corporation for $4 billion.
Lovys Buys Out an AI Specialist
FACTS The InsurTech Lovys, behind a mobile app for subscribing insurance products (home and smartphone) uses AI technologies to expand thei...
PayPal’s First Steps in China with GoPay
FACTS The People’s Bank of China agreed to PayPal’s buyout of a majority stake (70%) in the local payment company, GoPay.
KKR Buys out German Payments Specialist Heidelpay
FACTS The US-based private equity firm KKR acquires the German group specialising in payments, Heidelpay.
Visa Acquires the Californian FinTech Verifi
FACTS The US card scheme Visa buys out Verifi, a Californian company providing payment dispute resolution technologies.
Global Payments Acquires TSYS
FACTS The American provider of payment technology Global Payments acquires Total System Services for $21.5 billion (roughly €18.9 billion) ...
Strong Authentication: Stripe Assisting Merchants
Photo credits: TechCrunch FACTS As the regulation on strong authentication is to come into effect mid-September 2019, and in line with t...
SumUp Buys Out the E-Payment Company Shoplo
FACTS The London-based FinTech famous for their mPOS solution acquires the multichannel e-commerce platform Shoplo. So far, no details have...
News in Brief – January 2019
Players’ Strategy INTERNATIONAL – nexo (international standard for accepting cross-border card payments) kept making progress and attracted...
Visa Acquires the British FinTech Earthport
FACTS Visa buys out the London-based payment firm Earthport –which focuses on cross-border payment systems– for £198 million (roughly €219 ...
Advanzia Bank Takes Over Catella Credit Card Portfolio in Luxembourg
FACTS The Luxembourg-based online bank Advanzia Bank acquires the credit card portfolio from the Swedish Catella Bank.
Edenred Buys Out the American FinTech CSI
The meal voucher specialist Edenred enters the US corporate payment market as they announce one of their largest acquisitions to date. They just ...
Credit Karma Buys Out UK FinTech Company Noddle
The American FinTech Credit Karma just entered the British market through purchasing Noddle, a TransUnion-owned start-up focusing on credit scori...
SG Acquires Banking-as-a-Service Company Treezor
Société Générale acquires Treezor. This FinTech designs white-label products and infrastructure for banking services to roughly 30 start-ups. Wit...
ING Invests in BtoB Account Aggregation
ING just invested €7.5 million in Cobase, a FinTech focusing in account aggregation for large-scale companies. This investment stresses their int...
Credit Karma Enters Mortgage Lending Market
The American company Credit Karma acquires the mortgage-focused lending platform Approved, to modernise their consumer-facing digital offers and ...
