Tagged: acquisition

November 10, 2026 @ 8:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) has reached an agreement to acquire Vinyl Equity, a fintech firm specializing in digital transfer-agent services, in a move designed to internalize a critical function for administering corporate equity plans and strengthen the bank’s large wealth-management operations. The acquisition will equip… Read More

November 5, 2026 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trading and investing platform eToro (NASDAQ: ETOR) announced an agreement to acquire LB Finanzas, an Argentine all-in-one financial application. The move strengthens eToro’s presence in one of the world’s fastest-growing fintech markets and designates Argentina as its regional hub for broader expansion across Latin America…. Read More

November 2, 2026 @ 3:24 am By Michael Wong  |  

International Business Settlement Holdings (IBS) has agreed to buy AI chip designer QuantumCompute Solutions for HK$563 million ($72.4 million), marking an expansion into semiconductor design and edge computing. The Hong Kong-listed company signed an agreement with Brainwave Innovations, the seller, on October 30, according to… Read More

October 22, 2026 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) announced that it has signed definitive agreements to acquire Zodia Custody. This step follows the earlier acceptance of the bank’s non-binding offer by Zodia Custody’s shareholders and noteholders. Completion remains conditional on regulatory approvals and standard closing requirements. Under the agreements,… Read More

October 15, 2026 @ 12:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Polygon Labs has finalized its purchase of Coinme, transforming its Open Money Stack into a US-regulated payments platform. Announced on October 14, 2026, the closing integrates licensed money-movement capabilities directly into the company’s infrastructure for onchain value transfer. Through the acquired US payments operation, Polygon… Read More

October 8, 2026 @ 11:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Monzo is accelerating efforts to attract private-equity capital after talks on a full sale to Brazil’s Nubank broke down over price. The eleven-year-old UK digital bank, which has spent the past year navigating boardroom friction while hunting growth funding, has held early discussions in recent… Read More

October 2, 2026 @ 1:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trading Technologies International has completed the purchase of TRAFiX, a New York–based specialist in equities and equity-options order and execution management. The deal, announced and closed on September 30, 2026, is intended to close a long-standing gap in TT’s product set and move the Chicago… Read More

October 2, 2026 @ 12:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Capitolis has agreed to purchase eSecLending in a $200 million all-cash deal, a move that adds securities lending to the fintech firm’s platform and widens its reach among the world’s largest asset owners. Announced on September 29, 2026, the transaction would combine Capitolis’s financial-resource optimization… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 12:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Valley National Bancorp has reached a definitive agreement to purchase Bluevine Inc., a digital banking platform built for small businesses, in a transaction valued at about $340 million. The announcement, made on September 28, 2026, positions the deal as a way for Valley to strengthen… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 1:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance-owned CoinMarketCap has taken over Coinglass, a widely used platform that tracks cryptocurrency derivatives activity, according to an official announcement dated September 25, 2026. The deal is already closed. Neither company revealed the purchase price. CoinMarketCap is one of the most frequently cited sites for… Read More

September 28, 2026 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut has secured a key regulatory milestone in Latin America after Argentina’s central bank approved its purchase of Banco Cetelem Argentina from BNP Paribas Personal Finance. The decision, announced by the London-based fintech on 24 September 2026, allows the company to complete a deal first… Read More

September 18, 2026 @ 3:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

S&P Global has agreed to buy OpenZeppelin, a move that pairs one of the best-known names in credit ratings and market data with a firm that has spent a decade building security standards for blockchain-based finance. The companies announced the deal on September 17, 2026…. Read More

September 18, 2026 @ 2:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Envestnet has signed a definitive agreement to buy Vestmark, a move aimed at strengthening its wealth-technology platform as advisors demand more advanced trading, tax, and portfolio tools. The companies announced the transaction on September 9, 2026. Financial terms were not disclosed. Closing is expected in… Read More

September 17, 2026 @ 2:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Grab Holdings (NASDAQ: GRAB) has agreed to take a controlling interest in Atome Financial, a Singapore-based digital lending platform owned by Advance Intelligence Group, in a two-stage transaction that would significantly expand Grab’s consumer-credit business across Southeast Asia. Under definitive agreements announced on 15 September… Read More

September 11, 2026 @ 1:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UniCredit has taken a minority holding in Frankfurt-based fintech VC Trade, deepening the Italian lender’s push into digital debt markets. Terms were not disclosed. The agreement includes a right for UniCredit to raise its ownership later and is intended both to fund VC Trade’s growth… Read More

September 9, 2026 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chime Financial (NASDAQ: CHYM) has agreed to purchase longtime partner Stride Bank in an all-cash transaction valued at $590 million, a move that would give the fintech its own nationally chartered bank and a more direct path to owning the infrastructure behind its accounts. The… Read More

September 9, 2026 @ 7:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL), the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Tazapay, a Singapore-based specialist in business-to-business cross-border payments. The announcement, made on September 8, 2026, positions the transaction as a way to broaden Circle’s payments infrastructure and… Read More

September 4, 2026 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) has closed its purchase of Dasseti, folding the specialist’s artificial-intelligence tools for due diligence and ongoing manager oversight into Nasdaq eVestment. The deal, first unveiled on July 23, 2026 and completed on September 2, extends a relationship that began when Nasdaq Ventures… Read More

September 4, 2026 @ 12:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has reached an agreement to buy Tokyo-based COMWARE Co., Ltd., a move designed to expand its mid-market offering in Japan and deepen the capabilities of Accenture Edge, a unit created in June 2026 to help smaller and mid-sized firms use artificial intelligence… Read More

September 3, 2026 @ 9:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Hugging Face, a repository for open source artificial intelligence models, has been acquired by NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) for $12,930,300,000. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2027. The announcement did not come as a surprise as markets had anticipated the move last… Read More