DanishFinTech Pleo has extended its partnership with open banking platform Yapily, as it expands in Europe and adopts Variable Recurring Payments (VRP) to automatically fund accounts. Pleo first partnered with Yapily in September 2022 to create a seamless and instant payment experience for financial teams when depositing funds into their Pleo wallets. Through open banking,
Calastone, the world’s largest fund exchange network, today announced a partnership with Schroder to explore the potential of a tokenized investment vehicle for open companies (SCV). This partnership follows Calastone’s multi-year investment in distributed ledger technology (DLT) and cryptography, with the ultimate goal of creating and distributing tokenized investment vehicles through infrastructure. Calastone’s DLT marketplace.
UK-based Mypinpad, a secure mobile trading software solutions company, has raised $13 million in a round led by Crossfin Holdings. This investment will accelerate the expansion of the SaaS offering and open the door to relationships with other Crossfin investment firms. Currently operating in 20 markets, Mypinpad offers B2B SaaS solutions for making secure payments
Compass, the consumer finance arm of the Mediobanca Group, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of HeidiPay Switzerland AG from HeidiPay AG, a growing Swiss Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) financial company with over 400 deals. Trade agreements with major distributors, premium brands and technology operators active in the region. With this acquisition, Compass
Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) and Pismo, the next-gen banking and payments software company, jointly announced their relationship in which Citi will use Pismo’s technology platform to help strengthen Citi’s corporate demand deposit accounts (DDA), to clients worldwide. Citi TTS continues to migrate its solutions, services, and infrastructure to create “always on” capabilities aimed
Cvent Holding Corp., an industry-leading meetings, events and hospitality technology provider, announced the completion of its acquisition by an affiliate of private equity funds managed by Blackstone for $8.50 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $4.6 billion. The transaction, previously announced on 14 March 2023, includes a substantial minority investment
Blackrock and Avaloq announce strategic partnership to deliver integrated technology solutions that meet the evolving needs of asset managers This partnership will enable private bank and wealth managers to improve their operations throughout the customer journey, including referrals, portfolio building, client reporting and management. risk management. By combining Avaloq’s core banking, CRM and mobile banking
Canadian Wealth-as-a-Service firm OneVest has raised C$17 million in a Series A funding round led by Omers Ventures Luge Capital, Panache Ventures, AAF Management, FJ Labs, Fin Capital, Pivot Investment Partners and Deloitte Ventures participated in the round. Founded in 2021, OneVest provides a modular and adaptable infrastructure platform that allows financial firms to integrate
FIA Tech, a leading futures industry technology provider, announced that it raised an additional $25.4 million in a funding round led by six existing shareholders, Bank of America, Barclays, Citi, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo, in addition to BNP Paribas. As a result, BNP Paribas joins FIA Tech’s ownership consortium and will serve
Mach Alliance, a group of independent technology companies dedicated to championing innovative, open technology ecosystems, today announced that Stripe has joined the Alliance. Stripe, the company that builds the economic infrastructure for the Internet, is used by many major companies globally, from Amazon to BigCommerce, Ford, Zara, Maersk and many more. “Stripe serves as an
American Express announced an agreement with Plaid, a data network powering the digital financial ecosystem, for API-based integrations that will provide new digital banking options for customers while also improving the security of their accounts. Millions of American Express customers will now have the ability to more securely sign in to Plaid’s 8,000+ connected apps and
MoneyGram International, Inc., a leading global financial technology company connecting communities around the world, and Madison Dearborn Partners (“MDP”), a leading private equity investment firm headquartered in Chicago, announced today that MDP-linked funds have completed their all-cash transaction. acquired MoneyGram for $11.00 per share. MoneyGram’s common stock has ceased trading and will be delisted from
