(20 February 2019 – Singapore) Alibaba’s Ant Financial’s US$700 million acquisition of WorldFirst may be a bellwether for SMEs and the Business FX markets as a whole. Corporate […]
(14 February 2019 – Global) Ant Financial has confirmed its agreement to acquire UK-based currency transfer company WorldFirst. While the deal has been confirmed by Ant Financial no […]
(1 February 2019 – USA) UK money transfer company WorldFirst has closed its US operations to avoid any regulatory objections to a proposed takeover by Ant Financial. The […]
(17 January 2019 – Australia) An Australian federal election in May has reduced foreign corporate merger and acquisition (M&A) transaction demand as the political cycle continues its unpredictable […]
(14 November 2018 – Australia) OFX Group is reportedly weighing up new international acquisitions supporting the group’s growth trajectory and key strategic objectives for UK and EU expansion. […]
(10 April 2018 – Europe) In the latest consolidation of Poland’s banking sector, a large part of Raiffeisen Bank International’s Polish business has been bought by BNP Paribas. […]
(13 February 2018 – United Kingdom) Visa has agreed to acquire Fraedom, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology firm that provides payments and transaction management tools to banks and their […]
(5 February 2018 – Asia) Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) is planning to acquire a majority stake in Indonesia's Bank Agris, the two lenders have announced. According to […]
(19 January 2017 – New Zealand) Ingenico Group, a payments service provider, has signed an agreement to acquire Paymark, a New Zealand payment network, for NZ$190 million (A$173 […]
(17 January 2018 – Global) Vantiv a provider of payment processing services and related technology solutions for merchants and financial institutions in the US, has announced its completed […]
