China Fintech Company Lufax Plans Hong Kong Listing to Hedge US Risk
Lufax Holding Ltd, the China-based wealthtech and fintech giant, is planning to go public in Hong Kong, the latest in a wave of New York-traded
August 15, 2022
Plastiq to Become Publicly Traded Company Through Combination With Colonnade Acquisition Corp. II
Plastiq, the B2B payments platform helping to drive the SMB economy, and Colonnade Acquisition Corp II, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, announced they
August 8, 2022
Singapore Start-Up Nium Seeks Up To $400 Million In Deals
NIUM, a Singapore-based fintech and global payments firm functioning as a pioneer in modern money mobility, has great expectations for their European business. The company
April 30, 2022
Bolt Financial to Acquire Crypto Payments Company Wyre for $1.5B
Bolt, a fintech firm that offers cloud computing-based checkout and payment services, is set to acquire Wyre, a crypto payments company. Wyre Payments offers exchange
April 17, 2022
Ola to Acquire Fintech Avail Finance
Ola, traditionally a ride-hailing company, recently signed an acquisition agreement with Avail Finance. Ola initially transitioned into financial services with Ola Financial Services, a lending
March 28, 2022
Strategic Perfection (or close to it) – SAP, Taulia
Perhaps rather quietly (in retrospect), while many of us were focused on the extreme volatility of Big Tech equity prices these past few weeks (AMZN,
February 5, 2022
A ‘Go-Go’ Goldman Investment Banking Year
Just a jaw-dropping Q4 2021 earnings report from Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) this past Tuesday. I sense for many of us, 2021 felt like a
January 22, 2022
M&A Crosscurrents 2022
Investment banks and venture capital firms are off to the races (again) in early 2022. The data being reported for the first week in January
January 15, 2022
“Slightly Better” than a Chimp – Predictions 2022
The last two weeks of the year never disappoint when it comes to predictions and forecasts. Everywhere we look it seems someone has a prediction
January 1, 2022