Future CFO

JANUARY 31, 2023

Global M&A activity will likely rise in the second half of 2023 as investors and executives look to balance short-term risks with their long-term business transformation strategies, said PwC recently when releasing its PwC’s 2023 Global M&A Industry Trends Outlook.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

The year-end acceleration of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide will keep bankers busy until the close of 2020, with deals emerging in most regions and industries, Bloomberg reported. . “It It clearly won’t be a long Christmas break for M&A bankers,” Dirk Albersmeier , co-head of M&A, J.P.

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Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Peter is a Partner of Park Avenue Capital, an advisory firm affiliated with Northwestern Mutual based in New York City, that oversees $2.4 billion in assets under management for 1,377 client households.

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CFO News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

India has experienced strong merger and acquisition (M&A) activities and a flourishing IPO market in 2023, making it a shining star in Asia, according to Tyler Dickson, head of investment banking at Citi.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

M&A deal momentum is set to continue in 2022 after registering unparalleled growth in deal values and volumes in 2021, said PwC recently when releasing its Global M&A Industry Trends: 2022 Outlook. trillion, 14% higher than the start of the year – providing plenty of fuel for M&A activity in 2022. Report highlights.

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Planful

MARCH 23, 2021

Keith has an interesting career, starting in investment banking and eventually moving into FP&A. During that time, he’s worked at some of the biggest names in technology and has been deeply involved in mergers and acquisitions. Keith Kim, our very own VP of Finance at Planful, recently joined me on the Being Planful podcast.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

billion all-stock merger deal between First Citizens and CIT Group will result in the creation of the 19 th biggest U.S. bank, with over $100 billion in assets, the companies announced on Friday (Oct. banks in July said they have seen a record increase in deposits, totaling over $2 trillion. An approximate $2.2

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MARCH 25, 2020

Australian corporate card provider Archa announced a collaboration of payment and open banking technology firm i2c to debut a new corporate credit card program in the country designed to address key pain points for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Payhawk Explores Open Banking’s Biz Card Opportunity.

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Future CFO

JUNE 21, 2022

The optimism in M&A might be sustainable though activity level would not be the same as that in 2021, said AON recently when releasing a study by the firm and Mergermarket. The outlook is particularly strong for M&A in sectors such as Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) and Asia Pacific, AON added.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Today in B2B Payments, commercial payments technology firm FLEETCOR reveals $1 billion plans for M&A activity. FLEETCOR Looks To Invest $1B Despite Pandemic M&A Slowdown. FLEETCOR is looking to invest $1 billion this year, despite an M&A slowdown in the payments sector due to the ongoing pandemic. 3) announcement.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

I am pretty active on the mergers and acquisitions front,” CEO Hikmet Ersek told the newspaper. Ersek said he is not waiting for a vaccine to pursue acquisitions. “It The Financial Times (FT) reported Western Union (WU) is planning to use opportunities arising from the pandemic to gobble up its weaker rivals. “I

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

4) said Corcentric secured a $200 million credit facility in the form of an asset-based loan revolver from Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase , as well as a term loan from TCW Asset Management Company. and abroad,” though the company did not elaborate on its mergers and acquisitions (M&A) plans. .

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

Smith said he has noticed the past few years that the payments space is abuzz with M&A fervor by private equity buyers as well as strategic investors. The valuations paid for recent acquisitions exceeds the multiple that ACI is currently trading at,” he said. Activist investor Starboard Value already has 10.5 around the world.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Talk of a decelerating FinTech venture capital market continued to mount this week with reports that digital banking startup Aspiration is struggling to raise money. raised $10 million from SEB Bank and Seed Capital for its commercial card technology. Venture Capital Funding. Cardlay, based in the U.K., Also in the U.K.,

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Future CFO

JUNE 4, 2020

If you happen to read the Asia Pacific M&A Review 2020 by Herbert Smith Freehills you will easily conclude that the report while earmarked 2020 was written much earlier as there was no mention of any major macroeconomic disruption other than the percolating US-China Trade war. Describe the M&A landscape in 2019.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

billion planned merger with Plaid after objections stemming from a Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. The antitrust suit challenged the acquisition, saying it would put Visa in a position to maintain a monopoly in the online debit card market. Visa has opted out of its $5.3

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DECEMBER 20, 2020

Both companies make technology that helps to facilitate merchant payments and banking. In particular, Norcross has said he wants to continue to grow through acquisitions. billion in third quarter earnings reported in October, which was largely attributable to the acquisition of Worldpay. FIS' revenues increased 13 percent to $3.19

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Sandberg said approved mergers shouldn’t later be revoked. . Some pundits have expressed concern that holding up mergers and acquisitions could stifle innovation. percent of proposed mergers from 2008 to 2016. The suit accuses Facebook of maintaining its monopoly by engaging in anticompetitive practices.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

To get critical mass in banking — build or buy … but the quickest route to reach and scale, especially in digital endeavors is. And, generally speaking, the strategy that exists in M&A boils down to a binary choice: build vs. buy. To that end, Spanish financial firm BBVA said it would sell its U.S. billion in an all-cash deal.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

FLEETCOR Preps For M&A Spree. Commercial payments technology firm FLEETCOR is reportedly looking to continue its merger and acquisition spree, reinvigorated by the pandemic that has accelerated the digitization of B2B payments. Emburse Debuts T&E Cards. Pleo Centralizes Card Spend Data. Brex Beefs Up Rewards Program.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

The big deal is now complete: Fiserv announced this morning (July 29) that it has completed its acquisition of First Data Corporation. The two massive firms first inked the deal earlier this year, which will see Fiserv purchase First Data for $22 billion in an all-stock transaction. He also noted that outside the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

With banks’ profitability in recent years already dented by low interest rates, which squeeze their profits on loans, they are battling a steep economic downturn as well as uncertainty about the future due to the coronavirus pandemic and the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union," the Associated Press wrote in an article on Friday.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Though FinTech has, in many ways, heated up the competition with banks, traditional financial institutions (FIs) widely began to realize in 2018 that their best strategy to remain competitive in today’s financial services landscape is often to collaborate with (not against) those FinTech firms. Visa Acquires Longtime Partner Fraedom.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

banking industry is in flux, largely thanks to federal policy that has made it easier (and faster) for institutions to merge. Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve released new data that found the average merger review time for deals in the banking sector declined to 3.8 months in the first half of 2018, from 5.6

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Deutsche Bank has acquired a 4.9 percent stake in the German-based FinTech Deposit Solutions, according to a Deutsche Bank press release on Thursday (Sept. Deposit Solutions provides open banking technology that allows more than 100 banks across 18 countries to offer their customers products from third-party banks.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

For proponents of open banking , the regulatory initiative seen in the U.K. While policymakers target protection and customer ownership of data, one of the most prominent selling points for open banking is the ability for data to move seamlessly between once-siloed platforms. But in jurisdictions like the U.S.

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CFO Leadership

JANUARY 28, 2022

Bank of America, our national sponsor, weighs in. In addition, digitalization will become a greater priority in unexpected areas of the business, such as M&A and succession planning. . Mergers & acquisitions. is digital transformation the new driving force to create value? Succession planning.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

The EIP cards can be used for purchases, withdrawals from ATMs and transfers to bank accounts and represent a large part of the final wave of individual stimulus payments that went out amid the initial coronavirus response with March’s CARES Act. Bank of America lowered its rating of Square Inc. Uber Refocuses Business, Cuts 3K Jobs.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2020

arm of Spain-based BBVA for over $11 billion, which could be one of the largest bank acquisitions since the financial crisis over a decade ago, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported, with the deal potentially announced as soon as Monday (Nov. That roped in funds that could be used for acquisitions. according to WSJ.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Praeger said it was forecast that the industry would see a decline in merger and acquisition activity in 2019. That trend didn’t come to fruition with deals such as FleetCor’s acquisition of Nvoicepay and Fiserv’s purchase of First Data. FinTech and Bank Collaborations. Blockchain.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

In September, Deutsche Bank Analyst Ashish Sabadra said FLEETCOR is a likely buyer of Western Union’s business payments unit. “We certainly need to evaluate other potential opportunities for that business,” said the firm’s Chief Financial Officer Rajesh Agrawal at a banking conference at the time. ” .

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Morgan analysts predict merger and acquisition deals to continue to surge through the holiday season. Stripe to Offer Banking as a Service to Merchants on Its Platform. Buy now, pay later (BNPL) payments startup Affirm announced its acquisition of Canada’s installment payments firm PayBright.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

Community banks are pushing for a stronger role with their small business (SMB) customers. However, through an embrace of FinTech collaboration and industry consolidation, community banks appear poised to further dispel assumptions of a lack of digitization. A Consolidating Industry. Strengthening SMB Ties.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2017

Companies and investment funds are adding an extra layer of scrutiny to mergers and acquisitions by hiring cybersecurity experts to screen targets for security risks. It will become a pillar of M&A decisions.”. According to Bloomberg Technology , the need for cybersecurity expertise became clear after a 2014 Yahoo!

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

In today’s top news, Airbnb raises its IPO pricing just days before its date to go public, Paysafe could go public through a SPAC merger and Revolut launched an acquiring solution for Revolut Business customers. Mastercard is investigating the site in conjunction with the bank of Pornhub's corporate parent, Mindgeek.

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MARCH 9, 2020

The volatility of the market, especially since being affected by the coronavirus, could cause a drop in some mergers and acquisitions (M&A) valuations and provide buying opportunities for interested companies. Finicity is similar to recent Visa acquisition Plaid, which was bought for $5.3 billion in January.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2017

Two UBS Asia Pacific executives have left the bank to join Citigroup, reports said Thursday (June 22). Jiang Guorong, former head of China investment banking and vice chairman of Asia investment banking at UBS, will join Citi as chairman and head of its China corporate and investment banking operations, according to a recent memo.

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