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Merger and Acquisition Advisors: Do You Need Them?

CSC Advisors

There are a lot of things to consider, and merger and acquisition advisors are the perfect resources to help you as you decide. What Is M&A Advisory? M&A is a broad term that encompasses the work that intermediaries do during mergers and acquisitions.

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Why The Pandemic Is A ‘Black Swan’ That Will Spur Payments M&A

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The mergers and acquisitions, the deal-making, the funding and IPOs among payments players may be just getting started. Western Union has been public about its desire for acquisitions. Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have been all the rage, too. to go public.

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Global M&A activity might rise in 2H 2023

Future CFO

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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JPMorgan: Surge In Year-End Global Dealmaking Will Keep M&A Bankers Busy

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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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Tech Cos Making M&A Deals Amid Pandemic

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This represents the fastest pace of acquisitions and strategic investments since 2015. These deals also solidify the tech giants’ deep pockets amid the COVID-19 crisis, as they seek to take advantage of their record valuations and become the dominant players in emerging sectors, FT reported. Two years ago it was valued at $3.2

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Activist Investor Starboard Mulls ACI As Potential M&A Prey

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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

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B2B FinTechs Diversify Funding Strategies With M&A, IPOs

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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.,