Future CFO

JANUARY 17, 2023

Global M&A has a positive start in 2023 as global dealmakers achieved a second consecutive quarter of market outperformance in the last three months of 2022, said WTW recently. Global M&A highlights. In Asia Pacific, deal volumes have been more stable with a marginal increase in M&A activity during the last 12 months.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

There are three M&A success factors that dealmaking executives must understand to thrive in the sizzling M&A market that saw a record high value of US$5.9 trillion in 2021, said Bain & Company recently when releasing its fourth annual M&A report based on a global survey of more than 280 executives.

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Future CFO

JANUARY 9, 2022

Global M&A to remain strong in 2022 as valuations reach historic highs, said Willis Towers Watson (WTW) recently. Based on share-price performance, companies making M&A deals outperformed the World Index[1] by +1.4pp (percentage points) on average, the firm added. Highlights. Source: Willis Towers Watson.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Procurement and financial process automation firm Corcentric announced a new credit facility that it secured as it prepares to invest in expansion. ” In another statement, the firm’s Founder and CEO Doug Clark said the financing will enable the firm to execute its growth strategy, which will include acquisitions “in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2019

Apple could be stepping up its acquisition strategy as it aims to move beyond the iPhone, elevating Adrian Perica to head up mergers and acquisitions. It is a step up for Perica, given Luca Meastri, Apple’s chief financial officer, had been in charge of mergers and acquisitions for Apple, the news outlet noted.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

A new survey shows that an increasing number of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are not going through because of concerns over General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance. As we track transactions, it will be very telling how these challenges will impact organizations’ due diligence processes.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2020

Brex Goes on Acquisition Spree. This week, corporate card startup Brex announced the acquisition of three companies to strengthen its card offering. Archa Collabs With i2c in Australia. Payhawk Explores Open Banking’s Biz Card Opportunity. ” Borisov spoke with PYMNTS on the heels of Payhawk’s announcement of a $3.23

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

aren’t new – they go back to Disney ’s 2006 acquisition of Pixar. Fast-forward a few months, and it seems the Apple/Disney acquisition rumor is again riding high amid the wave of uncertainty crashing through markets, thanks to the coronavirus epidemic. The latest rumors about Apple buying Walt Disney Co. The service signed up 26.5

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Further, this week’s B2B Venture Capital roundup finds VC funding isn’t the only investment strategy for B2B FinTechs, with (mergers and acquisitions) M&A activity seeking a spike, as well as some high-profile plans by industry players to go public. Funding Xchange secured $10.3 Funding Xchange secured $10.3

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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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Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 5, 2024

Previously, he was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Wachtell, Lipton. He explains how his career meandered from studying classics, teaching Greek, clerking for a Federal Judge, working on M&A at a big firm, and eventually doing derivative transactions on Wall Street.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

These are indeed the days for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the world of payments, and that trend looks likely to hold into the 2020s. For starters, don’t expect M&A activity to stop anytime soon, he told PYMNTS. In July, for example, Fiserv announced that it had completed its acquisition of First Data.

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Corporate Finance Associates

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The report below gives a good overview of the Fall 2021 M&A activity in the Aerospace, Defense and Government Industry Sector. Geopolitical and security challenges will continue to drive long-term demand in this sector. Posted by Jim Gerberman. Read the Entire Fall 2021 Aerospace, Defense and Government Report Here.

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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 12, 2022

Also in industry news this week: FINRA has submitted a revised proposal to reform the process for broker-dealers to request expungement of client disputes from their public record, which allows state securities regulators to be informed of and involved in the arbitration hearings that decide whether the expungement is granted.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

AvidXchange’s goal is to have 100 percent ePayment adoption with “payments delivered on time, securely and with discrete data.” Praeger said it was forecast that the industry would see a decline in merger and acquisition activity in 2019. As a result, Praeger believes M&A activity will be similar to what was seen last year.

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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

JULY 23, 2018

Gemalto, the digital security company that is being acquired by Thales, the French aerospace and defense company, will see the European Commission launch an in-depth investigation into the proposed deal. Combined, it would be one of the top three industry players in digital security, noted the report.

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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 12, 2022

Also in industry news this week: FINRA has submitted a revised proposal to reform the process for broker-dealers to request expungement of client disputes from their public record, which allows state securities regulators to be informed of and involved in the arbitration hearings that decide whether the expungement is granted.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Supply chain payments company Tradeshift is reportedly vying for an acquisition of Finnish eInvoicing and B2B payments company Basware. Tradeshift secured $250 million in Series E funding earlier this year, with the investment led by Goldman Sachs and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board. Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (Nov.

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Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 9, 2024

He brings an unusual background as both an m and a attorney and a derivative specialist at two of the best firms in the world for those spaces. Matt Levine writes The Money Stuff Daily newsletter for Bloomberg. Matt has become this fascinating character in the world of Wall Street research and analysis and commentary. I, I won a prize for.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

Mergers and acquisitions have become a popular way for traditional financial institutions to acquire the technologies developed by smaller FinTechs, not only allowing FIs to build out their offerings, but eliminating the reliance on an API strategy to connect their platforms to third parties.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Tradeshift , a company that provides supply chain payments and digitization solutions, announced the acquisition of partner Babelway on Tuesday (Dec. ” Tradeshift has been focusing on merger and acquisition (M&A) activity to fuel growth in recent months.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Michael Fisch, American Securities , is below. Michael Fish is co-founder and CEO of American Securities. I found this conversation to really be intriguing and I think you will also, with, with no further ado, my discussion with American Security, CEO, Michael Fish. You get a Stanford MBA.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Real estate platform Opendoor is set to go public via a merger with blank-check company Social Capital Hedosophia II in a deal that will value the combined company at $4.8 investor Ian Osborne are co-founders of the blank-check company or special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), one of the many they run. Palihapitiya and U.K.

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Future CFO

APRIL 13, 2023

The three years since 2020 saw organisations focus on digitalisation, payment efficiency, security, and cash forecasting. M&As in times of crises On the topic of M&A, S&P reports suggest that overall APAC saw a decline of 11% in deal volume and 24% in transaction value in 2022. Rather, it is the liquid ones. "At

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

Recent years have seen the Alliance grow significantly due to merger and acquisitions (M&A) activity, reports said, with some analysts calling into question how the Alliance is funding those investments. That has drawn questions over Wyelands’ trade financing operations. Wyelands entices new customers with up to 1.9

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Corporate Finance Lab

MARCH 27, 2023

As many have pointed out, the practical implications of these new FDI rules for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the Benelux can hardly be overstated. As with merger control, the deal will not be able to close prior to the green light from the respective screening authorities (i.e.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2020

In addition to steering their organizations through the murky and rocky waters of an economic downturn, treasury departments are securing a place at the decision-makers' table to offer higher-level guidance. Corporates' investment opportunities are shifting dramatically, however.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2016

have charged three citizens of China with trading on corporate secrets they got their hands on by hacking the networks and servers of law firms that were working on mergers and acquisitions. Securities and Exchange Commission said the three Chinese men named themselves as working at information technology companies.

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Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

Just an incredible, insightful conversation about how to build a company, how to grow through acquisitions, how to make sure everybody on your team understands their role, is appreciated, and is acting and performing at the highest levels. Jenny Johnson is CEO of investment giant Franklin Templeton. They run about a $1.5 RITHOLTZ: Right.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2016

Rather than seeing private companies prepare for IPOs, venture capitalists and investment bankers expect 2016 to be a year of mergers and acquisitions throughout the cybersecurity market , WSJ reported. billion , representing a 4.7 percent spike in growth compared to 2014.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

In other First Data news , the Department of Justice (DOJ) has requested more information from First Data as well as Fiserv ahead of a proposed merger. The request for the unspecified information was part of the ongoing review of the merger between the two companies, which was announced in January.

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Finvisage

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Firms usually engage in inorganic growth to tap new markets but in TMS industry we witnessed merger and acquisitions in similar market. Today companies are pressurised by shareholders and regulators for augmenting transparency and financial performance. They also reported rising gross profit margins from 57% in FY16 to 72% in FY19.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The company secured 8.6 Another $100 million will be used to invest in technology, with the rest funneled to “general corporate purposes” and mergers and acquisitions (M&A), according to reports. Chinese logistics company Best is hoping to raise $930 million through a U.S. trillion in revenue last year.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2020

The New York Times noted that the food delivery space has seen more than two dozen deals in the past two years, with mergers collectively worth $20 billion as estimated by the law firm Linklaters. Just Eat Takeaway is itself the product of a merger. billion deal to acquire U.S. food delivery firm Grubhub. market share. market share.

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CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

and join our community of accounting and finance executives. She also held executive positions at Galaxy Jewellers, ADT, Shoprite, M&L Distributors and LPA Distributors. You’ve worked at many companies during your career, you’ve worked at Expert Mining Tools, Galaxy Jewellers, ADT in security, Shoprite in retail.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2017

The company announced this week that it deployed a “blockchain-inspired” technology to manage collateral in its ledger and facilitate the sending of cash and securities. That data includes company names, share counts and corporate activity like mergers and acquisitions (M&A), reports said.

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