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Jobs Market News—nripn—September 4, 2024
Finance professionals leaving the UK sector now sit at 72%, according to the Medius Financial Census published this week. The survey of UK finance staff also found that 75% would not recommend a career in finance to Gen Z workers born between 1996 and 2010. Burnout, below-market compensation, and persistent administrative overhead emerged as the
Corporate Acquisitions—nripn—September 4, 2024
Fintech acquisitions returned to the deal table in March 2024 after a quiet 2023, with several announcements landing across UK retail banking, Danish SME lending, Swiss revenue-based financing, open banking payments, and UK adviser technology. The fintech acquisitions covered below were announced between 4 March and 26 March 2024, with buyers based in the UK,
Corporate Acquisitions—nripn—September 4, 2024
Fintech IPO Index activity centred on deal news in early April 2024, with the index falling 2.9% over the week. The Fintech IPO Index drop came even as the two largest movers, Nuvei and Doma Holdings, gained ground on news of agreed take-private transactions, while Sezzle shares plunged 29.6% on disclosed short-seller interest. Fintech IPO
Corporate Acquisitions—nripn—September 4, 2024
European fintech acquisitions returned to the deal calendar in June 2024, with four announcements landing across UK retail banking, French SME banking, Swedish e-commerce checkout software, and German point-of-sale systems. The European fintech acquisitions covered below were announced between 14 June and 24 June 2024, and involved buyers from the United Kingdom, Denmark, the United
Corporate Acquisitions—nripn—September 4, 2024
Mid-market fintech and payments companies attracted increased private equity (PE) buyout interest in Q1 2024, according to a May 2024 analyst note from PitchBook titled "Quarterly Fintech M&A Review: PE Goes After Middle-Market Fintechs". The mid-market fintech segment, which sits between small early-stage startups and large established players, has drawn buyer attention for its growth
Corporate Acquisitions—nripn—September 4, 2024
Cross-border payments provider Corpay, Inc. (NYSE: CPAY) signed a definitive agreement on 19 June 2024 to acquire GPS Capital Markets, LLC, a US-based provider of business-to-business cross-border and treasury management solutions to upper middle market companies. Corpay's investor presentation accompanying the announcement disclosed a transaction value of $725 million. GPS Capital Markets ranks as the
Corporate Acquisitions—nripn—September 4, 2024
Fintech mergers and acquisitions in 2023 came against a backdrop of reduced deal activity, with PitchBook recording only 128 M&A deals in the first half of the year compared with 248 in H1 2022 and 188 in H2 2022. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence, the segments still drawing fintech mergers interest in 2023 included
Corporate Acquisitions—nripn—September 4, 2024
Paymerang acquisition news landed on 8 May 2024 when Atlanta-based Corpay, Inc. (NYSE: CPAY) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Chesterfield County, Virginia-based payments and invoice automation provider Paymerang from Aldrich Capital Partners for approximately $475 million. The Paymerang acquisition was disclosed in a Corpay SEC filing and an accompanying press release. The deal added
Corporate Acquisitions—nripn—September 4, 2024
FinTech IPO Index movement turned positive in late June 2024, climbing 2.2% for the week as a series of acquisition announcements heading into the end of the second quarter dominated headlines. The FinTech IPO Index gains came from a combination of M&A news, a tender offer, a lending partnership, and a senior leadership appointment across
Market Insights—nripn—September 4, 2024
Fintech market confidence is finally rebuilding after the brutal 2023 correction, and the numbers backing that shift are hard to ignore. Global fintech investment climbed to $116 billion in 2025, up from $95.5 billion the year before, according to KPMG's Pulse of Fintech H2'25. The European story sits inside that turn. EMEA pulled in $29.2
Market Insights—nripn—September 4, 2024
Fintech news roundup season has shifted, and the early-May 2026 cycle is heavy with strategic M&A, late-stage funding, and senior leadership reshuffles across Europe, India, and the US. Adyen's €750 million Talon.One bid, Santander stepping up to a 55% Ebury stake, Barclays closing on Best Egg, and SAP Fioneer poaching from Citi are the headline
Market Insights—nripn—September 4, 2024
Fintech Sandbox data partners just powered the nonprofit's biggest year yet. The Boston-based organization crossed 450 startups in 2025, welcomed seven new data providers, and added its first cohorts from Japan, Argentina, and Switzerland. So the model that started in 2014 with a simple idea, give early-stage fintech founders free access to expensive datasets, is
