Shift4 Acquires Majority Stake of German Point-of-Sale Company Vectron Systems AG
- 6 months 1 week ago
- Investment
Shift4, the leader in integrated payments and commerce technology, has acquired a majority stake in Vectron Systems AG, one of the largest European suppliers of point-of-sale (POS) systems to the restaurant and hospitality verticals. Based in Germany, Vectron has ~65,000 POS locations across Europe, representing ~€25 billion in volume opportunity with minimal payment monetization today.
Hometree Secures £250M Asset-Backed Debt Facility from Barclays for UK’s First Residential Renewable Securitisation
- 6 months 1 week ago
- Investment
Hometree, the fast-growing residential energy services company, has secured a £250m asset-backed debt facility from Barclays, which will be used to finance over 28,000 residential solar panel systems, batteries and heat pumps across the UK over the next two years.
Plum Expands Investment Offering in the EU with ETFs
- 6 months 2 weeks ago
- Investment
Smart money app Plum has expanded its investment offering to include ETFs across its EU markets. Customers can now invest in diversified funds by geographical region, sector and asset class, as well as tracking multiple stock market indices from around the world.
ABN AMRO Invests in All-Female Founded Climate-Tech Fund Blume Equity
- 6 months 3 weeks ago
- Investment
Blume Equity is the fifth climate-related fund investment taken on by ABN AMRO Corporate Investments, and an important step in supporting and accelerating the transition to a zero-carbon economy. Blume Equity, founded by three female entrepreneurs, is a climate-tech growth investor with an impact lens in disruptive European scale-ups. Through this investment, ABN AMRO will provide capital to businesses that are solving the climate emergency.
PayPoint Announces Investment in Aperidata
- 6 months 3 weeks ago
- Investment
PayPoint announced a £1 million investment in Aperidata Ltd, an innovative consumer and business credit reporting and Open Banking platform. The deal will see the PayPoint Group building on an existing commercial partnership between the two companies delivering Open Banking solutions for clients across multiple sectors, including government, local authorities, charities, and housing associations.
FE fundinfo Acquires German Fintech Dericon
- 7 months 2 days ago
- Investment
FE fundinfo, a leading financial data company connecting the asset management industry to distribution networks in the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific, today continues its European expansion with the acquisition of Frankfurt-headquartered Dericon, a pioneering fintech in Germany’s wealth management industry.
Experian Acquires Strategic Stake in Reward
- 7 months 4 days ago
- Investment
Reward, an industry leader in customer engagement and commerce media, today announced that Experian, a FTSE50 company, the world’s leading global information services company, has acquired a strategic stake in the company.
Citi Makes Strategic Investment in Cicada to Facilitate Institutional e-Trading of Mexican Government Bonds
- 7 months 2 weeks ago
- Investment
Citi has made a strategic minority investment in Cicada Technologies Inc. The investment was made by Citi’s Markets Strategic Investments unit, which is responsible for the sourcing and execution of strategic investments relevant to Citi’s Markets franchise. Citi will also act as a liquidity provider for the trading platform.
Danske Bank Invests in United Fintech and Joins Board to Digitally Support its Forward ’28 strategy
- 7 months 2 weeks ago
- Investment
Danske Bank A/S has become the third institutional investor in United Fintech Group Limited securing the Nordic bank a rotating board seat in the rapidly growing industry-neutral Digital Transformation Platform:
BlackRock Invests in Willow to Support Growth of NextGen Investors
- 7 months 3 weeks ago
- Investment
BlackRock, Inc. has made a minority investment in Willow Network, Inc., a startup providing services to help financial advisors better serve a growing population of new investors.
Bank of Ireland Investing Additional €34 Million in Customer Service Improvements
- 7 months 3 weeks ago
- Investment
Bank of Ireland has announced a major additional investment in customer services with more than €34 million in the transformation of its telephony and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems.
GetGround Partners with WealthKernel to Introduce Investment Pots for Property Investors
- 7 months 3 weeks ago
- Investment
WealthKernel, a digital investment infrastructure provider, today announces a new partnership with GetGround, an all-in-one property platform for buy-to-let investors. GetGround works with 27,000+ property investors, providing an all-in-one investment platform that helps investors find, finance, manage and even exit their investments.
Software Company Sci-Net Secures First IP-backed Loan from NatWest
- 7 months 3 weeks ago
- Investment
The UK’s largest commercial bank has extended its first mass-market Intellectual Property-backed loan to Sci-Net, a high-growth software business based just outside Oxford, in Chipping Norton.
Clearstream to Invest in Digital Vault Services
- 8 months 6 days ago
- Investment
Clearstream, Deutsche Börse’s post-trade business, intends to invest in Digital Vault Services (DVS), a pioneering fintech offering issuance and safekeeping services for digital bank guarantees and sureties in Europe. The investment is subject to applicable regulatory approvals and finalisation of legal documentation.
France Active Successfully Implements Clearwater Analytics to Streamline its Investment Accounting Operations
- 8 months 2 weeks ago
- Investment
Clearwater Analytics, a leading provider of SaaS-based investment management, accounting, reporting, and analytics solutions, today announced that France Active has gone live on the Clearwater platform after a five-month onboarding period, to simplify their investment accounting operations and centralize their accounting book of record.
