Exits

Apis Partners’ strategic exit from GHL boosts ASEAN payments leader

Apis Partners’ strategic exit from GHL boosts ASEAN payments leader

Apis Growth Fund I, a private equity fund managed by UK-based asset manager Apis Partners LLP, has announced a complete exit from its investment in ASEAN payments provider GHL.
Apis Growth Fund I celebrates successful exit from PayTech Adumo

Apis Growth Fund I celebrates successful exit from PayTech Adumo

Apis Growth Fund I, a private equity fund managed by Apis Partners, a UK-based asset manager, will have fully exited its position in South African merchant acquirer Adumo following Adumo’s acquisition by South African FinTech Lesaka Technologies, announced yesterday.
Thousands of Californians are on the brink of losing their home insurance this summer as two major insurers, Tokio Marine and Trans Pacific Insurance, announce their exit from the state.

California homeowners face insurance crisis as Tokio Marine and Trans Pacific exit

Thousands of Californians are on the brink of losing their home insurance this summer as two major insurers, Tokio Marine and Trans Pacific Insurance, announce their exit from the state.
pension

The digital dawn of pension planning in the UAE

Pension planning in the UAE is at a time of take-off. WealthTech firm Kidbrooke recently took the opportunity to delve into the topic.
Bitcoin

Is 2023 the year of Bitcoin’s death?

A blogpost by European Central Bank representatives has remarked that the current turmoil being seen in the crypto markets is ‘Bitcoin’s last stand’. 
Bank North

Bank North set to wind down following Series B failures

UK-based neobank Bank North has gone bust after the company failed to raise a new funding round.
Private equity firm FPL Partners exits Accordion

Private equity firm FFL Partners exits Accordion

Private equity firm FFL Partners has exited its position in Accordion, a private equity-focused FinTech consulting firm, selling its shares to Charlesbank Capital Partners.
qenta_inc acquires Noble Money in mission for financial inclusion

Qenta acquires Noble Money in mission for financial inclusion

Qenta, a financial infrastructure platform, has acquired Noble Money, an international remittance platform, to improve financial inclusion in emerging markets.

Google to purchase Mandiant in blockbuster $5.4bn deal

Google is set to acquire cybersecurity firm Mandiant in an all-cash deal that is being valued at $5.4bn.

RegTech company Ideagen accepts $1.3bn acquisition offer

GRC software management solutions developer Ideagen has agreed to a £1.05bn ($1.3bn) acquisition offer from private equity firm Hg Pooled Management.

News Stories

AI can spot scams early, but humans must still decide

AI can spot scams early, but humans must still decide

A payment can pass every check and still be the product of manipulation. The account name matches, the customer insists they know the recipient,...
Why the RegTech and SupTech divide is about to disappear

Why the RegTech and SupTech divide is about to disappear

The long-standing wall between the technology firms use to comply and the technology regulators use to supervise is coming down, according to CUBE, the...
DACH banks must rethink platforms as AI and rules collide

DACH banks must rethink platforms as AI and rules collide

Banks across Germany, Austria and Switzerland that are replacing their wealth management platforms face a difficult balancing act. According to fincite, the DACH region...
Ema secures $77m Series B to scale AI Employees

Ema secures $77m Series B to scale AI Employees

Ema, an enterprise platform that provides agentic AI Employees, has closed a $77m Series B round as it looks to take its autonomous workforce...
Compliance teams trust data but struggle with audit trails

Compliance teams trust data but struggle with audit trails

LSEG Risk Intelligence, the risk-focused arm of LSEG, has published global research showing that although nearly all compliance leaders trust their screening data, fewer...

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