M&A

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, a US-based specialty insurer recognised for its innovative underwriting and workplace culture, has agreed to acquire Apollo Group Holdings Limited, a London-based specialist underwriting platform at Lloyd’s of London, in a deal valued at $555m.

Skyward Specialty expands with $555m Apollo acquisition

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, a US-based specialty insurer recognised for its innovative underwriting and workplace culture, has agreed to acquire Apollo Group Holdings Limited,...
Airwallex, a global financial platform for modern businesses, has acquired OpenPay, a San Francisco-based billing platform offering subscription management, payment orchestration, and revenue analytics.

Airwallex acquires OpenPay to launch global billing platform

Airwallex, a global financial platform for modern businesses, has acquired OpenPay, a San Francisco-based billing platform offering subscription management, payment orchestration, and revenue analytics. The...
Varonis

Varonis and SlashNext unite to stop email-based attacks

Varonis has acquired SlashNext, an AI-native email security company renowned for its phishing detection capabilities. The acquisition aims to create a comprehensive platform combining...
Sompo Holdings, a major Japanese insurance group, will acquire Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited, a leading global specialty insurer and reinsurer, in a $3.5bn transaction.

Sompo strengthens global insurance portfolio with $3.5bn Aspen buy

Sompo Holdings, a major Japanese insurance group, will acquire Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited, a leading global specialty insurer and reinsurer, in a $3.5bn transaction. The...
Crowdstrike

CrowdStrike buys Onum to accelerate SOC transformation

CrowdStrike has announced plans to acquire Onum, a specialist in real-time telemetry pipeline management. Onum, recognised for its innovative in-memory data architecture, is set to...
Wealthsimple acquires Fey to boost trading experience

Wealthsimple acquires Fey to boost trading experience

Wealthsimple, one of Canada’s fastest-growing financial services platforms, has announced its acquisition of Fey, an investment research platform based in Montreal.
Okta

Axiom Security joins Okta to expand privileged access security

Okta, an identity and access management provider, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Axiom Security, a modern identity-centric PAM solution built for cloud,...
Fiinu acquires Everfex before Plugin Overdraft® debut

Fiinu acquires Everfex before Plugin Overdraft® debut

Fiinu, the London-listed FinTech firm behind the Plugin Overdraft® platform, has finalised the £8m acquisition of European foreign exchange brokerage Everfex. The move marks a...
Continuous strengthens platform with Sycorr deal

Continuous strengthens platform with Sycorr deal

Continuous, formerly SMA Technologies, has bought Sycorr, a provider of identity and access management software for banks and credit unions.
Broadridge acquires Signal to boost digital communications

Broadridge acquires Signal to boost digital communications

Global FinTech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions has announced the acquisition of Signal, a UK-based firm specialising in customer communications for financial services and social...

News Stories

Exante turns to AI to solve the developer performance puzzle

Exante turns to AI to solve the developer performance puzzle

Measuring developer performance has long been one of the hardest problems in software management, and traditional metrics are proving increasingly unreliable, according to Exante...
AI can't fix AML if no one checks what it actually catches

Why more AI alerts could mean better AML, not worse

Napier AI's Michael Joseph attended a recent ACAMS New Jersey chapter discussion on the shift from threshold-based transaction monitoring (TM) to AI-driven systems, alongside...
Interactive Brokers adds Bucharest Stock Exchange access

Interactive Brokers adds Bucharest Stock Exchange access

Interactive Brokers (IBKR), an automated global broker, has added access to the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), giving eligible clients a route into one of...
Strata Credit Union taps Alkami for digital banking

Strata Credit Union taps Alkami for digital banking

Alkami Technology, a digital sales and service platform provider for financial institutions in the US, has partnered with Strata Credit Union, a full-service community...
Road safety shift threatens motor insurers

Road safety shift threatens motor insurers

Angelica Solutions, an insurance analytics and advisory business, has warned that a growing share of serious road casualties among pedestrians and cyclists could open...

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