BBVA ramps up its hostile takeover pursuit of Sabadell (TWIF 6/2)

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📖 Reads of the Week

☯️ Exits

🤝 M&A - Fintech

Japanese information technology and consulting company NTT Data acquired a controlling 58.73% stake in payment services firm GHL Systems for around $154 million.
Papara, a Turkish banking app with 20 million users, will acquire SadaPay, a Pakistani provider of P2P money transfers, debit cards, and payment products with 1 million users and $1.5 billion in annual payment volume.
Talos, a crypto trading software provider which offers a DeFi-access platform, acquired Skolem, a platform for institutional investors to access DeFi markets – its third acquisition in a year.
insightsoftware, a global provider of reporting, analytics, and performance management solutions, plans to acquire Fiplana, a Qlik financial planning and analysis software.
HPS acquired Irish digital banking and payments software company CR2, which operates BankWorld, installed at 90+ banks across more than 50 countries, offering a suite of digital banking, digital wallet and payment products.
Publicly-listed fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions acquired AdvisorTarget, a provider of asset management and wealth management firms with data products to help power digital marketing.

🏦 M&A - Bank and FinServ

Dutch bank ABN AMRO will acquire private German bank Hauck Aufhauser Lampe from Chinese conglomerate Fosun International for $730 million.
Bill Ackman is considering taking a stake in his investment firm Pershing Square public this year, valuing the firm at $10 billion.
Spanish bank BBVA is seeeking regulatory approval for a hostile takeover of its $13 billion rival Sabadell, who has rejected multiple advances.
Global bank HSBC transferred ownership of its Russian unit to Expobank for an undisclosed fee to comply with sanctions.

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PayPal's Braintree (including Venmo) acquisition for $800M in 2012 is one of the best fintech M&As

Assuming Braintree is ~$500B TPV x ~25bps net take rate = ~$1.3B net revenue. At a 10x NTM multiple, worth $15B

Stripe does ~$3.5B of net revenue, valued at $65B (15x)… https://t.co/cLmUcI6BOS pic.twitter.com/cOE3iSB7Yk
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