This Week in Fintech (8/7)

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☯️ Exits

💻 IPOs & SPACs

Plastiq, the provider of a card-payment-to-anything B2B payments software, agreed to go public at a $408 million valuation by combining with the Colonnade Acquisition Corp. II SPAC. Plastiq previously raised over $144m in VC funding, at a $575m post-money valuation in 2019.
Dubai-based currency exchange platform Al Ansari Exchange is considering a Dubai IPO next year.
Global Star Acquisition, a fintech-focused SPAC, filed for an $80 million IPO.

🤝 M&A - Fintech

Built, a software provider for the real estate lending and construction industry, will acquire commercial real estate deal management platform Nativ.
Payments technology provider Global Payments will acquire 50-market B2B payment and point-of-sale provider EVO Payments for $4 billion.
Meanwhile, Global Payments is selling its subsidiary Netspend’s consumer business to Rêv Worldwide for $1 billion.
Private equity firm Permira is nearing a deal to acquire Reorg Research, a financial data vendor, for $1.3 billion.
Blockchain B2B payments provider Paystand has acquired LatAm-focused accounts payable startup Yaydoo.
Polskie ePłatności, a Polish payment provider owned by European payments giant Nets / Nexi Group, will acquire Team4U, the owner of Simapka – an app for owners of shops and service points
iCapital, the alternative investing and asset management provider, completed its acquisition of investment marketplace SIMON Markets.
US digital banking provider Umba acquired a 66.6% stake in Kenyan microfinance bank Daraja.

🏦 M&A - Bank and FinServ

Canadian megabank Toronto Dominion Bank plans to acquire New York-based investment bank Cowen for $1.3 billion.
India’s Yes Bank, an Indian private sector retail bank, is considering selling 10% of the business to affiliates for $1.1 billion.
UK banking group NatWest is evaluating a £1.4 billion acquisition of wealth management firm Quilter.
Marex, a metals and commodity broker, will acquire its rival ED&F Man Capital Markets, $220 million.
The UK’s Lloyds Bank says that the bank will look into more fintech acquisitions, while also shutting down another 66 retail banking branches.

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