Mastercard

Weekly wrap: Mastercard, AEI, Gilead

Mastercard buys Finicity. AEI backs Nuwave. Gilead purchases remaining stake in Pionyr.

June 26, 2020

Mastercard steps away from cards with $825 million Finicity deal

The purchase gives Mastercard more tools that help banks speed up credit decisions or improve account verification processes.

June 23, 2020

Investment Banking

Morgan Stanley ignites banking takeover buzz

Morgan Stanley’s E*Trade deal is being interpreted by analysts, investors and investment bankers as just the start of a long-predicted series of deals big enough to reshape the upper echelons of the U.S. financial industry.

February 21, 2020

Financial services

Visa pays $5.3B for Plaid, a fintech firm that connects Venmo and other popular apps to customer data

Plaid’s developer tools help power a range of popular financial apps, such as Venmo, Coinbase and Acorns, by channeling the banking data they need for their apps and websites.

January 14, 2020

Retail

M&A wrap: Mastercard, Movista, Natural Insight, Houlihan Lokey, Freeman, WeWork, Softbank

Mastercard buys SessionM to help retailers increase customer loyalty. Houlihan Lokey grows investment banking in financial services with Freeman acquisition. Roku bets on rising advertising for on-demand content.

October 23, 2019

Investment Banking

Why Nets deal is a bargain for Mastercard at $3 billion

Mastercard has spent more than $4 billion on investments so far in 2019 to thread a needle between several must-haves in the digital payments market.

August 06, 2019

Private Equity

M&A wrap: BC Partners, Blackstone, Silver Oak, Mastercard, Gannett, Fox

Blackstone takes minority stake in BC Partners. Silver Oak raises fourth fund. Mastercard makes its biggest ever acquisition, and New Media buys Gannett.

August 06, 2019

Other Sectors

Mastercard buys Nets unit in its largest deal

Companies and governments around the world have been launching real-time payment systems to speed up the movement of money between consumers and businesses, kicking off a race among banks and payment networks.

August 06, 2019

Investment Banking

Small cross-border deals play a big role for Visa, Mastercard

Visa’s recent green light from U.K. regulators to complete its Earthport acquisition was more than just the clearing of a regulatory hurdle — it was a revealing look at how important it has become for the card networks to diversify.

May 21, 2019

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