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M&A of the month: JP Morgan acquires the majority of Volkswagen Payments SA

M&A of the month: JP Morgan acquires the majority of Volkswagen Payments SA

Car manufacturers have been looking at opportunities to diversify and develop value-add propositions and revenues streams for many years. Financial services are a key component of that. Looking at the annual reports of BMW or Volkswagen it becomes apparent that their respective financial services divisions contribute roughly 30% to group profits.

by Volker Schloenvoigt | Oct 04, 2021
4 mins read
M&A of the month: Square acquires BNPL company Afterpay

M&A of the month: Square acquires BNPL company Afterpay

The acquisition of Afterpay by Square will provide additional glue for the Square super app. Volker Schloenvoigt (Principal, London) looked at the recent blockbuster deal.If there ever was a person remotely interested in payments who wasn’t aware of Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) surely the last few weeks would have caused some stir.

by Volker Schloenvoigt | Sep 01, 2021
5 mins read
Tink acquires FinTecSystems- Open Banking solutions

Tink acquires FinTecSystems- Open Banking solutions

In last month’s edition, we briefly described the acquisition of Sentenial by EML Payments in the context of Open Banking, so we ought to apologise that we are sticking with the same theme this month again. However, it reflects the growing relevance of Open Banking solutions and applications that makes our review of Tink’s acquisition trail over the last 12-18 months so interesting.

by Volker Schloenvoigt | May 28, 2021
4 mins read
Square acquires the music streaming service Tidal

Square acquires the music streaming service Tidal

It was some time in early March when I received an early warning WhatsApp message from a friend saying “Square buying Tidal is some weird M&A”. I seemed to remember that Tidal was some form of music streaming business but felt that it is worth checking whether there is some other Tidal out there that is more closely linked to the payments industry.

by Volker Schloenvoigt | Mar 30, 2021
6 mins read
M&A Predictions for 2021- M&A activity over the coming year

M&A Predictions for 2021- M&A activity over the coming year

It has become a bit of a tradition to dedicate one of the first M&A articles at the beginning of each year to explore specific areas that could, in our view, be subject to lots of M&A activity over the coming 12 months.

by Volker Schloenvoigt | Jan 31, 2021
5 mins read
M&A of the month: Proposed acquisition of PayBright by Affirm

M&A of the month: Proposed acquisition of PayBright by Affirm

Admittedly I am not a regular listener of the Moneybox programme on BBC Radio 4 but when this radio channel is selected for me during car journeys I could not stop noticing the frequent discussions about growth and implications of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) products in the UK.

by Volker Schloenvoigt | Jan 06, 2021
3 mins read
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