Merger and acquisitions (M&A) activity remained slow during the second quarter of the year. The reason? The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates high, making it tougher to finance deals. That’s according to a report Sunday (Aug. 25) by Seeking Alpha, citing data from S&P...
Capital One Announces $265 Billion Community Benefits Plan Capital One said Tuesday (July 16) that a combination of the bank with Discover Financial Services would provide more benefits to underserved communities than the organizations would offer separately. The bank said this in a press release announcing a...
Goldman Sachs Alternatives raised more than $20 billion for senior direct lending. The total includes $13.1 billion in its West Street Loan Partners V fund, $7 billion in large-cap senior direct lending managed accounts and $550 million of co-investment vehicles alongside the fund, the business...
2019, the year of the payments industry mega-deals, seems long ago and far away. Before the pandemic, the headlines were awash in waves of verticalization, where large firms scooped up other large firms for tens of billions of dollars. FIS bought Worldpay for a staggering $43 billion. Fiserv bought First Data for more than $22...
April 02, 2024
2019, the year of the payments industry mega-deals, seems long ago and far away. Before the pandemic, the headlines were awash in waves of verticalization, where large firms scooped up other large firms for tens of billions of dollars. FIS bought Worldpay for a staggering $43 billion. Fiserv bought First Data for more than $22 billion. Global Payments added TSYS to its roster for nearly $22 billion. Much has happened […]
July 21, 2022
When overvalued companies deflate in a wave, as we’re seeing now, that’s either heralding bad times ahead or an oncoming era of growth, depending on whether you’re buyer or seller....
April 22, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are working on new horizontal merger guidelines, which may be ready by the end of the year, that could...
April 20, 2022
Mergers and acquisitions in the tech space have become a critical issue for regulators worldwide. Agencies probably feel that they have underenforced the law in the past. In an interview,...
September 26, 2024
Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity is reportedly expected to slow in the fourth quarter due to uncertainty around the U.S. elections before picking up again in 2025. Companies are putting off large deals until after the elections, when a new administration will be selected and they will have a better idea of its likely […]
August 25, 2024
Merger and acquisitions (M&A) activity remained slow during the second quarter of the year. The reason? The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates high, making it tougher to finance deals....
July 17, 2024
Capital One Announces $265 Billion Community Benefits Plan Capital One said Tuesday (July 16) that a combination of the bank with Discover Financial Services would provide more benefits to underserved communities...
May 29, 2024
Goldman Sachs Alternatives raised more than $20 billion for senior direct lending. The total includes $13.1 billion in its West Street Loan Partners V fund, $7 billion in large-cap senior...
