Spac news and trends

Saxo Bank Weighs Sale After SPAC Collapses
Banking // April 16, 2024

Saxo Bank is reportedly pursuing a possible sale following an ill-fated attempt to go public. The Danish bank, which offers digital investment and trading services, recently invited investment bankers to audition for advisory roles in a possible sale, sources told Reuters in a report published Tuesday (April...

Blank Check Firm Porticoes Plans to Snap Up Fallen Banks
Banking // March 13, 2024

Blank check firm Porticoes Capital is reportedly planning to buy up failed U.S. banks. The group aims to take over banks that have been closed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Financial Times reported Wednesday (March 13), citing a regulatory filing. According to the FT report, Porticoes...

Experiential Dining Brand Pinstripes to Go Public, Add Locations
SPAC // December 29, 2023

Pinstripes, an experiential dining and entertainment brand, and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Banyan Acquisition Corp. have closed their previously announced business combination and will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). With this business combination, Pinstripes has become a wholly owned subsidiary...

India-Based Car-Sharing Platform Zoomcar Completes Business Combination, Goes Public
IPO // December 29, 2023

Zoomcar, an India-based peer-to-peer car-sharing platform focused on emerging markets, has gone public. The firm completed a previously announced business combination with Cayman Island-registered special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Innovative International Acquisition Corp. (IOAC) Thursday (Dec. 28), the companies said in a Thursday press release....

Interviews & Exclusives
FinTech SPAC Stock Listings Face Tough Reckoning as 2023 Looms

December 19, 2022
For FinTechs looking to go public, 2023 will not be the year of the SPAC stock listing. If they opt to go public at all, that is. As PYMNTS’ own data shows, the pace of SPAC deals slowed to the low single digits in most cases, most notably in  payments, shopping and work-related verticals. To […]

Plastiq CEO: Capital From SPAC Deal Offers ‘Prudent’ Strategic Advantage

August 18, 2022
Not all that long ago, capital was a commodity, Eliot Buchanan, CEO of B2B payments platform Plastiq, told Karen Webster. The credit spigots were open. Interest rates were cheap, and...

Freightos IPO Filings Show Platforms’ Place in Logistics’ Digital Transformation

June 02, 2022
Embedded payments and the digitization of the supply chain are coming to a public market near you. There has been no dearth of headlines heralding the end of Wall Street’s...

Platforms Were Payments’ Hot 2021 IPO Theme — Will Profits Follow?

January 03, 2022
In the look back through the year that was, it might be too farfetched to say that SPACs and IPOs sizzled in the payments space. But things certainly — well...

Quick Reads
Crypto Company Fold Set to Go Public in SPAC Merger

July 24, 2024
Fold, which describes itself as a “bitcoin financial services company” is set to go public. The company plans to list on Nasdaq after merging with publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) FTAC Emerald Acquisition Corp, Fold announced in a news release Wednesday (July 24). “By integrating bitcoin across traditional financial services, Fold acts as a key point […]

Saxo Bank Weighs Sale After SPAC Collapses

April 16, 2024
Saxo Bank is reportedly pursuing a possible sale following an ill-fated attempt to go public. The Danish bank, which offers digital investment and trading services, recently invited investment bankers to audition...

Blank Check Firm Porticoes Plans to Snap Up Fallen Banks

March 13, 2024
Blank check firm Porticoes Capital is reportedly planning to buy up failed U.S. banks. The group aims to take over banks that have been closed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Financial...

Experiential Dining Brand Pinstripes to Go Public, Add Locations

December 29, 2023
Pinstripes, an experiential dining and entertainment brand, and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Banyan Acquisition Corp. have closed their previously announced business combination and will begin trading on the New...