Archive for May 2019
M&A wrap: Lincoln, Piper Jaffray, Palladium, Gryphon, Thompson Street
Investment bankers, including Lincoln’s Christopher Stradling, advise to sell now. Palladium, Gryphon, Thompson Street, make deals. CD&R forms new leadership…
Read MoreWeekly wrap: Global Payments, TSYS, Genstar, Insight Partners
Global Payments mergers with TSYS. Genstar backs Prometheus Group. Insight Partners buys remaining stake in Recorded Future.
Read MorePE fundraising scorecard: G Squared, Summit Investors, Warburg Pincus
AssuredPartners, G Squared, Sage Equity, Summit Investors and Warburg Pincus are raising capital, according to SEC filings.
Read MoreFintech M&A zeal causes payments stocks to surge
The stocks of a wide swath of publicly traded payments companies are rising faster than the overall S&P 500 index,…
Read MoreFulton emerges from regulatory gantlet. Is M&A in its future?
Its CEO says organic growth is preferable, but after spending five years tackling a series of enforcement actions tied to…
Read MoreCorporate card startup Brex is raising money at a valuation above $2 billion
Just two years after it was founded, Brex Inc. is close to securing new funding at a valuation north of…
Read MoreM&A wrap: Insight Partners, Recorded Future, Genstar, Thoma Bravo
Insight Partners backs cybersecurity software provider Recorded Future. Deal news from Genstar, Thoma Bravo. Dealmakers advise to sell now.
Read MoreFlorida bankers create holding company, agree to buy Flagship Community
West Florida Banking is made up of bankers who ran Jefferson Bank of Florida, which is now part of CenterState…
Read MoreHuntington unlikely to pursue merger or online-only bank, top executive says
Speaking at a conference on Wednesday, CFO Howell McCullough mostly ruled out a merger of equals as a growth strategy…
Read MoreSouth Florida is once again a hot market for M&A
A strong economy and the chance to court Hispanic customers and businesses have banks interested in the region once more.
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