Squeeze Acquires Youtility to Enter UK Embedded Finance Market

Stripe Acquires Lemon Squeezy

July 26, 2024

Payments & Fintech

Stripe has acquired Lemon Squeezy, a four-year-old payments and merchant-of-record platform that serves SaaS and digital-product businesses. Terms were not disclosed; Lemon Squeezy — a ~13-person startup that surpassed $1M ARR within nine months of launch — will help Stripe scale merchant-of-record selling and related billing/tax capabilities.

Quility Acquires Ninja Technologies LLC

August 1, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Quility has acquired the assets of Ninja Technologies LLC, a SaaS platform that provides leads, sales automation, CRM and analytics for insurance agents. Quility will integrate Ninja's marketing and communication automations into its Switchboard engagement platform to expand agent engagement, automation and sales enablement capabilities.

Mastercard Acquires Finicity for $825M to Boost Open Banking

June 23, 2020

Payments & Fintech

Mastercard has agreed to acquire Finicity, a Salt Lake City-based provider of financial data APIs and analytics, for $825 million plus up to $160 million in potential earn-outs. The acquisition strengthens Mastercard's open banking capabilities and expands its data and account verification offerings for banks, fintechs and lenders in North America and beyond.

SEI Acquires LifeYield

December 11, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

SEI Investments Company (SEI) has acquired LifeYield, a Boston-based provider of tax-smart wealth management technology. SEI will integrate LifeYield's API-driven UMH (unified managed household), tax optimization, and multi-account management capabilities into the SEI Wealth Platform to offer real-time, automated tax-aware portfolio and withdrawal optimization for advisors and institutions.

Socure Acquires Qlarifi to Build Real-Time BNPL Credit Infrastructure

December 7, 2025

Data & Analytics

Socure has acquired Qlarifi to integrate Qlarifi's real-time BNPL consumer credit database with Socure's identity verification and RiskOS decisioning platform. The deal creates a unified identity, anti-fraud, and BNPL credit infrastructure designed to improve underwriting accuracy, reduce fraud, and support responsible lending for BNPL providers.

Clarity AI Acquires ecolytiq to Expand Consumer-Facing AI Sustainability Solutions

July 9, 2025

AI & Machine Learning

Clarity AI has acquired ecolytiq, a provider of in-app climate engagement solutions for banks, to extend its consumer-facing sustainability capabilities and embed behavioural-science-driven climate insights into banking apps. As part of the transaction, Visa becomes an investor and strategic partner of Clarity AI to help scale ecolytiq's distribution through payment and banking channels.