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Tandem Bank Acquires Consumer Lender Oplo

January 12, 2022

Financial Services

Tandem Bank is acquiring fast-growing UK consumer lender Oplo to create a larger, purpose-led digital bank focused on fairer and greener financial products. The combination — spearheaded by Pollen Street Capital — will produce a profitable digital bank with roughly £1.2 billion of assets, about £1 billion of funding, over 171,000 customers and regulatory approval to complete by end of January 2022.

FINSIGHT Acquires Credit Flow Research

January 6, 2025

Data & Analytics

FINSIGHT, a provider of institutional capital markets technology and market data, has acquired Credit Flow Research (CFR), a specialist provider of new-issue research and real-time pricing data for the US investment grade and high-yield corporate bond markets. The deal expands FINSIGHT's API and new-issue monitoring capabilities and adds commentary, deal-flow analysis, and historical pricing to better serve issuers, institutional investors and broker-dealers.

Pollen Street Capital to acquire Keylane Group from Waterland Private Equity

August 19, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Pollen Street Capital has agreed to acquire all shares in Keylane Group B.V. from Waterland Private Equity, subject to customary conditions and regulatory approvals. Pollen Street plans to accelerate Keylane's organic growth, support further accretive M&A and invest in the development of Keylane's SaaS core insurance and pensions technology to strengthen its pan‑European position.

Pollen Street Capital Acquires Infinity International

May 14, 2019

Payments & Fintech

Pollen Street Capital has acquired UK-based corporate foreign exchange specialist Infinity International and will merge it with portfolio company Foreign Currency Direct as part of a newly created payments group that also includes Pure FX. The deal expands Pollen Street's corporate FX capability and enhances the Group's cross-border payments offering to UK and European business customers.

Searchlight Capital Partners to Acquire Majority Stake in Flowbird

August 10, 2021

Transportation

Funds advised by Searchlight Capital Partners have entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Flowbird from sellers Astorg and Mellby Gård. The deal would make Searchlight the new majority shareholder as it supports Flowbird's shift toward a tech-enabled software and payments platform and pursues further M&A to accelerate growth.

Mortgage Advice Bureau Acquires Fluent Money from Beech Tree Private Equity for £95m

April 1, 2022

Financial Services

Mortgage Advice Bureau Plc has acquired Fluent Money from Beech Tree Private Equity for £95 million. The deal brings Fluent's digital mortgage, second-charge, equity release, bridging and insurance capabilities into MAB to accelerate product expansion and scale; Fluent is based in Bolton and employs over 450 staff.