FLEETCOR Acquires Associated Foreign Exchange (AFEX)

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Acquires American Financial Exchange (AFX)

January 13, 2025

Financial Services

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has acquired 100% of the American Financial Exchange (AFX) from 7RIDGE. The purchase brings AFX's interbank lending marketplace and the AMERIBOR benchmark into ICE's broader index and mortgage technology network to expand capabilities for regional, midsize and community banks.

FLEETCOR Acquires Accrualify

August 3, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. has acquired Accrualify, Inc., a cloud-based accounts payable (AP) automation software provider, to expand its corporate payments and procure-to-pay capabilities. The acquisition adds end-to-end AP workflow and payments execution technology to FLEETCOR's corporate payments platform and is expected to increase demand and revenue per client.

Foreign Currency Direct Acquires Corporate Dealing Team and Client Portfolio from Foenix Partners

February 26, 2020

Payments & Fintech

Foreign Currency Direct, a Pollen Street Capital-backed international payments and FX specialist, has acquired a corporate dealing team and associated client portfolio from Foenix Partners Ltd. The team will join Foreign Currency Direct's corporate division, Infinity International, expanding the group's corporate FX and payments capabilities and client base in the UK.

OFX Acquires Firma Foreign Exchange Corporation for C$90m

December 20, 2021

Payments & Fintech

OFX Group Limited has agreed to acquire 100% of Canadian foreign exchange and payments provider Firma Foreign Exchange Corporation for C$90 million. The acquisition adds over 9,600 corporate clients, increases OFX's North America revenue substantially, and is expected to be accretive to EPS while delivering cost and revenue synergies.

Foreign Currency Direct Acquires Earthport FX from Earthport Limited

February 4, 2020

Payments & Fintech

Foreign Currency Direct, the Pollen Street Capital-backed international payments and FX specialist, has acquired Earthport FX Limited, the corporate payments and foreign exchange division of Earthport Limited. The business will join Foreign Currency Direct's corporate division (including Infinity International and Pure FX), increasing the group's scale and market presence in corporate cross-border payments for small and medium-sized businesses.

7RIDGE Acquires American Financial Exchange (AFX)

April 18, 2023

Financial Services

7RIDGE, a specialized growth equity firm, has acquired 100% of the American Financial Exchange (AFX) to accelerate growth of the AFX platform and expand adoption of its AMERIBOR benchmark. The transaction preserves a Cboe Global Markets subsidiary as a service provider to AFX and aims to deepen AFX’s role as a provider of credit-sensitive benchmarks to U.S. banks and financial institutions.