WorldRemit Acquires Sendwave

Small World Financial Services Acquires MoneyGlobe

February 25, 2020

Payments & Fintech

Small World Financial Services, the Equistone-backed UK money transfer operator, has acquired MoneyGlobe, a French international payments company. The bolt-on deal expands Small World's footprint in France and strengthens its cross-border remittance capabilities across markets including North Africa, West Africa, the Caribbean and South America; financial terms were not disclosed.

WorkWave Acquires Slingshot

May 10, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

WorkWave, the provider of cloud-based field service and last-mile software, has acquired Slingshot, a provider of customer call center software and outsourced sales/lead response services. The acquisition adds omni-channel contact center capabilities and outsourced sales to WorkWave's platform to help field service customers increase lead conversion and customer engagement.

Payroc Acquires Worldnet

April 21, 2022

Payments & Fintech

Payroc WorldAccess (Payroc), a PE-backed global payments acquirer, has acquired Worldnet, a provider of unified omnichannel payments gateway solutions for ISVs. The deal — completed with support from Payroc’s sponsor Parthenon Capital — expands Payroc’s embedded payments and ISV capabilities and brings Worldnet’s online, in‑store, unattended, and mobile payment technology onto Payroc’s platform.

Global Payments Acquires Worldpay in Three-Way Transaction with FIS and GTCR

April 17, 2025

Payments & Fintech

Global Payments has completed the acquisition of Worldpay from GTCR and FIS for $24.25 billion in cash and stock as part of a three-way transaction that also saw FIS acquire Global Payments' Issuer Solutions business for $13.5 billion. GTCR will receive a mix of cash and Global Payments stock and will retain approximately 15% ownership in the combined company; the transactions reposition Global Payments as a leading pure-play commerce solutions provider and bolster FIS' issuing capabilities.

Flutterwave Acquires Mono to Expand Open Banking Infrastructure Across Africa

January 5, 2026

Payments & Fintech

Flutterwave has acquired Mono, a Lagos-based open banking infrastructure provider, to deepen its bank-based and authenticated payment capabilities across African markets. Mono will continue to operate independently while its APIs for financial data access, identity verification, and account-to-account payments are integrated into Flutterwave's payments ecosystem to improve onboarding, reduce fraud, and enable richer bank-enabled payment flows.

Western Union Acquires 15% Stake in stc Bank

October 12, 2021

Payments & Fintech

The Western Union Company acquired a 15% minority stake in stc Bank for $200 million, marking a strategic minority investment to deepen its presence in the Middle East payments ecosystem. The deal extends an existing commercial partnership—Western Union will provide cross-border money transfer capabilities to stc Bank's app as stc Bank launches as one of Saudi Arabia's first digital banks.