All articles by Surya Rao Akella

Surya Rao Akella

Nexi, SIA sign MoU to create €15bn European digital payments provider

Italian digital payments company Nexi has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SIA to create a digital payments company…

Worldline secures EU approval to acquire Ingenico

Worldline has secured an approval from the European Commission to acquire French payment services company Ingenico. However, the approval is…

UOB introduces digital banking service for corporate clients

Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB), has launched a new digital banking solution  to allow its corporate clients manage their banking…

Crédit Agricole completes sale of remaining 4% stake in Banque Saudi Fransi

Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (Crédit Agricole CIB), has completed the sale of the remaining 4% stake in Banque…

JCB extends partnership with Banco Santander to support e-commerce payments

JCB International, a subsidiary of Japanese credit card company JCB has extended its partnership with Banco Santander’s subsidiary Santander España…

Greenlight raises $215m in latest funding round at $1.2bn valuation

Greenlight Financial Technology, a fintech company that supports parents in teaching children on how to manage money, has secured $215m…

United Wholesale Mortgage to go public by merging with Gores Holdings IV

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), a Pontiac, Michigan-based wholesale mortgage lender, has agreed to merge with Gores Holdings IV. Gores Holdings…

Deutsche Bank to shut down 20% of branches in Germany

German banking giant Deutsche Bank is reportedly planning to close 20% of its branches in Germany in the wake of…

Open banking platform Tink acquires UK-based OpenWrks

Tink, a Stockholm, Sweden-based open banking platform, has acquired OpenWrks, a UK-based open banking applications provider, for an undisclosed amount.…

Deutsche Börse to acquire majority stake in Quantitative Brokers

Deutsche Börse has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Quantitative Brokers, an analytics provider for financial markets, for…