All articles by BV Swagath

BV Swagath

CapStar Financial to acquire FCB and Bank of Waynesboro for $85m

CapStar Financial, a Tennessee-based bank holding company, has agreed to acquire FCB and Bank of Waynesboro (BOW) in stock-cum-cash deals…

Investor group to buy financial services firm Duff & Phelps for $4.2bn

An investor group led by funds managed by Stone Point Capital and Further Global has signed a deal to acquire…

Business First Bancshares, Inc. and Pedestal Bancshares, Inc. announce merger

Business First Bancshares, Inc. (“Business First”) (NASDAQ: BFST), the holding company for b1BANK, and Pedestal Bancshares, Inc. (“Pedestal”) today jointly…

Clearstream to acquire 51% stake in UBS Fondcenter for $401m

Clearstream, the post-trade services provider of Deutsche Börse Group, has acquired 51.2% stake in Swiss bank UBS’ fund distribution platform…

ICICI Bank introduces ‘Cardless Cash Withdrawal’ through ATM using ‘iMobile’

ICICI Bank today announced the launch of a ‘Cardless Cash Withdrawal’ facility from its ATMs. This service enables customers to…

DBS launches QR-code based solution for Singaporean SMEs

DBS has launched a QR-code based solution in Singapore with a goal to transform the predominantly cash and paper-based B2B…

iGTB announces world’s first 100%, 45-minute robotic deployment of its fully-featured transaction banking portal CBX

Intellect Global Transaction Banking (iGTB), the transaction banking specialist from Intellect Design Arena Limited, today announced that it has enabled…

Access Bank on verge of acquiring Kenya’s Transnational Bank

Nigeria-based Access Bank is set to complete 100% acquisition of Transnational Bank (TNB), a Kenya-based medium-sized commercial bank, following receipt…

DNA Payments acquires Zash AB

DNA Payments (DNA), a fintech payments company, continues to expand its service offering to merchants and global footprint through the…

Swiss shopping tax refund firm Global Blue to merge with Far Point

Far Point Acquisition has agreed to merge with Global Blue, a Switzerland-based shopping tax refund firm owned by Silver Lake…