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Reads of the Week

The Future of Fintech Report 2025

SVB analyzes the forces driving fintech companies continue to cut burn rates, embrace stablecoins and buy out their peers.

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Exits

M&A - Fintech

• Global Payments received regulatory clearance from the UK CMA for its $22.7 billion acquisition of Worldpay.
• S&P Global agreed to acquire With Intelligence, a private-markets data firm in an $1.8 billion deal, expanding its alternative assets analytics business.
• Propy announced a $100 million expansion plan to acquire property title firms across the U.S. and streamline operations using blockchain and AI.
• Coinbase acquired Echo, an onchain capital raising platform for $375 million, to build a full-stack solution for crypto projects.
• Modern Treasury acquired Beam to expand its instant payments infrastructure that unites instant fiat and stablecoin payments.
• TrueLayer announced plans to acquire Zimpler, a Swedish open-banking rival, to expand its European payments footprint.
• Jump announced plans to acquire Mobile Assistant, an advisor transcription services, to expand its AI-driven tools for financial advisors.

M&A - Banks and Financial Institutions

• Santander merged its Openbank digital brand with its European consumer finance business to simplify operations.

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A new report from Silicon Valley Bank explores why AI adoption in fintech is a slow burn, even as AI dominates daily headlines. This lag is reflected in venture capital investment – currently, AI-enabled fintechs receive just 30 cents of every VC dollar invested in the sector. Read the full Future of Fintech report for an in-depth analysis of emerging trends, key challenges and new opportunities within fintech.

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