BBVA ramps up its hostile takeover pursuit of Sabadell (TWIF 6/2)

Japanese information technology and consulting company NTT Data acquired a controlling 58.73% stake in payment services firm GHL Systems for around $154 million.

Papara, a Turkish banking app with 20 million users, will acquireSadaPay, a Pakistani provider of P2P money transfers, debit cards, and payment products with 1 million users and $1.5 billion in annual payment volume.

Talos, a crypto trading software provider which offers a DeFi-access platform, acquiredSkolem, a platform for institutional investors to access DeFi markets – its third acquisition in a year.

insightsoftware, a global provider of reporting, analytics, and performance management solutions, plans to acquireFiplana, a Qlik financial planning and analysis software.

HPS acquired Irish digital banking and payments software company CR2, which operates BankWorld, installed at 90+ banks across more than 50 countries, offering a suite of digital banking, digital wallet and payment products.

Publicly-listed fintech Broadridge Financial SolutionsacquiredAdvisorTarget, a provider of asset management and wealth management firms with data products to help power digital marketing.

Dutch bank ABN AMRO will acquire private German bank Hauck Aufhauser Lampe from Chinese conglomerate Fosun International for $730 million.

Bill Ackman is considering taking a stake in his investment firm Pershing Square public this year, valuing the firm at $10 billion.

Spanish bank BBVA is seeeking regulatory approval for a hostile takeover of its $13 billion rival Sabadell, who has rejected multiple advances.

Global bank HSBC transferred ownership of its Russian unit to Expobank for an undisclosed fee to comply with sanctions.