Which fintechs will go public in 2024? (TWIF 2/11)

TechCrunch provided a roundup this week of the fintech startups that could go public in 2024: Apex at $4.7 billion, Stripe between $50 and $95 billion, Klarna at $6.7 billion, Lendbuzz at $2 billion, Chime at $6.7 billion, Plaid, Rippling / Gusto / Deel, and Brex / Ramp / Navan.

Entrust, a provider of certification and verification services for digital and card payments, will acquire digital identity verification provider Onfido for a price ranging from $400 million to $650 million.

International payments provider Worldpay completed its sale from FIS to GTCR.

Indian fintech giant Cred, valued at $6.4 billion, will acquire mutual fund and stock investment platform Kuvera in order to move into the wealth management market. Kuvera currently manages $1.4 billion in assets across 300,000 users.

Meanwhile, Indian payments provider giant Jio Financial said that it is not in talks to acquire Paytm's digital wallet business, which has suffered due to new RBI regulations.

Australian payments infrastructure provider Fat Zebra acquired local open banking technology platform Adatree.

 Crypto custodian BitGo acquiredBrassica, an alternative investing infrastructure company. BitGo last raised $100 million at a $1.75 billion valuation.

Hiline, a bookkeeping, tax, and CFO provider, acquiredCalculate, an outsourced accounting and finance firm dedicated to supporting emerging companies.

Barclays Bank in the UK will acquire the retail bank of grocer and supermarket Tesco for £600 million. The deal is expected to close later this year.

Amundi, Europe's biggest fund manager, will buy Siwss private markets specialist Alpha Associates, for €350 million – part of a growing trend of investors betting on fast-growing alternative assets.