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Company signals · Fintech

Finastra

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Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 107.2 (Hot) (down 1.8 month-on-month), EMEA is at easing (-6.4pts) on signal share.

Finastra: 4 signals in the last 90 days — above the Fintech median of 1 across 92 tracked companies; 0.2% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow; 4 tracked across 17 days.

Signals at Finastra

Ma Activity

EMEA

Finastra divested its Universal Banking (UB) global core banking software business to UK-based private equity firm Pollen Street Capital.

Leadership read: Consolidation of this kind shifts demand toward integration and transformation leadership bench strength in fintech.

curated · 2026-06-19 · context →

Ma Activity

EMEA

Finastra divested its US Mid-Market banking business to CORA Group (part of Jonas Software/Constellation Software). The sale includes Phoenix Core Banking System, Malauzai Digital Banking, Analyzer IQ, and Enterprise Content Management products serving US banks and credit unions.

Leadership read: Consolidation of this kind shifts demand toward integration and transformation leadership bench strength in fintech.

curated · 2026-06-05 · context →

Strategic Hiring

Asia

Finastra is positioning itself as a thought leader in APAC payments transformation, with Arun Kini as Managing Director for Payments APAC, indicating strategic focus on real-time payments and cross-border payment infrastructure

Leadership read: A hiring build-out like this points to deepening fintech executive bench strength over the coming quarters.

curated · 2026-06-04 · context →

Partnership

Oceania

Finastra convened banking leaders in Sydney for AI and platform modernization summit, emphasizing ecosystem collaboration, AI integration, cloud-native technologies, and open APIs across payments and lending

Leadership read: Alliances like this can broaden fintech commercial leadership bench strength.

curated · 2026-06-02 · context →

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Finova acquired AI lendtech start-up Cubit Labs. This is the first M&A transaction under new leadership (Gareth Richardson, appointed within the last year). Finova is Bain Capital-backed.

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Backbase acquired Kasisto, a financial services agentic AI specialist, to expand its banking technology platform capabilities.

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Nuvei is reported to be pursuing a merger with Payoneer to strengthen position in stablecoin processing and SMB merchant reach.

Ma Activity · EMEA

Adyen →

Adyen won a major UK government contract, replacing Stripe as the processor for the Gov.UK Pay payments platform

Ma Activity · EMEA

Mollie →

Mollie acquiring GoCardless in €1.1bn deal, expected to finalize in H2 2026, integrating card payments and bank payments for 350,000+ businesses

Ma Activity · EMEA

Fawry →

Egypt's second-largest fintech Fawry has embedded itself into the informal market through acquisitions, processing 6 million daily transactions

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