banking and investment

Andersen Global Adds Investment Banking to Strengthen African Platform

BusinessWireAugust 30, 20244 min

Andersen Global continues to build on its multidisciplinary platform in Africa, adding investment banking and M&A capabilities to the region through a Collaboration Agreement with Boston Advisory Limited based in Nigeria. Boston Advisory Limited is an investment banking firm providing a broad range of investment banking services to a diverse group of corporates, public institutions and high net worth individuals. The firm’s primary focus areas include transaction services and capital raising, having worked on one...

Banking

William Blair Expands Investment Banking Footprint

BusinessWireSeptember 15, 20215 min

William Blair, the premier global boutique with expertise in investment banking, investment management, and private wealth management, today announced the addition of Michael Nelson as managing director in the firm’s growing Technology investment banking team. Drawing on his deep fintech sector expertise and industry relationships, Nelson will play a pivotal role in the firm’s FinTech advisory growth, while expanding its investment banking footprint to include Denver. “We are thrilled to have Mike, an investment banker with...

Banking Platform

Boutique investment banking firm, Skyway, onboards Andrew Sclater

BusinessWireSeptember 18, 20203 min

Skyway Capital Markets, LLC, a Tampa, FL-based boutique investment banking firm, appoints Andrew Sclater-Booth as Senior Vice President. Andrew Sclater-Booth joins the firm as Senior Vice President with over 15 years of experience in private equity and investment banking. He has extensive experience in capital raising, merger and acquisition advisory, and debt restructuring and has completed more than $5 billion in investment banking mandates. Sclater-Booth most recently served as Senior Vice President – Mergers &...

Platforms

Ninth Wave Secures Growth Funding to Expand Open Finance Platform

BusinessWireSeptember 13, 20245 min

Ninth Wave, the leading provider of cloud-based Open Finance solutions for financial institutions, announced that the company has secured new growth financing. Level Structured Capital (an affiliate of Level Equity, a preeminent growth equity firm with over $3 billion in assets under management), provided the funding. This financing will enable Ninth Wave to further expand its commercial team and make additional scale investments in the industry’s leading Open Finance connectivity platform for the foreseeable future....

Platforms

AmeriCU Credit Union Uses Jack Henry for Community Growth & Reinvestment

Jack HenrySeptember 13, 20246 min

Long-term alliance amplifies credit union’s impact on local communities

Banking

Illuma Labs closes $9M Series-A to drive innovation and fight bank fraud

BusinessWireSeptember 12, 20247 min

Illuma Labs, a leader in voice authentication technology for banking contact centers, has secured $9 million in Series A funding led by LiveOak Ventures, with participation from Forefront Venture Partners, Curql Fund, UsNet, Capital Factory, Connexus, and TDECU. This investment will accelerate the development of Illuma’s voice verification solutions, addressing threats like fraud, voice cloning, and deep fakes and expanding its reach to more credit unions and banks nationwide. Illuma founder and CEO, Milind Borkar,...

Banking

Groupe Meilleurtaux Appoints Thomas Vandeville as CEO

BusinessWireSeptember 12, 20247 min

Groupe Meilleurtaux (“Meilleurtaux” or the “Company”), a leading financial services marketplace in France, Belgium, and Luxemburg, backed by Silver Lake (93% shareholder), announced that Thomas Vandeville has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective September 12, 2024. Thomas Vandeville brings over 25 years of experience driving strategic business outcomes, large transformations, operational excellence, and innovation within the banking, insurance, and asset management industries, most recently as Deputy CEO of Groupe CCF and previously of HSBC France,...

Banking

Cobre Raises $35 Mn Series B to Continue Product and Market Expansion

BusinessWireSeptember 6, 20245 min

Oak HC/FT-led investment positions company to become leading player in payments and treasury management in Colombia, Mexico and beyond.

Banking

Capstone Partners Appoints Ken Wasik as Co-Head of Investment Banking

PRNewswireAugust 27, 20245 min

Capstone Partners, a leading middle market investment banking firm, has announced a significant appointment within its management team. Ken Wasik, Managing Director and Head of Consumer Products Banking, will now also serve as Co-Head of Investment Banking. With this role, Wasik will expand his managerial scope to include oversight of all investment banking activity across the firm, from deal origination to execution and closing. Wasik will share the role with current Head of Investment Banking, Paul Janson,...

Investments

Taktile Appoints New Head of Industry Strategy, Banking & Fintech

BusinessWireAugust 26, 20244 min

Taktile, recently named category leader in Decision Management Platforms by G2, is proud to announce the appointment of Jason Mikula as Head of Industry Strategy for Banking and Fintech. Mikula, who is a well-known industry thought leader, publishing his Fintech Business Weekly newsletter, a frequent guest on popular podcasts, and a sought-after speaker and moderator at marquee industry events, will help the company further innovate its product, go-to-market, and communications strategy for the financial services industry. Mikula has...

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