FinTech M&A is heating up: Fiserv & Amadeus battle for Shift4 in a $9B deal 😳💸; Apple to share BNPL data with Experian, impacting credit reports 💳🍎; Affirm eyes UK expansion & beyond 🚀🇬🇧

FinTech is Eating the World, 1 March

Hey Everyone,

TGIF! Another massive week in FinTech is about to end, and we’re going to finish it off with three more fascinating stories. Today’s issue is the best one yet as we’re going to look at the heating FinTech M&A landscape as Fiserv & Amadeus battle for Shift4 (where’s the money & value at + some juicy bonus reads inside), Apple that will share BNPL data with Experian (what this means + some deeper dives into BNPL and Apple building for the AI-first finance), and Affirm which now eyes UK & Europe expansion (why it’s a logical step + analyzing Affirm’s potential upside in 2024). Let’s jump straight into the thrilling stuff 🌶

FinTech M&A is heating up: Fiserv and Amadeus battle for Shift4 in potential $9 billion deal 😳💸

The BIG news🔥 Payment processing giant Fiserv FI 0.00%↑ is competing with travel software provider Amadeus to acquire Shift4 Payments FOUR 0.00%↑, a payments processor with a nearly $7 billion market valuation, according to sources familiar with the matter. An acquisition could value Shift4 at around $9 billion 😳

Let’s take a look at this and see where the money at.