S&P Global Acquires IHS Markit to Create Market Data Powerhouse; Stripe is Going After All Things FinTech; Affirm Expands Canadian Presence With $264M PayBright Buy

Weekly FinTech Digest | Week 49

This week (30 November - 4 December) was a super hot and interesting one in FinTech this year. Stripe undoubtedly won the spotlight this week revealing again that they are going after all things FinTech. S&P Global has acquired IHS Markit for $44B creating a market data powerhouse and making it the biggest corporate acquisition this year, and more excit…