Corpay agreed to acquire Alpha Group, a specialist in cross-border payments and FX, in a deal valued at $2.2–2.4 billion (£1.6–1.8 billion). The acquisition expands Corpay’s European presence while and reinforcing its position as a global leader in B2B payments. The acquisition is pending regulatory approvals and anticipated to close in Q4 2025.| insights.flagshipadvisorypartners.com
The SaaS sector is showing early signs of recovery: 9 out of 14 companies tracked have posted positive 3-month returns, a marked improvement from last quarter. Growth persists but at a decelerating pace, indicating emerging caution.| insights.flagshipadvisorypartners.com
The healthcare sector presents a strong opportunity for embedded payments due to its large, stable card volume and growing digital adoption. About 85% of medical providers are now using practice management software. The most mature embedded fintech solutions are e-billing, POS payments, and consumer financing. There is also emerging potential in embedded payouts and business financing.| insights.flagshipadvisorypartners.com
The issuer processing landscape is evolving rapidly, and success hinges on agility and informed decision-making. In this session, we highlight the trends, data, and strategies driving the future of card issuance. Whether you're scaling a fintech, integrating embedded finance, or leading transformation within a bank, this conversation offers practical, data-driven insights to help you navigate the next phase of growth.| insights.flagshipadvisorypartners.com
The European office of CFO SaaS remains a fertile ground for investments and M&A. Rapid market consolidation across CFO SaaS domains, key regulatory mandates (e.g., B2B E-invoicing) and increased adoption of embedded fintech across SaaS domains makes the space an attractive investment hotbed.| insights.flagshipadvisorypartners.com
Flagship analyses the competitive dynamics between local and global wallets in Europe, examining their respective market share performance, the drivers and barriers to their adoption, and the broader implications for key ecosystem players.| insights.flagshipadvisorypartners.com
Recent public market meltdown of North American B2B payments SaaS & fintechs likely to accelerate a wave of public-to-private M&A (along with other fintech domains). Market fundamentals, growth outlook and opportunity for value creation in the sector remain healthy for the long term.| insights.flagshipadvisorypartners.com
We observe that new client announcements from next-gen issuer processors are focused on fintechs and digital banks, whilst traditional processors remain centered on traditional banks.| insights.flagshipadvisorypartners.com
With trillions of dollars up-for-grabs, fintechs that seamlessly integrate into software platforms and enable effective (digital) collaboration between buyers and suppliers are best positioned to win. The Order-to-Cash (O2C) and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) cycles in B2B commerce are essential to financial health, but are still plagued by inefficiencies, manual processes, and payment delays.| insights.flagshipadvisorypartners.com
Local debit schemes (CB, Girocard, Dankort, BankAxept, Bancomat) are on a decline in Europe due to lack of innovation, slow support of digital wallets, limited geo reach, and collaborative shortcomings.| insights.flagshipadvisorypartners.com
We compare the growth evolution of registered North American and European (including the UK) payment facilitators (payfacs) from 2020 onwards.| insights.flagshipadvisorypartners.com
The European office of CFO SaaS is a new battleground for embedded fintech. Leading SaaS platforms are increasingly embedding fintech solutions with software workflows and creating a winning formula of success.| insights.flagshipadvisorypartners.com