Commerce Bancshares, the parent company of Commerce Bank, has completed its previously announced acquisition of FineMark Holdings, the parent company of FineMark National Bank & Trust. This merger makes Kansas City, Missouri-based Commerce the 15th largest bank-managed trust company based on assets under management, the...
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) reached historic numbers during 2025. Now, dealmakers are hopeful that 2026 will bring more of the same, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday (Dec. 31). This year saw a record 68 transactions valued at least $10 billion, the report said, citing data...
For many financial institutions, particularly small banks and credit unions, collaborating with FinTechs has become one of the most effective ways to modernize products, improve customer experiences and remain competitive without rebuilding core systems from the ground up. At the same time, regulation continues to...
Meta is acquiring Singapore-based startup Manus to boost its artificial intelligence (AI) agent offerings. “Manus is already serving the daily needs of millions of users and businesses worldwide,” Meta said in its announcement Monday (Dec. 29). “It launched its first general AI agent earlier this...
The value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) announced worldwide in 2025 was reportedly the highest since 2021 and the second highest in the more than 40 years of records kept by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). The total value reached $4.5 trillion in 2025,...
Snowflake is reportedly in talks to acquire Observe for about $1 billion to expand its range of artificial intelligence (AI) offerings. A deal would add Observe’s observability tools for monitoring applications, including AI apps, to Snowflake’s product portfolio that includes database technology and AI that handles...
ServiceNow plans to acquire Armis for $7.75 billion in cash and create a unified, end-to-end security exposure and operations stack. The stack will cover all connected devices and help protect the expanded attack surface created by the adoption of artificial intelligence, according to a Tuesday...
Google’s parent company is set to acquire Intersect, a company providing data center and energy infrastructure solutions. The $4.75 billion deal is designed to allow more artificial intelligence (AI) data center and generation capacity to come online more quickly while accelerating energy development and innovation,...
Coinbase is expanding its new prediction markets business by acquiring The Clearing Company. The acquisition, announced Monday (Dec. 22), comes days after Coinbase said it would begin offering access to prediction markets in the U.S. “Prediction markets let people trade on real-world events across everything...