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Adyen adds loyalty software in €750m Talon.One deal

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Adyen moves beyond payments with EUR €750 million Talon.One deal to fuse loyalty software, customer data and promotions across channels.
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Thrive launches Abacode compliance services after deal

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Thrive widens post-Abacode push with managed compliance service for firms facing tougher rules and cyber risk.
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Grafana Labs buys Logline to speed Loki log searches

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Grafana Labs acquires Logline to turbocharge Loki's searches for rare log identifiers, cutting scan times from terabytes to gigabytes.
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Creditinfo takes full control of Latvian credit bureau

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Creditinfo snaps up the remaining stake in KIB Latvia, giving it full control of the bureau and a bigger platform in the Baltic market.
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ServiceNow completes USD $7.75 billion Armis acquisition

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ServiceNow bolsters cyber security push with Armis buyout, adding real-time asset visibility and deepening its platform after Veza.
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Pinewood lifts revenue as US dealership testing starts

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Pinewood boosts annual revenue and EBITDA as testing begins at Lithia's US dealerships, with cash rising and medium-term growth targets intact.
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Wasabi secures USD $250 million credit facility from Bain

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Wasabi lands USD $250 million Bain-led credit line to fund cloud storage expansion, AI-ready infrastructure and overseas growth.
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Prometheus Group buys Tamarack to expand procurement

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Prometheus Group turns to procurement with Tamarack deal, linking asset management software to supplier agreements for mining and heavy industry.
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Your.Cloud acquires Pure Cloud Solutions in UK push

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Your.Cloud deepens UK managed services push with Pure Cloud Solutions takeover, backing the Tamworth firm's local brand and leadership.
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Redsquid buys Partnership Education in biggest deal

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Redsquid expands its education technology push with Partnership Education takeover, adding nearly 80 staff and GBP £8 million in revenue.
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Aryza acquires Umbrella Tech in AI collections push

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Aryza buys Toronto-based Umbrella Tech to add voice AI, speech analytics and autonomous agents to its collections and recoveries software.
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Dynatrace to buy Bindplane in telemetry pipeline push

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Dynatrace agrees to buy Bindplane to expand telemetry pipelines, aiming to cut ingest costs and give customers greater control over observability data.
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Celerity acquires Ranger4 in automation & AI push

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Celerity adds IBM automation specialist Ranger4 as BGF-backed group deepens AI and cost-efficiency offer across hybrid IT.
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Gresham renames S&P Global EDM platform as Opus EDM

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Gresham renames acquired enterprise data platform Opus EDM, keeping it separate from Prime EDM and planning AI features for 2026.
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Vertiv to buy ThermoKey to boost data centre cooling

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Vertiv to acquire Italian heat-exchange specialist ThermoKey, boosting EMEA data centre cooling capacity amid rising AI power demands.
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Abacus adopts single brand after Medicus IT merger

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Abacus unveils a single global brand after its merger with Medicus IT, uniting financial and healthcare cybersecurity under one banner.
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CybaVerse pivots to CybaOps in cyber operations push

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CybaVerse rebrands as CybaOps, shifting from consultancy to a platform-led cyber operations model after raising GBP £5 million Series A.
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Mastercard to buy BVNK in USD $1.8 billion stablecoin push

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Mastercard to acquire stablecoin platform BVNK in a deal worth up to USD $1.8 billion, deepening its push into on-chain payments.
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ClearCourse buys Motasoft to boost garage software, AI

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ClearCourse buys Motasoft to expand in UK independent garages, adding embedded payments and AI to its garage management software suite.
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Ramp buys Billhop to grow AI finance reach in Europe

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US fintech Ramp is buying Stockholm-based Billhop to plug its AI finance platform into Billhop's European payments rails and licences.