Financial services

In his new roles, Fitzner will support Star Mountain's continued growth by leveraging his expertise in private equity investing and operational value creation to strengthen and optimize portfolio company performance.

Accel-KKR-backed Basware has signed a binding agreement to acquire Trustpair in a deal pairing Basware's invoice lifecycle management platform with Trustpair's payment fraud prevention technology.

Trustpair is a Nacha Preferred Partner that verifies suppliers' bank account details for finance teams using ERP and procurement platforms such as SAP, Oracle and Coupa.

FinTark is a London-based commodity trading and risk management consultancy with expertise across European energy and global metals markets.

‘The financial institutions will need to be able to participate in that lightspeed discussion between the various agents to facilitate the whole interaction,’ Matteo Stefanel, managing partner and co-founder, tells PE Hub.

Curi Capital is a Chicago-headquartered registered investment adviser with more than $14bn in assets under advisement, operating 12 offices across eight states and Washington, DC.

Murphy began his career in commercial lending at Allied Bank of Texas in 1981.

Foresight Group has announced the exit of Plantexpand, selling the outsourced fleet maintenance business to Premius Capital.

‘I think of banks as having incredibly rich data. AI is going to be an opportunity for them to move up the value chain as a service provider,’ says the co-lead of European financial and business services.

Navigator Partners, founded in Helsinki in 2002, serves more than 800 private equity, family office and foundation clients across the Nordics.