Finablr news and trends

UK-Based Prism Makes Takeover Bid For Finablr
Partnerships / Acquisitions // October 06, 2020

Scandal-bogged Finablr has agreed to a takeover offer from Middle East-based Prism Advance Solutions, according to a report from the Financial Times (FT). Prism isn’t well known yet, but the deal is promised to be “game changing,” Finablr said, according to FT. Prism Co-Founder Guy...

Finablr Hires Firm To Investigate Potential Wrongdoing
Security & Fraud // July 23, 2020

After discovering over $1 billion in hidden debt in May, Finablr has hired law firm Skadden to investigate potential theft and wrongdoing in the company. Finablr revealed two months ago that the company’s overall debt was about $1.3 billion, significantly higher than the $334 million...

Travelex Founder Buys London Office Space, Expressing Optimism In Market
Real Estate // July 12, 2020

Travelex founder Lloyd Dorfman, in a show of confidence in the U.K. capital’s office market, has bought an office in London, Bloomberg reports. Dorfman spent 40 million pounds, or $50 million, and purchased space near Soho Place, an office block and theater near the Tottenham...

Travelex Ditches Sale After Banks Reject Offers
Partnerships / Acquisitions // June 16, 2020

Foreign exchange giant Travelex is pulling its offer of sale to prospective buyers after none of the buyers could offer an acceptable deal to the company’s banks and lenders, Financial Times (FT) reports. The company will now likely head toward a debit-for-equity swap to look...

Interviews & Exclusives
More Than A Merger: The Finablr Vision

April 30, 2018
Portmanteau: /noun/ A word that blends the sounds and meanings of two other words, such as “motel” (motor and hotel), “brunch” (breakfast and lunch) or “Finabler” (financial enabler). That last one is the name chosen by billionaire Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty for a new holding company he established Monday, April 23 by merging two financial services […]

Quick Reads
Indian Entrepreneur BR Shetty Fingers Former CEOs Amid Scandal

October 12, 2020
BR Shetty, the embattled Indian FinTech and healthcare entrepreneur, is calling for an investigation of two of his former CEOs amid a financial scandal that has consumed his once-mighty multibillion-dollar business empire. Shetty is calling upon federal investigators in India to examine the role of the former CEOs of his two key companies NMC Health […]

UK-Based Prism Makes Takeover Bid For Finablr

October 06, 2020
Scandal-bogged Finablr has agreed to a takeover offer from Middle East-based Prism Advance Solutions, according to a report from the Financial Times (FT). Prism isn’t well known yet, but the...

Finablr Hires Firm To Investigate Potential Wrongdoing

July 23, 2020
After discovering over $1 billion in hidden debt in May, Finablr has hired law firm Skadden to investigate potential theft and wrongdoing in the company. Finablr revealed two months ago...

Travelex Founder Buys London Office Space, Expressing Optimism In Market

July 12, 2020
Travelex founder Lloyd Dorfman, in a show of confidence in the U.K. capital’s office market, has bought an office in London, Bloomberg reports. Dorfman spent 40 million pounds, or $50...