UK fintech Zilch eyes deals spree on march towards public debut

cityam

Jan 08

Zilch has made a major acquisition of a European bank. Consumer payments giant Zilch is eyeing more deals after snapping up a Lithuanian challenger bank ahead of its long-awaited public debut.The UK ...

Source Link

Disclaimer: Investing carries risk. This is not financial advice. The above content should not be regarded as an offer, recommendation, or solicitation on acquiring or disposing of any financial products, any associated discussions, comments, or posts by author or other users should not be considered as such either. It is solely for general information purpose only, which does not consider your own investment objectives, financial situations or needs. TTM assumes no responsibility or warranty for the accuracy and completeness of the information, investors should do their own research and may seek professional advice before investing.

Most Discussed

{"basename":"","ssrTDKData":{"titleTemplate":"%s - Tiger Brokers","title":"Tiger Brokers | Global Stocks, Options & Futures Trading App","description":"Tiger Brokers, one-stop investment in US stocks, SGX stocks, HK stocks, A-shares & other global assets. One of the best stock trading platforms in Singapore.","keywords":"tiger brokers,tiger trade,tiger brokers singapore,broker online,stock trading in singapore,share trading singapore,brokerage firm singapore,trading app,stock broker singapore,stock trading platforms,trading account","social":{"ogDescription":"Tiger Brokers, one-stop investment in US stocks, SGX stocks, HK stocks, A-shares & other global assets. One of the best stock trading platforms in Singapore.","ogImage":"https://c1.itigergrowtha.com/portal5/static/media/og-logo.be62fbe1.png","ogUrl":"https://www.itiger.com/news/2601800958"},"companyName":"Tiger Brokers"},"pageData":{"isMobile":false,"isTiger":false,"isTTM":true,"region":"SGP","license":"TBSG","edition":"fundamental"},"isCrawlerRequest":true,"__swrFallback__":{"@#url:\"https://stock-news.skytigris.cn/v3/news\",params:#id:\"2601800958\",edition:\"fundamental\",auth_exemption:1,,,undefined,":{"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2601800958?lang=en_US&edition=fundamental","thumbnail":"https://www.cityam.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Zilch.jpg?w=824&h=463&crop=1","is_english":true,"pubTime":"2026-01-08 01:13","share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","id":"2601800958","market":"us","top_or_hot":-1,"title":"UK fintech Zilch eyes deals spree on march towards public debut","media":"cityam","content":"<div>\n<p>Zilch has made a major acquisition of a European bank. Consumer payments giant Zilch is eyeing more deals after snapping up a Lithuanian challenger bank ahead of its long-awaited public debut.The UK ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.cityam.com/uk-fintech-zilch-eyes-deals-spree-on-march-towards-public-debut/\">Source Link</a>\n\n</div>\n","source":"cityam_highlight","html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>UK fintech Zilch eyes deals spree on march towards public debut</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nUK fintech Zilch eyes deals spree on march towards public debut\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2026-01-08 01:13 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.cityam.com/uk-fintech-zilch-eyes-deals-spree-on-march-towards-public-debut/><strong>cityam</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Zilch has made a major acquisition of a European bank. Consumer payments giant Zilch is eyeing more deals after snapping up a Lithuanian challenger bank ahead of its long-awaited public debut.The UK ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.cityam.com/uk-fintech-zilch-eyes-deals-spree-on-march-towards-public-debut/\">Source Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","isBrief":false,"type":0,"news_type":1,"symbol":"FCA","symbol_name":"First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund","start_time":0,"source_url":"https://www.cityam.com/uk-fintech-zilch-eyes-deals-spree-on-march-towards-public-debut/","article_id":"2601800958","we_media_id":null,"thumbnails":["https://www.cityam.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Zilch.jpg?w=824&h=463&crop=1"],"rights":{"source":"cityam_highlight","url":"https://www.cityam.com/uk-fintech-zilch-eyes-deals-spree-on-march-towards-public-debut/","rn_cache_url":null,"directOrigin":true},"url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2601800958","pubTimestamp":1767806015,"columns":[],"sourceInfo":{"source_id":"cityam_highlight","name":"cityam"},"weMediaInfo":null,"summary":"Zilch has made a major acquisition of a European bank. Consumer payments giant Zilch is eyeing more deals after snapping up a Lithuanian challenger bank ahead of its long-awaited public debut.The UK fintech has acquired Fjord Bank, helping it to secure a European banking licence and accelerate overseas plans.“We needed a regulatory umbrella that would allow us to go and move really fast throughout Europe as we roll out,” Philip Bellamant, Zilch’s chief executive, told City AM.“And this, of course, provides us that, but more importantly it also provides us with a fantastic team.”But Bellamant stressed the deal did not signal a move from Zilch beyond its payments forte, adding the transaction with Fjord was “expressly not about banking”.Zilch on road to IPOZilch operates under two licences in the UK from the Financial Conduct Authority  after securing its payments licence in December 2025.The fintech boss noted that under a European banking licence firms are able to open branches in the ","collect":0,"end_time":0,"defaultTopTitle":"cityam.com","property":[],"viewcount":null,"language":"en","relate_stocks":{"FCA":"First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund"},"translate_title":"英国金融科技Zilch着眼于3月份上市交易热潮","themeId":null,"isJumpTheme":false,"ttsUrl":null,"symbols_score_info":{"FCA":1},"content_text":"Zilch has made a major acquisition of a European bank. Consumer payments giant Zilch is eyeing more deals after snapping up a Lithuanian challenger bank ahead of its long-awaited public debut.The UK fintech has acquired Fjord Bank, helping it to secure a European banking licence and accelerate overseas plans.“We needed a regulatory umbrella that would allow us to go and move really fast throughout Europe as we roll out,” Philip Bellamant, Zilch’s chief executive, told City AM. “And this, of course, provides us that, but more importantly it also provides us with a fantastic team.”\n\nBut Bellamant stressed the deal did not signal a move from Zilch beyond its payments forte, adding the transaction with Fjord was “expressly not about banking”. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nNews Updates\nStay ahead with our three daily briefings delivering all the key market moves, top business and political stories, and incisive analysis straight to your inbox.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“We’re not looking to build some huge big balance sheet net interest margin, a kind of lazy deposits business here,” he said.When asked about more deals on the horizon, Belamant said the Fjord acquisition “tees [Zilch] up to really continue at pace with our corporate finance strategy and our bigger plan for the business”.  In November, Zilch landed $175m in debt and equity led by KKCG, with the intention of “strategic M&A.” Belamant confirmed a “substantial sum” was still left over from the transaction.\n\nZilch on road to IPOZilch operates under two licences in the UK from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) after securing its payments licence in December 2025.The fintech boss noted that under a European banking licence firms are able to open branches in the UK, but added “there is a benefit, of course, in [securing a UK licence] for our UK operation as well.","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":0,"need_auth":false,"code":"91000000","status":"200"}}}