{"id":42102,"date":"2021-05-07T17:41:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T14:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=42102"},"modified":"2025-08-30T21:43:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T18:43:03","slug":"canadian-listed-nuvei-to-acquire-crypto-processor-simplex-for-250-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/canadian-listed-nuvei-to-acquire-crypto-processor-simplex-for-250-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian-listed Nuvei to acquire crypto processor Simplex for $250 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto-listed Nuvei Corporation announced the purchase of Israeli payment processor Simplex for $250 million.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PressRelease?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PressRelease<\/a>: Nuvei announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimplexCC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SimplexCC<\/a>, a fintech startup providing the fiat infrastructure to the cryptocurrency industry. <\/p>\n<p>Full PR: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8ALZTB6M8c\">https:\/\/t.co\/8ALZTB6M8c<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NuveiNews?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NuveiNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cryptocurrency?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cryptocurrency<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FintechNews?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FintechNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CryptocurrencyNews?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CryptocurrencyNews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nuvei (@NuveiTech) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NuveiTech\/status\/1390416372446994437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nuvei is based in Montreal and provides electronic payment processing. The firm plans to close the deal in the second half of 2021 after regulatory clearance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe Simplex infrastructure is a perfect fit for the Nuvei Native Commerce Platform,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Founded in 2014, Simplex provides services to purchase digital assets using credit and debit cards. In 2016 the project closed a Series A round of $7 million.<\/p>\n<p>Simplex <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/payments-firm-simplex-becomes-visa-principal-member\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u044f\u0432\u043b\u044f\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f<\/a> \u0443\u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043c \u043f\u043b\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0436\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0441\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043c\u044b Visa. \u0421\u043e\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0441\u043d\u043e <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/partners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u0441\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0443<\/a>, \u0441\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0438 \u0435\u0433\u043e \u043a\u043b\u0438\u0435\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0432 \u2014 \u0431\u0438\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d-\u0431\u0438\u0440\u0436\u0438 Binance, Huobi, OKCoin, \u0441\u0435\u0440\u0432\u0438\u0441 BitPay \u0438 \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0433\u0438\u0435.<\/p>\n<p>\u0413\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0434\u0438\u0440\u0435\u043a\u0442\u043e\u0440 \u043a\u0440\u0438\u043f\u0442\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0446\u0435\u0441\u0441\u0438\u043d\u0433\u0430 \u041d\u0438\u043c\u0440\u043e\u0434 \u041b\u0435\u0445\u0430\u0432\u0438 [Nimrod Lehavi] \u0432 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0438 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblockcrypto.com\/linked\/104193\/canada-nuvei-acquire-crypto-firm-simplex-250-million\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Block<\/a> \u043e\u0442\u043c\u0435\u0442\u0438\u043b, \u0447\u0442\u043e Simplex \u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043e\u0442\u0434\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u043c \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435\u043c Nuvei.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2021, Simplex <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/opera-users-will-be-able-to-buy-cryptocurrency-directly-in-the-browser\">announced a collaboration<\/a> with the Opera browser team to integrate the cryptocurrency-purchase gateway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto-listed Nuvei Corporation announced the purchase of Israeli payment processor Simplex for $250 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[771,1235,2112],"class_list":["post-42102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-canada","tag-mergers-and-acquisitions","tag-simplex"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"16","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42103,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42102\/revisions\/42103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}