Tiger Financial completes acquisition, sets path to Canadian listing under "BANQ
What's the deal? Tiger Financial Services Inc.Dealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → — formerly Cora Capital Corp.Dealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → — said on September 18, 2026 that it acquired all shares of Tiger Financial CorporationDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, now a wholly owned subsidiary. The deal, whose value was undisclosed, closed on September 17.
Why now? The acquisition coincides with a receipt from the British Columbia Securities Commission for the company's final non-offering prospectus, now available on SEDAR+. Shortly after, the company renamed itself Tiger Financial Services Inc.
What's the endgame? Headquartered in Puerto Rico, Tiger describes itself as an international fintech building AI-powered banking infrastructure for small businesses in Southeast Asia. It combines AI-driven payments, digital banking, and embedded finance for what it calls an underserved segment.
The listing move is the next step. Tiger said it will update the market on timing for a Canadian Securities Exchange listing under the ticker "BANQ" in the near future.
The signal: Tiger is chasing scale across emerging markets. Through its Vietnam subsidiary, Vietpay Technology Company CorporationDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, it already operates in Southeast Asia and plans to expand into Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Myanmar — a region it pegs at more than 60 million small businesses.
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