Data deals: Week 43, 2026 (19 Oct to 25 Oct)
4 deals announced this week. ✓ Reviewed: read and analysed by Gianluca. Others are short summaries of the public record.
- 2026-10-22 · LSEG · Octus
LSEG agrees to acquire Octus for $3.535 billion in cash from funds advised by Permira and Octus' management
On 22 October 2026 LSEG announced it had agreed to acquire Octus, a provider of credit intelligence, data and workflows, for a cash consideration of $3.535 billion from funds advised by Permira and Octus' management, including founder Kent Collier. The transaction is expected to close in H1 2027, subject to regulatory approval.
- 2026-10-22 · Brightmine · Equifax
Brightmine launches Dynamic Pay Data using Equifax employer-reported payroll data
On 22 October 2026, Brightmine announced Dynamic Pay Data, a U.S. salary benchmarking capability that combines employer-reported payroll data from Equifax with Brightmine reward market expertise. The data is aggregated, anonymized and standardized, and the product is available to U.S. employers through Brightmine and Equifax.
- 2026-10-21 · TransUnion · Fiserv
TransUnion unveils Transaction Matching to help merchants recognize more customers
On 21 October 2026, TransUnion unveiled Transaction Matching, a product to help merchants recognize more customers.
- 2026-10-19 · PacBio · Verily Health
PacBio and Verily Health announce multi-year collaboration linking HiFi sequencing to Verily Pre platform
On 19 October 2026, PacBio and Verily Health announced a multi-year strategic collaboration to integrate PacBio HiFi sequencing with Verily Health's governed data and AI platform, Verily Pre, combining long-read genomic data with real-world clinical data at population scale to produce AI-ready clinico-genomic datasets.