As chief executive officer of MergerTech, Nitin Khanna oversees a team of technology investment experts who aid firms with mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, and other matters. In early 2014, Nitin Khanna coordinated a $100-million-dollar-plus deal between Simple Finance Technology Corp. and BBVA.

2. As chief executive officer of MergerTech,
Nitin Khanna oversees a team of technology
investment experts who aid firms with
mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations,
and other matters. In early 2014, Nitin
Khanna coordinated a $100-million-dollar-
plus deal between Simple Finance
Technology Corp. and BBVA.

3. Headquartered in Brooklyn for two years before
relocating to Portland in 2011, Simple Finance
Technology Corp. offers unique online financial
services. Focused on making banking easier and
more fun for the digital generation, this company
produced a smartphone app that allows users to
track their spending in real time through an easy
interface. Among its budgeting features are
enabling people to take pictures of what they buy
and entering prices in a Checkbook function, as
well as “tracking” how much money they spend
when they are around specific individuals. Within a
year, it acquired 100,000 customers.

4. BBVA recognized the potential of this app and the
company's dedication to quality customer service.
Its director of strategy and corporate development
complimented Simple Finance Technology for
creating something that even major financial
institutions cannot simply duplicate. In February
2014, the two firms arranged a deal with the
assistance of MergerTech that saw BBVA buying
the other company for $117 million. Although now
operating as a division in BBVA, Simple Finance
Technology will remain in Portland and use the
money to expand its facility.