Retail bank and buy now pay later (BNPL) specialist Klarna closed a deal to acquire the price comparison platform PriceRunner in a move to bring enhanced app features to Klarna shoppers. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. Klarna aims to make banking and payments a positive experience...
Zendesk is hoping that its $4.13 billion acquisition of Momentive Global, which owns SurveyMonkey, will give it the power to see what users and consumers are thinking, TechCrunch reported. Zendesk’s core offering is related to customer service. With SurveyMonkey, the company can now access feedback...
Bitcoin-focused financial services and technology provider NYDIG on Monday (Nov. 1) announced its acquisition of real-time bitcoin payments app Bottlepay for an undisclosed amount after previously investing in the company during its seed round. Bottlepay has used Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to allow the growth of...
Aquiline Capital Partners is acquiring a majority stake in insurance technology platform Ripe Thinking Unlimited for undisclosed financial terms, according to a press release on Monday (Nov. 11). Headquartered in New York and London, Aquiline is a private investment firm with $6.9 billion in assets...
Global pawn shop FirstCash is closing a deal to acquire the virtual lease-to-own firm American First Finance (AFF) to make traction in the buy now pay later (BNPL) space, according to a press release. Based in Arlington, Texas and with over 2,800 retail pawn shops...
The Latin American payment FinTech EBANX has acquired the Brazilian eCommerce billing and banking firm Juno. As reported by Crowdfund Insider, Juno brings with it more than 35,000 small and medium company clients. The acquisition follows a $430 million Series C by EBANX in June,...
Tingo Mobile has entered into an agreement with Visa, a move the firm says will help deepen its financial services offerings in Nigeria and expand across Africa. The agri-FinTech business announced the agreement in a news release Wednesday (Oct. 27), saying it will allow the...
The Indian online travel portal Ease My Trip has finalized a non-binding agreement to acquire Traviate, a B2B travel marketplace. As BusinessToday reported Thursday (Oct. 28), Ease My Trip says the deal will give its parent company — Easy Trip Planners Limited — access to...
McDonald’s is partnering with IBM to bring technological improvements to the drive-thru lanes at its fast-food restaurants and automate the order-taking process, the companies said in a joint statement. Under the agreement, IBM will acquire McDonald’s McD Tech Labs and step up the development and...
