Cloud communications company Vonage has purchased Jumper.ai, a Singapore-based omnichannel conversational commerce solutions provider, according to a Tuesday (Oct. 19) press release. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. As part of the acquisition, Jumper.ai’s team will join Vonage’s Product and Engineering group in an effort to...
Danish digital bank Lunar announced Tuesday (Oct. 19) it has acquired payments platform Paylike for an undisclosed amount, according to a Fintech Futures report, in a move that will allow Lunar’s business customers to receive eCommerce payments directly. Lunar also rolled out a one-step checkout...
Private label lender jaris says its partnership with payments software company SpotOn has extended more than $350 million in loan offers to small business clients. “Small businesses account for 99.9% of all U.S. firms and about 44% of the total private-sector output of the economy,”...
eCommerce credit card payment platform Cybersource and Brazilian FinTech EBANX announced on Monday (Oct. 18) a collaboration that will streamline payments for customers across Brazil. The partnership means Cybersource’s clients can access EBANX’s payment solutions for Brazil and in turn offer their Brazil-based customers...
Retail-tech startup Alerzo is taking serving mom-and-pop stores in Nigeria to another level, with the recent acquisition of FinTech company Shago Payments to provide new digital services to its 150,000-plus informal retailers. The B2B eCommerce retail firm was launched in 2019 in Ibadan, Nigeria’s third-largest...
London global payments processor SumUp acquired Silicon Valley marketing automation platform Fivestars for $317 million in a mix of cash and stock, according to a press release on Thursday (Oct. 14). The acquisition of Fivestars is SumUp’s first in the U.S. Fivestars is the biggest...
Mindbody, a wellness experience technology platform, has agreed to buy ClassPass, a monthly subscription service providing access to a large network of fitness and wellness experiences, according to a press release. The new deal will help make a “one-stop shop” for business owners and consumers,...
Making good on predictions that it will keep investing in healthcare, from devices to analytics, Best Buy is acquiring U.K.-based tech firm Current Health, whose platform provides “continuous, passive monitoring of vital signs” via wearables and connected devices. It’s the latest move into telehealth for...
Columbia Banking System Inc. and Umpqua Holdings Corp. said Tuesday (Oct. 12) they are joining forces in a $5.1 billion all-stock deal, according to The Wall Street Journal, which adds that the combined entity is now one of the largest financial institutions on the West...
