PNC Financial Services has gotten regulatory approval to complete its acquisition of Colorado-based FirstBank. The $4.1 billion deal has now received the go-ahead from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Colorado...
Pinterest plans to extend its performance advertising capabilities to connected TV (CTV) by acquiring CTV performance advertising platform tvScientific. The company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire tvScientific and, subject to regulatory review and other customary conditions, it expects the transaction to close...
Digital bank and flexible payments provider Klarna has launched a collaboration with wallet infrastructure platform Privy. Announced in a Thursday (Dec. 11) news release, the partnership will see the companies research and design potential wallet solutions for cryptocurrency products aimed at Klarna users. The project follows the recent...
Dutch financial services provider Mollie is acquiring UK bank payment company GoCardless. The deal, announced Thursday (Dec. 11), is designed to create a single provider of card payments, local methods and bank payments for more than 350,000 businesses. “Businesses scaling internationally or building recurring revenue...
Mastercard has launched a digital wallet partnership with money movement company TerraPay. This collaboration is designed to provide the latest in digital payment capabilities to Mastercard’s wallet partners, which include mobile money wallets, FinTechs and banks, the companies said in a Thursday (Dec. 11) news release. “Together, we’re...
England’s Starling Bank is reportedly considering the acquisition of another British lender. That’s according to a report Thursday (Dec. 11) from the Financial Times (FT), which characterizes this effort as an overhaul to the digital bank’s business model, letting it find a more profitable use for its 12 billion...
Enova International plans to acquire Grasshopper Bancorp and its wholly owned subsidiary Grasshopper Bank to create what it says will be a “stronger, more diversified financial services provider.” The $369 million transaction will combine Enova’s consumer and small business online lending capabilities with Grasshopper’s digital...
Uber has launched a collaboration with Shopify aimed at speeding delivery for merchants. The partnership makes Uber Direct available to Shopify Plus merchants in the U.S., Canada, and France, allowing them to embed delivery offerings into their checkout, Uber said in a Wednesday (Dec. 10)...
B2B commerce platform AppDirect has acquired vCom, an IT lifecycle management provider for midsize companies. The closure of the $100 million deal, announced Wednesday (Dec. 10), will see vCom’s offerings embedded with AppDirect’s recently launched unified lifecycle management platform. “Integrating vCom’s lifecycle management platform, Buyers’...