Partnerships

Partnerships
Paysafe Opens Digital Wallets to CMC Markets Traders
September 22, 2025

Payments platform Paysafe launched a partnership with online trading and investment services provider CMC Markets. The collaboration will allow CMC to expand its range of payment options for traders in the European Economic Area, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and other global markets (aside from...

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Office Depot Parent Company Agrees to Acquisition Valuing It at $1 Billion
September 22, 2025

Office Depot parent company The ODP Corporation is set to change hands and become a private company. The provider of products, services and technology solutions agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of Atlas Holdings, an owner of operator of 29 manufacturing and distribution businesses,...

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PayPal and Google Partner to Advance Agentic Commerce
September 17, 2025

PayPal and Google are collaborating on agentic shopping and commerce experiences and other initiatives to advance agentic commerce. These initiatives are part of a new multiyear strategic partnership between the companies, they said in a Wednesday (Sept. 17) press release. With the combination of PayPal’s...

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Thredd Helps Reap Expand Card Programs to US
September 17, 2025

Payments processor Thredd has expanded its partnership with card program company Reap. With this collaboration, Thredd will provide the infrastructure upholding Reap’s physical and virtual card programs, allowing the company to expand into the U.S. and Latin America, Thredd said in a Wednesday (Sept. 17)...

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Spreedly Acquires Dodgeball to Bolster Fraud Prevention
September 17, 2025

Open payments platform Spreedly acquired fraud orchestration company Dodgeball. The deal is designed to combine payments optimization and fraud management in one platform and advance Spreedly’s artificial intelligence and open payments strategy, the companies said in a Wednesday (Sept. 17) news release. Terms of the...

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Workday Pays $1.1 Billion for Sana’s AI-Powered Workplace Tools
September 16, 2025

Human resources platform Workday is set to acquire artificial intelligence (AI) company Sana for $1.1 billion.  The deal, announced Tuesday (Sept. 16), will allow Workday to offer AI agents that clients can use to automate repetitive tasks, craft presentations, and perform searches across a company’s...

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AOL’s Private Equity Owner Explores $1.5 Billion Sale
September 16, 2025

AOL, a titan of dial-up internet’s heyday, could reportedly be up for sale.  The company’s private equity firm owner Apollo Global Management, is considering a sale after hearing interest from a buyer, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (Sept. 16), citing sources familiar with...

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Affirm to Power Pay-Over-Time Options for ServiceTitan and Vagaro
September 16, 2025

Affirm has announced partnerships in which it will power pay-over-time options for two software platforms for service providers: ServiceTitan, which serves commercial and residential trades, and Vagaro, which serves beauty, wellness and fitness businesses. The integration of Affirm with ServiceTitan’s digital payments solution will enable contractors to...

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MoonPay Acquires Meso and Hires Its PayPal-Veteran Founders
September 15, 2025

Cryptocurrency company MoonPay says it has acquired payment firm Meso. “This acquisition represents a major milestone in our evolution to a global payments network connecting banks, card networks, stablecoins and blockchains under a unified regulatory framework,” the company said in its announcement Monday (Sept. 15)....