Payments infrastructure FinTech company Stripe has completed its acquisition of billing company Metronome. “We believe the shift toward usage-based models will be a defining feature of the next decade for our industry,” Stripe Co-founder and CEO Patrick Collison said in announcing the completed deal on...
Payment processor Thredd launched a partnership with Australia-based payment orchestration platform Paywith. The collaboration is designed to help businesses launch “flexible, customer-centric card programs” with the help of Paywith’s technology and Thredd’s local market expertise and infrastructure, according to a Thursday (Jan. 15) press release....
Last year saw merger and acquisition (M&A) deals climb to an almost record high. That, in turn, led to record revenues for Citigroup, according to fourth-quarter 2025 earnings results reported by the bank Wednesday (Jan. 14). Citi saw an 84% jump in advisory fees during...
PayPal says it is expanding its years-long partnership with Deutsche Bank. This effort is designed to provide “enhanced payment solutions” throughout the U.S., Europe and the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, PayPal said in a Tuesday (Jan. 13) news release. Under this agreement, Deutsche Bank will scale...
U.S. Bancorp plans to accelerate the growth of its capital markets business by acquiring BTIG. The planned acquisition of BTIG, a financial services firm specializing in investment banking, institutional sales and trading, research and prime brokerage, will give U.S. Bancorp new capabilities in these fields,...
Post-purchase eCommerce platform Route says it has acquired returns and exchanges platform Frate Returns. The company says the deal is designed to give its customers a solution that combines its package protection and tracking suite with Frate’s “intelligent exchange-first” returns technology, according to a Monday (Jan....
Samsung, payments acceptance solutions provider Ingenico and payments technology firm Talus have joined forces. The partnership is designed to bring a “modern mobile business operating solution to the North American marketplace,” according to a Monday (Jan. 12) press release. The effort uses Ingenico’s software point-of-sale...
Snowflake plans to acquire Observe to deliver artificial intelligence-powered observability that is built on open standards and designed for the requirements of AI-driven enterprises. The companies signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition, though the closing of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions,...
Rent-based rewards program Bilt launched a partnership with payments technology provider Verifone. The collaboration will integrate Bilt’s customer experience into the Verifone commerce platform, according to a Thursday (Jan. 8) press release. “The partnership transforms how merchants engage customers at point of sale, embedding loyalty,...