Partnerships

Partnerships
Trustly and Episode Six Partner on US Pay-by-Bank Adoption
September 09, 2025

Trustly, a global provider of pay-by-bank solutions, and Episode Six, which offers enterprise-grade card issuing and ledger infrastructure, have announced a partnership aimed at accelerating the adoption of pay by bank in the United States. The collaboration is designed to enable U.S. retail merchants to...

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DoorDash’s $3.9 Billion Deliveroo Purchase Approved by EU
September 09, 2025

The European Commission has approved DoorDash’s plan to purchase rival food delivery platform Deliveroo. As Reuters reported Tuesday (Sept. 9), the approval clears the way for the $3.9 billion deal, first agreed to in May, soon after reports of a possible acquisition first emerged. The...

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Ikea Cooks Up Best Buy Partnership to Expand Retail Reach
September 09, 2025

The next time you buy kitchenware from Ikea, you might be doing so at Best Buy. The Swedish furniture seller is looking into using space inside other retailers’ locations to expand its customer base in “mature” markets in the United States and Europe, the Financial...

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Aiwyn Acquires QuickFee’s US Payments Business and Adds Pay-Later Offering
September 08, 2025

Aiwyn has acquired QuickFee’s U.S. payments business, including QuickFee Pay Now and QuickFee Connect, to add new capabilities to Aiwyn’s payments and collection platform for accounting firms. The company’s partnership with QuickFee will enable Aiwyn to provide customers with access to QuickFee’s Pay Later finance offering, and QuickFee customers...

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Green Dot Teams With Stripe to Bolster ‘Cash Economy’
September 08, 2025

Digital bank and FinTech firm Green Dot has added it Stripe to its partnership network. The collaboration, announced Monday (Sept. 8), will see Stripe Treasury employ Green Dot’s embedded finance platform Arc to let users add cash to their accounts at any of Green Dot’s more than 90,000 money processing locations...

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Dick’s Secures $2.4 Billion Foot Locker Acquisition
September 08, 2025

Foot Locker is now officially a part of Dick’s Sporting Goods. Dick’s announced Monday (Sept. 8) that it had concluded its $2.4 billion acquisition of the footwear and sporting goods chain. This purchase gives Dick’s a greater piece of the sneaker market, as it now...

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PNC Purchases Colorado-Based FirstBank for $4.1 Billion
September 08, 2025

PNC Bank is looking westward with its acquisition of Colorado-based lender FirstBank. The $4.1 billion deal will make Colorado one of PNC’s top markers in the country, more than tripling its branch network there, according to a Monday (Sept. 8) press release. PNC will become Denver’s top...

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Fiserv Acquires CardFree to Add Order, Payment and Loyalty Solutions
September 05, 2025

Payments and FinTech company Fiserv has acquired CardFree and will integrate that company’s order, payment and loyalty solutions for enterprise merchants. The addition of CardFree’s solutions to Fiserv’s Clover point-of-sale solution for small businesses and its Commerce Hub ecosystem will enhance Clover’s ability to support...

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Synctera and LoanPro Partner to Help Companies Launch Banking and Credit Products
September 03, 2025

Synctera and LoanPro have partnered to provide a platform that helps companies launch banking and credit card products and tailor the experience to their customers’ needs. The collaboration brings together Synctera’s banking and payments platform and LoanPro’s lending and credit platform, Synctera Chief Product and...