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Acquiring
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B2B PaymentsB2B FinTech Sees M&A Boom
Market consolidation is in full swing as organizations explore how to secure their futures in a volatile market. One of the biggest...
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B2B PaymentsCorsair Capital Plans MSTS Acquisition To Boost B2B Payment Business
Corsair Capital has agreed to acquire B2B credit and payments provider MSTS, purchasing the company from World Fuel Services Corp., according to...
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AcquiringMicrosoft Aims To Buy TikTok’s US Arm By Sept. 15 After CEO Gets Trump’s Blessing
Microsoft Corp. has resumed attempts to buy the U.S. arm of TikTok — the popular but controversial Chinese video-sharing app owned by...
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B2B PaymentsQuadient Acquires YayPay To Boost AR Automation
Quadient, which works to help businesses connect with customers digitally, has acquired YayPay, which works in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) accounts receivable (AR) automation,...
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B2B PaymentsOne7 Buys Rapidoo To Broaden Cash Flow Access For SMBs
One7 has bought FinTech Rapidoo in a bid to expand in the Brazilian market and offer more cash flow options to small-...
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MastercardMastercard, Finicity and Standardizing Open Banking’s Data Flow
While open banking is gaining traction in Europe (by regulatory mandate) and is making inroads to the U.S. (through free market competition),...
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Digital BankingWill Credit Sesame’s Digital Banking Push STACK Up?
The challenger bank space is having a bit of a moment. LendingClub is buying Radius Bank. Green Dot is using the bank...
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B2B PaymentsReceipt Bank Buys Xavier To Boost Accounting Services
Digital accounting platform Receipt Bank has acquired analytics firm Xavier to help boost services for accountants and bookkeepers, according to a press...
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B2B PaymentsCoupa Acquires BELLIN Group To Boost Treasury Services
Coupa Software, which works in business spend management, announced that it has acquired treasury management software BELLIN Group, according to a press...
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AcquiringWestern Union Eyes Buying MoneyGram
Western Union could be looking to acquire MoneyGram in a transaction that would unite two of the country’s largest money transfer services,...
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AcquiringUber Cleared To Buy Online Grocer Cornershop
Uber has been approved by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE), Chile’s antitrust regulator, to acquire the Chilean grocery shopping app Cornershop,...
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DeliveryFedEx Eyes Stake In Germany’s Hermes Delivery Service
With home deliveries surging, FedEx may be looking to acquire stake in German delivery firm Hermes, according to the Handelsblatt newspaper, as...
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B2B PaymentsOntario Systems Buys SwervePay To Boost Electronic Payments
Payment collections software company Ontario Systems has acquired SwervePay to help bolster its electronic payment capabilities, according to a press release. Electronic payments...
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RetailAmazon Eyes JCPenney Buy
Amazon could be in talks to acquire the bankrupt clothing retailer JCPenney, Fox Business reported Monday (May 19), citing Women’s Wear Daily...
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AppleApple Buys VR Broadcasting Startup
Apple has confirmed it has purchased NextVR, the virtual reality (VR) streaming startup, CNBC reported. Apple declined to reveal the purchase price...
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B2B PaymentsCoupa Acquires Corporate Travel App Developer
Spend management company Coupa has acquired business travel app company ETA, according to reports. The company is looking to add more travel...
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AcquiringMicrosoft Buys 5G Cloud Provider Affirmed Networks
In purchasing Affirmed Networks, Microsoft is hoping to boost its commitment to highly advanced 5G networks going forward, according to a company...
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AcquiringOfferUp, letgo To Merge As Biz Nets $120M In VC Funds
OfferUp has been winning recently, closing out a $120 million funding round and acquiring its top competitor, letgo, according to a blog...
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AcquiringIntuit Eyes Buying Credit Sesame, NerdWallet And Finicity
Intuit, the tax software company best known as being the enterprise behind QuickBooks and TurboTax, is looking into acquiring FinTech Finicity, according...
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Digital PaymentsCiti Launches Digital Consumer Payments Platform
Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions, a unit of Citi, announced Tuesday (March 26) it is developing a new business unit that will...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsAllstate Makes Digital Move With SquareTrade Acquisition
New technologies and innovation are helping to bring the insurance industry into the 21st century. One big move in the space took place...
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Point of SaleiZettle Uses Acquisition To Set Up One-Stop POS Shop
Hardware is out. Software is in. Jacob de Geer, CEO and cofounder of iZettle, joined Karen Webster to share how the company’s...
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AcquiringSports Authority Liquidation To Continue
Every halfway-casual sports fan knows that, no matter what’s going on in the game itself, it’s not over until the fat lady...
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AcquiringFor $15M, Dick’s To Buy Sports Authority Brand
Over the last several months, Sports Authority has experienced a long, painful and visible death — the likes of which the retail sector...
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AcquiringCabela’s Up On The Block And The Bids Are Coming In
When rumors of sales and acquisitions start popping up, it’s usually in a given retailer’s best interest to play their cards close...
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AcquiringDoes Virgin America Sale Help Or Hinder Discount US Airfare?
It’s not often that a merger between two companies engenders such strong reactions from the buying public, but if investors thought the...
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AcquiringApp Annie Expands Footprint — But No IPO Plans Yet
Knowing what data consumers are exchanging through a proprietary app is almost as important as having a platform they want to come...
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AcquiringBBVA Deepens FinTech Pockets With Online-Only Bank Buy
Spanish banking firm BBVA announced Monday (March 7) the acquisition of Finnish banking startup Holvi to help expand its digital business footprint....
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NCR Acquires Retail Software Firm
The technology company NCR is getting into the service business — Software-as-a-Service, that is. The customer solutions firm announced yesterday (March 1) that...
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Security & FraudIBM Bulks Up Cybersecurity Side With Resilient Systems Buy
IBM Security announced its intent to expand its security operations and incident response capabilities with the acquisition of cybersecurity firm Resilient Systems....
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Merchant Link Reveals EMV Secret
While the importance of supporting EMV transactions may vary across industries, in certain sectors a new push toward EMV is underway to...
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AcquiringStaples, Office Depot Get EU Approval For Acquisition Deal
Ever since Staples and Office Depot announced their plans to consolidate their businesses into one, U.S. regulators have been putting the two...
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AcquiringInside FireEye’s $200M Cybersecurity Firm Buy
FireEye announced Wednesday (Jan. 20) the acquisition of global threat intelligence company iSIGHT Partners, the purchase of which closed on Jan. 14...
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AcquiringIs Chicago Getting A Fancy New Retail District?
In a time where physical retail is said to be suffering under the crushing wave of online purchases, there are still deals...
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AcquiringStrange Bedfellows: Investment Firms And Midwest Hunting Suppliers
Any investor worth his or her salt knows that diversifying portfolios is the only sure-fire way to avoid financial catastrophe, but it’s...
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AcquiringIcahn Outbids Bridgestone For Pep Boys Sale
On the whole, the automotive services industry isn’t usually exciting enough to grab headlines, but one of the largest companies in the...
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AcquiringPostmates Acquires Social Platform Team
On-demand delivery company Postmates announced late last week that it acquired the team behind Sosh, a service that helps people find and...
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Processing.com’s Take On Merchant Acquiring Trends
The PYMNTS team caught up with experts in the payments field to ask them their views on industry trends, predictions for the...
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Cisco To Bulk Up Security With $453M Acquisition
Cisco announced its intent to acquire network security company Lancope yesterday (Oct. 27), in a move that the company said will strengthen...
