acquisitions

After 20 Years of ERP Consolidation, M&A Still Moves Faster Than Integration

After 20 Years of ERP Consolidation, M&A Still Moves Faster Than Integration
After 20 Years of ERP Consolidation, M&A Still Moves Faster Than Integration
July 15, 2026  |  B2B Payments

The 21st century business corporation is frequently referred to as a single thing. Its executives speak in the singular: one company, one strategy, one balance...

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Stripe’s Next Growth Engine Could Be PayPal’s Wallet
Stripe’s Next Growth Engine Could Be PayPal’s Wallet
July 15, 2026  |  Processor Acquisition

Stripe and PayPal have spent years expanding across digital commerce from opposite directions. Stripe built its business by selling payments infrastructure to merchants. PayPal built...

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Stripe and Advent Make $53 Billion Play for PayPal
Stripe and Advent Make $53 Billion Play for PayPal
July 15, 2026  |  Acquiring

PayPal shares jumped about 16% in premarket trading Wednesday after reports that Stripe and Advent International submitted a joint $60.50-a-share offer, valuing the company at...

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CSI Acquires Qolo to Boost Commercial Banking Capabilities
CSI Acquires Qolo to Boost Commercial Banking Capabilities
July 14, 2026  |  Banking

CSI acquired Qolo to further its strategy of equipping community banks with commercial banking infrastructure that will help them compete with larger banks. CSI is...

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Perpetuals.com Won’t Acquire Trump-Linked Payments Firm
Perpetuals.com Won’t Acquire Trump-Linked Payments Firm
July 14, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Perpetuals.com has halted talks to acquire the Trump family cryptocurrency firm’s payments company. “Perpetuals has decided not to further pursue the acquisition of AI Financial...

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Apple Acquires Open-Source Observability Platform Developer SigScalr
Apple Acquires Open-Source Observability Platform Developer SigScalr
July 13, 2026  |  Mobile Commerce

Apple acquired certain assets of SigScalr and hired certain SigScalr employees, according to a list of acquisitions maintained by the European Commission. The list said...

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A Chatbot Just Did an Investment Banker’s Job
A Chatbot Just Did an Investment Banker’s Job
July 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

When CVC Capital Partners put Greek eCommerce platform Skroutz up for sale earlier this year, it skipped investment bankers and used artificial intelligence to run...

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Mastercard Considers Selling Vocalink UK Payments Business
Mastercard Considers Selling Vocalink UK Payments Business
July 13, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Mastercard is reportedly considering a sale of its U.K. retail payments business Vocalink. That’s according to a report Monday (July 13) from the Financial Times...

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