acquisitions

Avalara Buys DAVO To Boost Sales Tax Automation Services

Avalara Buys DAVO To Boost Sales Tax Automation Services
Avalara Buys DAVO To Boost Sales Tax Automation Services
April 21, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Avalara, which works on tax compliance automation for businesses, has acquired the operational assets of DAVO Technologies, which helps businesses automate the requirements for sales...

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BNPL Firm Affirm To Buy Returnly For About $300 Million In Cash, Equity
BNPL Firm Affirm To Buy Returnly For About $300 Million In Cash, Equity
April 21, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

San Francisco-based Affirm announced Wednesday (April 21), that it has struck a deal to acquire Returnly, which deals with online returns and post-purchase payments. A...

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BlaBlaCar Nabs $115 Million To Develop Super Travel App
BlaBlaCar Nabs $115 Million To Develop Super Travel App
April 20, 2021  |  Investments

BlaBlaCar, a travel network enabling users to share rides, plans to use its $115 million funding round announced Tuesday (April 20) to boost its travel...

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Bitcoin Daily: Binance.US Names Former Head Of OCC As New CEO; Time Magazine Now Takes Cryptocurrency For Digital Subscription Payments
Bitcoin Daily: Binance.US Names Former Head Of OCC As New CEO; Time Magazine Now Takes...
April 20, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Brian Brooks, who was acting head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) under the President Donald Trump administration, is now slated...

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Chat App Discord Drops Talks With Microsoft
Chat App Discord Drops Talks With Microsoft
April 20, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Silicon Valley chat startup Discord is abandoning acquisition talks with Microsoft as the startup moves toward remaining independent and resuming interest in a potential initial...

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Mastercard To Buy Identity Verification Firm Ekata For $850 Million
Mastercard To Buy Identity Verification Firm Ekata For $850 Million
April 19, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Proving that customers are who they claim to be is one of the big challenges for payments providers as eCommerce sales surge. To “advance its...

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Microsoft Competes With Google, Amazon In Healthcare
Microsoft Competes With Google, Amazon In Healthcare
April 16, 2021  |  Healthcare

Microsoft showed just how seriously it takes its ambitions in the health sector when it announced its second most expensive purchase in history after LinkedIn...

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Nuvei To Acquire Gaming Payments Provider Mazooma For $56 Million
Nuvei To Acquire Gaming Payments Provider Mazooma For $56 Million
April 16, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Global payments technology provider Nuvei announced Friday (April 16) it plans to acquire Mazooma Technical Services, which deals in payments for gaming and sports wagering....

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Today In Payments Around The World: Netstars Wraps Up $60 Million In Funding; Flipkart Reportedly Plans To Buy Cleartrip
Today In Payments Around The World: Netstars Wraps Up $60 Million In Funding; Flipkart Reportedly...
April 15, 2021  |  International

In today’s top payments news around the world, Japanese QR code payment gateway provider Netstars Co. has secured $60 million in funding, while India’s Flipkart...

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