acquisitions

Chat App Discord Drops Talks With Microsoft

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

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

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

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  |  Cross-border Payments

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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Walmart’s Indian eCommerce Marketplace Flipkart Acquiring Cleartrip
Walmart’s Indian eCommerce Marketplace Flipkart Acquiring Cleartrip
April 14, 2021  |  Partnerships

India’s Flipkart, owned by Walmart, is moving toward a distressed sale acquisition of the Mumbai travel aggregation site Cleartrip, Times of India reported Wednesday, April...

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Pine Labs Acquires Malaysian eCommerce Startup Fave For $45 Million
Pine Labs Acquires Malaysian eCommerce Startup Fave For $45 Million
April 13, 2021  |  News

Singapore’s merchant commerce unicorn Pine Labs has acquired Malaysian eCommerce FinTech startup Fave in a deal worth in excess of $45 million, Reuters reported on Tuesday...

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AccrueMe Invests In Amazon Sellers Instead Of Acquiring Them
AccrueMe Invests In Amazon Sellers Instead Of Acquiring Them
April 13, 2021  |  Retail

It’s a classic case of turning a business model upside down — but for New York-based startup AccrueMe, the company is looking to invest in...

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