mergers

Gojek To Take Strategic Stake In Blue Bird Taxicab Company

Gojek To Take Strategic Stake In Blue Bird Taxicab Company
Gojek To Take Strategic Stake In Blue Bird Taxicab Company
December 16, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Indonesian delivery app Gojek has announced it will buy 5 percent of taxicab company Blue Bird, in an effort to stay competitive with rivals like...

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E*Trade Buys Student Loan Startup Gradifi
E*Trade Buys Student Loan Startup Gradifi
December 12, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Online discount brokerage firm E*TRADE has acquired Gradifi, a student loan benefits and financial wellness provider, E*TRADE announced in a press release on Monday (Dec....

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What’s Next For Payments And Merchant Services Megamergers?
What’s Next For Payments And Merchant Services Megamergers?
December 03, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

It’s been a wild ride for payment and merchant services in 2019. Big mergers have changed the landscape, instant and same-day payments are gaining ground,...

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Why The Death Of The ISO Is Greatly Exaggerated
Why The Death Of The ISO Is Greatly Exaggerated
November 27, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

For at least the last 15 years, it seems there has always been someone ready to write a eulogy for independent sales organizations (ISOs). Get...

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Why Partnerships Matter As ISVs Seek To Provide Merchant Value
Why Partnerships Matter As ISVs Seek To Provide Merchant Value
November 21, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Independent software vendors (ISVs) have to navigate a brave new world where megamergers are reshaping financial services. And the decision to offer payments may lure...

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FTC Chair Hints At Multiple Big Tech Probes In Progress
FTC Chair Hints At Multiple Big Tech Probes In Progress
November 18, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

Chairman Joe Simons of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Monday (Nov. 18) that there were multiple ongoing investigations into Big Tech companies like...

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Just Eat Snubs $6.3B Prosus Offer; Will Move Forward With Takeaway Merger
Just Eat Snubs $6.3B Prosus Offer; Will Move Forward With Takeaway Merger
November 11, 2019  |  Acquiring

Just Eat has turned down a hostile £4.9 billion ($6.3 billion) cash bid from Prosus, the Amsterdam arm of the South African tech conglomerate Naspers,...

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Food Fight Ensues As Takeaway Sweetens Just Eat Bid To Challenge Prosus
Food Fight Ensues As Takeaway Sweetens Just Eat Bid To Challenge Prosus
November 04, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

In the battle to acquire London’s Just Eat, Amsterdam’s Takeaway.com has changed the structure of its offer as it fights a competing bid from South...

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Why It’s Time To Reboot The ISO’s Value Proposition
Why It’s Time To Reboot The ISO’s Value Proposition
October 31, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Just a few weeks left in 2019, and it will go down in history as the year of the payments mega-merger. The headlines were full...

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