Acquisition

An asset or object bought or obtained, typically by a library or museum.

Source: merriam-webster.com

BlackBerry Acquires AI Cybersecurity Co Cylance
BlackBerry Acquires AI Cybersecurity Co Cylance
February 25, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

BlackBerry has acquired the artificial intelligence and cybersecurity company Cylance for $1.4 billion in cash, in a bid to assist with plans to make software...

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NCR Expands Hospitality Reach With BEC Buy
NCR Expands Hospitality Reach With BEC Buy
February 24, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

NCR announced late last week the acquisition of BEC, a provider of hospitality point-of-sale (POS) technology based in Denver. In a press release, NCR said the acquisition complements...

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Cortex Bought Up By Drillinginfo
Cortex Bought Up By Drillinginfo
February 22, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Cortex, a provider of accounts payable and accounts receivable solutions for the oil and gas sector, has agreed to be acquired by Drillinginfo, a press...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Price Passes $4K Post-JPM Coin; Bitmain Loses $500M In Q3 2018
Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Price Passes $4K Post-JPM Coin; Bitmain Loses $500M In Q3 2018
February 20, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Coinbase announced that it has acquired Neutrino, a blockchain intelligence platform. “Blockchain intelligence is increasingly important in the crypto ecosystem and is necessary to achieve...

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Ant Buys WorldFirst In $700M Deal
Ant Buys WorldFirst In $700M Deal
February 14, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Ant Financial, the Chinese financial services affiliate of Alibaba, has inked a deal to acquire WorldFirst, the U.K. payments company. According to a report in Bloomberg,...

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FinTech SumUp Buys Shoplo To Expand eCommerce Biz
FinTech SumUp Buys Shoplo To Expand eCommerce Biz
February 12, 2019  |  eCommerce

U.K.-based FinTech SumUp, which helps small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) take card payments, has acquired Shoplo, a multichannel eCommerce platform. The move was a bid...

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Amazon Buys eero For Smart Home Connectivity
Amazon Buys eero For Smart Home Connectivity
February 12, 2019  |  Amazon Acquisitions

Amazon announced the acquisition of eero, the first mesh home WiFi system. Founded in San Francisco in 2014, eero’s systems blanket every room of a customer’s home using...

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Facebook Buys Image-Matching Tech Co GrokStyle
Facebook Buys Image-Matching Tech Co GrokStyle
February 10, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook has acquired GrokStyle, the maker of image-matching technology, to beef up its work in the field. Bloomberg reported Facebook spokeswoman Vanessa Chan confirmed the...

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Earthport Bidding War Heats Up As Visa Ups The Ante
Earthport Bidding War Heats Up As Visa Ups The Ante
February 08, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

The bidding war over U.K.-based payments firm Earthport – squarely in the crosshairs of card giants Visa and Mastercard – is heating up. On Friday...

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