Acquisition

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

Source: merriam-webster.com

PayPal Will Buy Hyperwallet In $400 Million Deal
PayPal Will Buy Hyperwallet In $400 Million Deal
June 19, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

PayPal said on Tuesday (June 19) that it will buy payments payout platform Hyperwallet for $400 million in cash. The deal will give PayPal greater...

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CYBG Agrees To Buy Virgin Money
CYBG Agrees To Buy Virgin Money
June 19, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

CYBG, the owner of Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank, is buying Virgin Money for £1.7 billion. According to BBC, as a result of the deal,...

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Truecaller Thinks It Can Beat Paytm In India
Truecaller Thinks It Can Beat Paytm In India
June 14, 2018  |  South Asia

While Sweden’s Truecaller is not new to the Indian payments ecosystem, it entered the India mobile market over a year ago during the launch of...

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Arm Acquires Steam Technologies As More IoT Devices Get Connected
Arm Acquires Steam Technologies As More IoT Devices Get Connected
June 13, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Arm, the semiconductor company, announced on Tuesday (June 12) that it is acquiring Stream Technologies to enable connectivity management of every device, regardless of its...

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Curbside Gets Acquired By Rakuten
Curbside Gets Acquired By Rakuten
June 11, 2018  |  Retail

Providing Curbside with resources to grow its platform globally, Rakuten has acquired the mobile ordering technology company. The deal’s terms were not made public, retail...

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TSYS Buys iMobile3, Bolstering SMB Reach
TSYS Buys iMobile3, Bolstering SMB Reach
June 07, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Three months ago, the “build vs. buy” debate got a fair amount of digital ink in these digital pages, focused on merchant services. “You go...

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Rue La La Snaps Up Gilt From Hudson Bay
Rue La La Snaps Up Gilt From Hudson Bay
June 05, 2018  |  Retail

Flash sale relative newcomer Rue La La has snapped up Gilt Groupe, an eCommerce site that specializes in designer goods at a deep discount. According...

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Lyft Plans to Buy a Bike-Sharing Company
Lyft Plans to Buy a Bike-Sharing Company
June 04, 2018  |  Ridesharing

Lyft will buy the bike-sharing company Motivate, according to report in The Information. The potential deal follows a similar move by Uber in April. Motivate...

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M&A, Bitcoin Trading Adds $8B In Market Cap To Square
M&A, Bitcoin Trading Adds $8B In Market Cap To Square
June 01, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Shares of Square have risen almost 50 percent, adding about $8 billion in market value, since the company launched bitcoin trading last year for its...

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