acquisitions

Acquisitions, BNPL And Employee Wages Make Retail Headlines
Acquisitions, BNPL And Employee Wages Make Retail Headlines
June 08, 2021  |  Today In Data

Etsy’s latest acquisition is expected to be a boon for consumers – and a game-changer for luxury brands looking to compete with secondhand online retailers....

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Nium Invests In B2B Travel Payments With Ixaris Acquisition
Nium Invests In B2B Travel Payments With Ixaris Acquisition
June 07, 2021  |  Acquiring

The payments platform Nium announced on Monday (June 7) that it would acquire the travel payments optimization platform Ixaris as part of a global expansion....

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Microsoft Clears US Antitrust Hurdle For Nuance Purchase
Microsoft Clears US Antitrust Hurdle For Nuance Purchase
June 06, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Microsoft has received U.S. antitrust approval to purchase the artificial intelligence and speech technology firm Nuance Communications for $16 billion. As Reuters reported on Friday,...

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Staples Makes $1 Billion Bid For Office Depot, OfficeMax
Staples Makes $1 Billion Bid For Office Depot, OfficeMax
June 06, 2021  |  Retail

USR Parent, the corporate parent of Staples office supply stores, said Friday (June 4) that it has formally offered to pay $1 billion for the...

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Private Equity Firms Blackstone, Carlyle Agree To Buy Medline, Report Says
Private Equity Firms Blackstone, Carlyle Agree To Buy Medline, Report Says
June 06, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Medline Industries Inc., which calls itself “the nation’s largest privately-held manufacturer and distributor of healthcare supplies with 2020 revenue of $17.5 billion,” says it is...

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Healthcare Heats Up As Investors Turn Eyes From Memes And Crypto
Healthcare Heats Up As Investors Turn Eyes From Memes And Crypto
June 04, 2021  |  Healthcare

Within a market that is enthralled by meme stocks and consumed by crypto, the deal flow within the healthcare sector took a noticeable jump this...

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M&A Deals Hit Record Levels; SPACs Aid Surge
M&A Deals Hit Record Levels; SPACs Aid Surge
June 04, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Global mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have set record amounts for three months in a row, the latest being May. Reuters reported on Friday (June 4)...

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EVO To Acquire Chile’s eCommerce Payments Gateway Pago Facil
EVO To Acquire Chile’s eCommerce Payments Gateway Pago Facil
June 03, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

EVO Payments, which provides payment technology integrations and acquiring solutions, has agreed to acquire Pago Facil, a Chilean eCommerce payment gateway, according to a press...

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Today In Digital-First Banking: Mexico Payments Firm Prosa Seeks Buyer; United Bankshares To Purchase Community Bankers Trust Corporation
Today In Digital-First Banking: Mexico Payments Firm Prosa Seeks Buyer; United Bankshares To Purchase Community...
June 03, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Mexico’s Prosa is looking for a buyer that will pony up more than $1 billion, while United Bankshares has...

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