acquisitions

Fraud Prevention Firm Sift Acquiring Dispute Startup Chargeback
Fraud Prevention Firm Sift Acquiring Dispute Startup Chargeback
May 25, 2021  |  Acquiring

Fraud prevention platform Sift is making plans to acquire the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) dispute startup Chargeback, the companies said in a press release on Tuesday (May...

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Mission Lane Acquires Honeydue To Expand Debit, Digital Banking
Mission Lane Acquires Honeydue To Expand Debit, Digital Banking
May 24, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

FinTech Mission Lane has bought Honeydue, which is a fellow FinTech focused on helping consumers manage their finances, according to a press release. Honeydue also...

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Brazil’s FinTech Ebanx Readies IPO, Eyes LatAm Acquisitions
Brazil’s FinTech Ebanx Readies IPO, Eyes LatAm Acquisitions
May 24, 2021  |  IPO

Brazilian FinTech Ebanx is looking at acquisitions in Latin America as it prepares for a possible initial public offering (IPO), Bloomberg reported. As part of...

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Amazon Closes In On $9 Billion Deal To Buy MGM
Amazon Closes In On $9 Billion Deal To Buy MGM
May 24, 2021  |  Acquiring

Amazon could be getting close to a $9 billion deal to purchase Hollywood studio MGM, according to The Wall Street Journal. The agreement, which would...

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Zip Co Snaps Up BNPL Firms Twisto Payments And Spotii Holdings
Zip Co Snaps Up BNPL Firms Twisto Payments And Spotii Holdings
May 24, 2021  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Zip Co Limited has announced deals to acquire the remaining shares of buy now, pay later (BNPL) companies Twisto Payments and Spotii Holdings, according to a...

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Blackstone Takes Stake In ‘Data-Centric’ Furniture e-Tailer Walker Edison
Blackstone Takes Stake In ‘Data-Centric’ Furniture e-Tailer Walker Edison
May 24, 2021  |  Retail

Citing the growth in demand for online furniture shopping and the rise of data-centric eCommerce, one of the world’s largest investment firms said on Monday...

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Snap Buys AR Displays Supplier WaveOptics For Over $500 Million
Snap Buys AR Displays Supplier WaveOptics For Over $500 Million
May 21, 2021  |  Acquiring

Social media company Snap is buying WaveOptics, which provides augmented reality (AR) displays, for more than $500 million. The Verge reported on Friday (May 21)...

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Triterras Finalizes Purchase Of Trade Finance Firm Invoice Bazaar
Triterras Finalizes Purchase Of Trade Finance Firm Invoice Bazaar
May 18, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Singapore-based Triterras, Inc., which works in trade and trade finance, has finalized its acquisition of Dubai-based Invoice Bazaar. The deal could face “customary closing conditions,”...

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Alibaba Consortium Acquires 5.5 Pct Stake In Masan Group’s The CrownX
Alibaba Consortium Acquires 5.5 Pct Stake In Masan Group’s The CrownX
May 18, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

A consortium led by China’s Alibaba and Baring Private Equity Asia has acquired a 5.5 percent stake in Vietnam’s Masan Group’s consumer-retail platform The CrownX...

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