acquisitions

BlaBlaCar Nabs $115 Million To Develop Super Travel App
BlaBlaCar Nabs $115 Million To Develop Super Travel App
April 20, 2021  |  Investments

BlaBlaCar, a travel network enabling users to share rides, plans to use its $115 million funding round announced Tuesday (April 20) to boost its travel...

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Bitcoin Daily: Binance.US Names Former Head Of OCC As New CEO; Time Magazine Now Takes Cryptocurrency For Digital Subscription Payments
Bitcoin Daily: Binance.US Names Former Head Of OCC As New CEO; Time Magazine Now Takes...
April 20, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Brian Brooks, who was acting head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) under the President Donald Trump administration, is now slated...

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Chat App Discord Drops Talks With Microsoft
Chat App Discord Drops Talks With Microsoft
April 20, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Silicon Valley chat startup Discord is abandoning acquisition talks with Microsoft as the startup moves toward remaining independent and resuming interest in a potential initial...

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Mastercard To Buy Identity Verification Firm Ekata For $850 Million
Mastercard To Buy Identity Verification Firm Ekata For $850 Million
April 19, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Proving that customers are who they claim to be is one of the big challenges for payments providers as eCommerce sales surge. To “advance its...

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Microsoft Competes With Google, Amazon In Healthcare
Microsoft Competes With Google, Amazon In Healthcare
April 16, 2021  |  Healthcare

Microsoft showed just how seriously it takes its ambitions in the health sector when it announced its second most expensive purchase in history after LinkedIn...

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Nuvei To Acquire Gaming Payments Provider Mazooma For $56 Million
Nuvei To Acquire Gaming Payments Provider Mazooma For $56 Million
April 16, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Global payments technology provider Nuvei announced Friday (April 16) it plans to acquire Mazooma Technical Services, which deals in payments for gaming and sports wagering....

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Today In Payments Around The World: Netstars Wraps Up $60 Million In Funding; Flipkart Reportedly Plans To Buy Cleartrip
Today In Payments Around The World: Netstars Wraps Up $60 Million In Funding; Flipkart Reportedly...
April 15, 2021  |  International

In today’s top payments news around the world, Japanese QR code payment gateway provider Netstars Co. has secured $60 million in funding, while India’s Flipkart...

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Walmart’s Indian eCommerce Marketplace Flipkart Acquiring Cleartrip
Walmart’s Indian eCommerce Marketplace Flipkart Acquiring Cleartrip
April 14, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

India’s Flipkart, owned by Walmart, is moving toward a distressed sale acquisition of the Mumbai travel aggregation site Cleartrip, Times of India reported Wednesday, April...

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Pine Labs Acquires Malaysian eCommerce Startup Fave For $45 Million
Pine Labs Acquires Malaysian eCommerce Startup Fave For $45 Million
April 13, 2021  |  News

Singapore’s merchant commerce unicorn Pine Labs has acquired Malaysian eCommerce FinTech startup Fave in a deal worth in excess of $45 million, Reuters reported on Tuesday...

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