acquisitions

Today In Payments Around The World: China Mulls Restrictions On Loan Facilitation; UK FCA Warns Of Young Traders Making Risky Investments
Today In Payments Around The World: China Mulls Restrictions On Loan Facilitation; UK FCA Warns...
March 25, 2021  |  International

In today’s top payments news around the world, regulators in China are mulling over limitations on “loan-facilitation,” while the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said that...

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Bitcoin Daily: Consumers Can Buy Teslas With Bitcoin; BIS Manager Says Crypto Needs More Regulation
Bitcoin Daily: Consumers Can Buy Teslas With Bitcoin; BIS Manager Says Crypto Needs More Regulation
March 24, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that it’s now possible to buy Tesla vehicles in the U.S. using bitcoin, CNBC reported. A support page on...

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Xero Plans To Buy eInvoicing Company Tickstar
Xero Plans To Buy eInvoicing Company Tickstar
March 24, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Cloud-based accounting software firm Xero Limited plans to purchase Sweden-based eInvoicing technology business Tickstar, according to a Wednesday (March 24) media release. Tickstar’s tech lets...

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Peloton’s Deals Deluge Shows Its Aspirations To Be Digital Front Door
Peloton’s Deals Deluge Shows Its Aspirations To Be Digital Front Door
March 24, 2021  |  Commerce Connected

It may seem strange to conceive of a global health pandemic as having “winners,” since, by its very nature, it seems everyone automatically loses. Nonetheless,...

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Yum! Brands Acquires ‘Conversational Commerce’ Platform Amid Ongoing Digital Push
Yum! Brands Acquires ‘Conversational Commerce’ Platform Amid Ongoing Digital Push
March 24, 2021  |  ResTech

Yum! Brands, parent company of quick-service restaurant (QSR) giants Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut, announced Wednesday (March 24) its acquisition of chat-based ordering and...

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Yum! Brands Snaps Up Tictuk To Advance Omnichannel Ordering
Yum! Brands Snaps Up Tictuk To Advance Omnichannel Ordering
March 24, 2021  |  Acquiring

Yum! Brands — which includes KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, The Habit Burger Grill and more — has acquired Tictuk Technologies to advance end-to-end, omnichannel...

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Microsoft Eyes $10 Billion Acquisition Of Digital Communications Platform Discord
Microsoft Eyes $10 Billion Acquisition Of Digital Communications Platform Discord
March 23, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Voice, video and text communications platform Discord is being eyed by Microsoft for a possible $10 billion-plus acquisition, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (March 23). Microsoft Xbox...

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ByteDance Acquires Mobile Games Maker Moonton Technology
ByteDance Acquires Mobile Games Maker Moonton Technology
March 23, 2021  |  Acquiring

ByteDance stepped further into the video game world this week, with its gaming arm, Nuverse, acquiring the Shanghai games maker Moontoon Technology. According to Reuters,...

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Peloton Breaks Out Checkbook For AI, Hardware Acquisitions
Peloton Breaks Out Checkbook For AI, Hardware Acquisitions
March 22, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Peloton has bought up three companies that will now give it expertise in wearable devices, artificial intelligence (AI), digital voice assistants, and interactive workout mats,...

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