acquisitions

Chinese Officials Fine Digital Platforms Like Didi Over Unapproved Deals

Chinese Officials Fine Digital Platforms Like Didi Over Unapproved Deals
Chinese Officials Fine Digital Platforms Like Didi Over Unapproved Deals
July 07, 2021  |  Regulation

Didi, Tencent and Alibaba are among Chinese digital companies being fined by China’s official market regulator — the State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR) — over...

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Today In Payments Around The World: TravelPerk To Buy Click Travel; Grubhub Works With Yandex On Robotic Delivery
Today In Payments Around The World: TravelPerk To Buy Click Travel; Grubhub Works With Yandex...
July 07, 2021  |  International

In today’s top payments news around the world, TravelPerk is buying Click Travel for an undisclosed amount, while Grubhub and Yandex SDG are teaming for...

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New Au Bon Pain Owner Turns To Drive-Thrus, More Locations To Revitalize 40-Year-Old Brand
New Au Bon Pain Owner Turns To Drive-Thrus, More Locations To Revitalize 40-Year-Old Brand
July 07, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

As consumers’ mobility increases, breakfast on-the-go is coming back. Seizing on the return of the bakery café, Ampex Brands, a franchisee founded in 2005 that...

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Yes Lender Buys Edge Funder For AI-Based SMB Loans
Yes Lender Buys Edge Funder For AI-Based SMB Loans
July 06, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Yes Lender says its new acquisition has given it an “edge” in funding small businesses. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Spain’s TravelPerk Snaps Up UK’s Click Travel
Spain’s TravelPerk Snaps Up UK’s Click Travel
July 06, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

TravelPerk, provider of business travel and expense management, is acquiring Click Travel, a specialist in corporate domestic travel, for an undisclosed amount, Avi Meir, CEO...

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Businesses Spend $1.74T On M&A In First Half Of ’21, Break 40 Year Record
Businesses Spend $1.74T On M&A In First Half Of ’21, Break 40 Year Record
July 05, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Businesses were hungry for mergers and acquisitions involving U.S. companies for the first six months of 2021 — the numbers for that sat at $1.74...

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Rapyd To Acquire Valitor For $100M To Expand Omnichannel Payments
Rapyd To Acquire Valitor For $100M To Expand Omnichannel Payments
July 01, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

FinTech-as-a-Service startup Rapyd announced Thursday (July 1) it will spend $100 million to acquire Icelandic payments solution firm Valitor from Arion Bank. Get the Full...

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Zebra Plans Fetch Acquisition To Further On-Demand Automation
Zebra Plans Fetch Acquisition To Further On-Demand Automation
July 01, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Front line business firm Zebra Technologies is planning to acquire cloud-driven autonomous mobile robot (AMR) startup Fetch Robotics for an estimated $290 million. Get the Full Story...

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Southeast Asia’s Tech M&A Deals Reach Record High
Southeast Asia’s Tech M&A Deals Reach Record High
June 30, 2021  |  Markets

Grab, Gojek, and Sea are leading the Southeast Asian surge in technology mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with deals totaling an estimated $19 billion during the...

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