acquisitions

FTC: Facebook Harder To Break Up Now
FTC: Facebook Harder To Break Up Now
August 20, 2019  |  Facebook

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons said that if Facebook has plans to merge Instagram and WhatsApp more closely into its ecosphere, it could...

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Alibaba To Buy Rival NetEase’s eCommerce Platform
Alibaba To Buy Rival NetEase’s eCommerce Platform
August 16, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Sources have revealed that Alibaba will acquire NetEase’s cross-border online shopping platform. One source told the Financial Times that Alibaba could pay around $2 billion...

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Canada’s Neuvei, Novacap, Finalize $889M Deal For Payment Firm SafeCharge
Canada’s Neuvei, Novacap, Finalize $889M Deal For Payment Firm SafeCharge
August 14, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Payment technology firm Nuvei, a portfolio company of Canadian private equity firm Novacap, acquired omnichannel payments firm SafeCharge International Group for $889 million, Novacap said in...

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International Payments Firm Equals Group Acquires Hermex For £2M
International Payments Firm Equals Group Acquires Hermex For £2M
August 09, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

FairFX, a subsidiary of international payments firm Equals Group, has acquired Hermex International Limited (HermexFX) for £2 million ($2.4 million), Equals Group said in a...

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Uber Passed On Deal To Buy Caviar Before DoorDash
Uber Passed On Deal To Buy Caviar Before DoorDash
August 09, 2019  |  Investments

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said Uber almost acquired premium food delivery service Caviar, but ultimately decided against it, according to a report by CNBC. He...

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Snapchat Parent Seeks Profits As It Raises $1B In Debt Securities
Snapchat Parent Seeks Profits As It Raises $1B In Debt Securities
August 07, 2019  |  Investments

Snap, the money-losing parent company of Snapchat, is issuing $1 billion in convertible debt for working capital and future acquisitions, CNBC reported Tuesday (Aug. 6)....

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Walmart Explores Selling Modcloth
Walmart Explores Selling Modcloth
August 06, 2019  |  Retail

Walmart is considering selling off Modcloth. “I can confirm that Walmart has received outside interest from buyers for Modcloth,” Silvia Mazzucchelli, Modcloth’s CEO, told Glossy....

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Payment Firm Moneycorp Acquires Australia’s Rochford Group
Payment Firm Moneycorp Acquires Australia’s Rochford Group
August 05, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

A payments service provider based in the U.K., moneycorp, has acquired an Australian independent treasury advisory company called the Rochford Group for an undisclosed sum,...

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Big Merger, Big Hacking And Need For Big App Dominates Week’s News
Big Merger, Big Hacking And Need For Big App Dominates Week’s News
August 02, 2019  |  The Weekender

The dog days are summer are here – and so is the end of another busy week in payments and commerce. In this latest edition...

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