acquisitions

Google Dumps Zagat
Google Dumps Zagat
March 06, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

The Infatuation, the restaurant discovery platform, announced Monday (March 5) it is acquiring the restaurant review brand Zagat from Google, nearly seven years after it...

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Coinbase Eyes Acquisitions With New Hire
Coinbase Eyes Acquisitions With New Hire
March 05, 2018  |  Personnel

As Coinbase seeks to make more acquisitions, the popular U.S. cryptocurrency exchange has hired LinkedIn’s former VP of Corporate Development. Emilie Choi took the helm...

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Today In Data: Acquisitions, ICO Hacks And Digital Ad Spend Reductions
Today In Data: Acquisitions, ICO Hacks And Digital Ad Spend Reductions
March 05, 2018  |  Today In Data

Today in PYMNTS data, payment service providers are joining forces to create even stronger offerings, initial coin offerings (ICOs) fall prey to hackers to the...

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PhishMe Is Acquired, Rebrands As Cofense
PhishMe Is Acquired, Rebrands As Cofense
February 26, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Email phishing has remained one of the most popular ways to trick people out of their money since the days of false Nigerian princes, who...

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Uber Freight Eyed Logistics Startup Load Delivered
Uber Freight Eyed Logistics Startup Load Delivered
January 30, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Sources have revealed that Uber was in talks to acquire a freight logistics company, but the deal fell through. According to CNBC, Chicago-based Load Delivered...

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Sage Payments CEO On What’s Next And What’s Now
Sage Payments CEO On What’s Next And What’s Now
January 30, 2018  |  Acquiring

In 2017, Sage Payments parted ways with parent Sage Group. It was acquired by GTCR and brought on Joe Kaplan as its new CEO in...

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ThreatMetrix CEO: RELX Buy Means ‘1+1=4’ In Fraud Battle
ThreatMetrix CEO: RELX Buy Means ‘1+1=4’ In Fraud Battle
January 30, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Longstanding partners in identity across the digital and physical spheres – LexisNexis (via RELX) is buying ThreatMetrix. Reed Taussig, CEO of ThreatMetrix, tells PYMNTS’ Karen...

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ADP: How Payments Power The Evolving Workforce
ADP: How Payments Power The Evolving Workforce
January 26, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Contract, or 1099, workers aren’t a new workforce phenomenon by any stretch of the imagination. But in the era of on-demand services — and a seemingly...

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Amazon Goes Nuts For Sqrrl (And Buys Them)
Amazon Goes Nuts For Sqrrl (And Buys Them)
January 24, 2018  |  Amazon Acquisitions

A month after rumors swirled that Amazon was seeking to acquire Massachusetts-based cybersecurity startup Sqrrl, the deal has come to fruition, according to BostInno. The Information...

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