acquisitions

Equifax Acquires PayNet

Equifax Acquires PayNet
Equifax Acquires PayNet
April 25, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Equifax announced that it has acquired PayNet, a provider of credit ratings on small businesses (SMBs). Through its use of state-of-the-art analytics, PayNet provides commercial...

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Microsoft Acquires Express Logic To Boost IoT
Microsoft Acquires Express Logic To Boost IoT
April 19, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Microsoft announced that it has acquired Express Logic, a leader in real-time operating systems (RTOS) for Internet of Things (IoT), and in edge devices powered by...

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The Latest Advances In Payments And Fraud Prevention
The Latest Advances In Payments And Fraud Prevention
April 18, 2019  |  Today In Data

Point-of-sale financing just got a big boost via an acquisition that could lead to more payment synergies down the road. Meanwhile, the new world envisioned by...

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Telecom Reliance Jio Backs Indian Virtual Assistant Startup
Telecom Reliance Jio Backs Indian Virtual Assistant Startup
April 05, 2019  |  Investments

Telecom firm Reliance Jio announced that it has acquired a majority stake in startup Haptik, which develops “conversational” platforms and virtual assistants for corporations. The...

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Apple’s M&A Head Gets Direct Access To Cook With New Role
Apple’s M&A Head Gets Direct Access To Cook With New Role
April 04, 2019  |  Apple

Apple could be stepping up its acquisition strategy as it aims to move beyond the iPhone, elevating Adrian Perica to head up mergers and acquisitions....

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Kyriba Investment Lands Bridgepoint With Majority Stake
Kyriba Investment Lands Bridgepoint With Majority Stake
March 26, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Private equity firm Bridgepoint is reportedly readying an acquisition of treasury management technology firm Kyriba, according to Private Equity News reports on Monday (March 25),...

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Data Dive, Better Together Edition: Worldpay, FIS, Google, eBay, PayPal, Instagram
Data Dive, Better Together Edition: Worldpay, FIS, Google, eBay, PayPal, Instagram
March 25, 2019  |  Data Dive

While the competition part of the story is usually where the action is in payments and commerce  – who’s ahead, who’s behind, who’s innovating, who’s...

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Bitcoin (And Other Crypto) Use Cases Fizzle, Bit By Bit?
Bitcoin (And Other Crypto) Use Cases Fizzle, Bit By Bit?
March 22, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Much hype and hope surrounds the adoption of cryptocurrencies — bitcoin among them as the marquee name in the space, of course — beyond the...

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