acquisitions

Musk Dissolves Twitter Board and Is Company’s Only Director
Musk Dissolves Twitter Board and Is Company’s Only Director
October 31, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Twitter’s new management took another restructuring step Monday (Oct. 31) when Elon Musk let all nine members of the board of directors go. With this...

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Safe Harbor Financial to Buy Abaca and Expand Cannabis FinTech Platform
Safe Harbor Financial to Buy Abaca and Expand Cannabis FinTech Platform
October 31, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Safe Harbor Financial, a facilitator of financial services for the regulated cannabis industry, has entered into an agreement to acquire cannabis FinTech platform Abaca for...

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Standard Bank May Consider Acquisitions as It Looks to Serve Multinational African Businesses
Standard Bank May Consider Acquisitions as It Looks to Serve Multinational African Businesses
October 31, 2022  |  Banking

Against the backdrop of increasing competition in its home market of South Africa, Standard Bank Group is open to acquisitions in Kenya and Nigeria as...

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Google Pays $100M for AI Avatar Startup Alter
Google Pays $100M for AI Avatar Startup Alter
October 27, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Google has reportedly acquired artificial intelligence (AI) avatar startup Alter — which was formerly known as Facemoji — for $100 million. The purchase took place...

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Worldline Acquires SoftPos to Tap Into Contactless Payment Demand
Worldline Acquires SoftPos to Tap Into Contactless Payment Demand
October 26, 2022  |  Acquisitions

French payments services firm Worldline has purchased a 55% stake in SoftPos, a Polish FinTech, the company announced Wednesday (Oct. 26). Founded in 2019, Warsaw-based...

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Yaydoo Buys Oyster to Scale B2B Payments Solutions Across LatAm
Yaydoo Buys Oyster to Scale B2B Payments Solutions Across LatAm
October 25, 2022  |  Acquisitions

B2B solutions provider Yaydoo has acquired payments solution Oyster Financial in a move that it said boosts its position as a B2B payments solution provider...

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Buy vs. Build: EU Banks’ Foray Into BNPL Gathers Steam
Buy vs. Build: EU Banks’ Foray Into BNPL Gathers Steam
October 21, 2022  |  BNPL

At the start of the year, Matt Norton, Santander Bank North America’s head of point of sale lending, told PYMNTS that banks were increasingly eyeing...

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Today in B2B Payments: Firms Team to Serve B2B Commerce, Hotels, X-Border Payments
Today in B2B Payments: Firms Team to Serve B2B Commerce, Hotels, X-Border Payments
October 19, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Today in B2B payments, Oracle works with J.P. Morgan and FedEx to automate B2B commerce, Paysafe and HotelKey partner to streamline hotels’ transactions, and Visa...

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Today in B2B Payments: Firms Launch Tools for Aviation, Restaurant Industries
Today in B2B Payments: Firms Launch Tools for Aviation, Restaurant Industries
October 18, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Today in B2B payments, TreviPay and KHI develop a payment platform for the aviation industry, Lendica and Altametrics offer B2B buy now, pay later (BNPL)...

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