acquisitions

Ascential Buys eCommerce Firm Intrepid to Expand to SE Asia
Ascential Buys eCommerce Firm Intrepid to Expand to SE Asia
July 01, 2022  |  Acquisitions

eCommerce optimization platform Ascential announced Friday (July 1) that it had acquired Intrepid eCommerce Services, which works with brands in Southeast Asia, in a deal...

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GoCardless Secures Goes Open Banking With Nordigen Buy
GoCardless Secures Goes Open Banking With Nordigen Buy
July 01, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Digital payment solution GoCardless is to acquire Nordigen, an open banking data provider. In merging, the companies connect the two pillars of open banking: account-to-account...

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Digital ID Company G+D Buys Valid’s Payment, ID Business
Digital ID Company G+D Buys Valid’s Payment, ID Business
July 01, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Security technology provider Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) has acquired the payment and identity solutions business of Valid USA, according to a press release. “With this step, G+D...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Amazon Web Services Could Have $3T Future
Today in the Connected Economy: Amazon Web Services Could Have $3T Future
June 29, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, a new projection says Amazon’s cloud computing business could someday be worth three times as much as the entire company’s...

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Walmart Adds Digital Eyeglass Fitting Company to Stable of AR Try-on Tools
Walmart Adds Digital Eyeglass Fitting Company to Stable of AR Try-on Tools
June 29, 2022  |  Retail

After a three-year test drive in over 3,300 of its stores, Walmart said Wednesday (June 29) that it is acquiring California-based tech firm Memomi to...

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Singapore’s Funding Societies Acquires CardUp
Singapore’s Funding Societies Acquires CardUp
June 29, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Funding Societies is set to acquire payments solution CardUp, the Singapore-based digital financing platform announced Wednesday (June 29). “Through the move, the company will acquire...

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EU Neobanks Lean on Innovation, Consolidation to Bolster Growth
EU Neobanks Lean on Innovation, Consolidation to Bolster Growth
June 29, 2022  |  Banking

In the early days of Europe’s neobank revolution, the continent’s 750 million+ inhabitants provided what felt like an unlimited pool of customers for a generation...

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Robinhood Jumps After News of Possible FTX Purchase
Robinhood Jumps After News of Possible FTX Purchase
June 27, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Shares of trading app Robinhood rose 14% Monday (June 27) following news that it might be purchased by cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Bloomberg News reported that...

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Foot Locker to Sell Eastbay Brand to BSN Sports
Foot Locker to Sell Eastbay Brand to BSN Sports
June 27, 2022  |  Retail

Sporting goods and apparel company BSN Sports is set to acquire high school and college athletic wear provider Eastbay Team Sales from Foot Locker, the...

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