M&A

In corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred or consolidated with other entities

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BSM Firm Coupa Buys Yapta To Help Firms Slash T&E
BSM Firm Coupa Buys Yapta To Help Firms Slash T&E
January 07, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Business spend management (BSM) firm Coupa Software has acquired travel price optimization startup Yapta to help companies slash travel and expenses (T&E), Coupa announced on...

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Taco Bell Parent Yum Brands To Acquire Habit Restaurants
Taco Bell Parent Yum Brands To Acquire Habit Restaurants
January 06, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Yum Brands, the parent company of fast-food chains Taco Bell and Kentucky Fried Chicken, plans to purchase fast-casual chain Habit Restaurants, which is the parent...

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Commerzbank To Increase Stake In FinTech Comdirect
Commerzbank To Increase Stake In FinTech Comdirect
January 03, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

German lender Commerzbank has completed an agreement with activist investor Petrus Advisers to grow its stake in online lending FinTech Comdirect as it attempts to...

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Just Eat Investors Reportedly To Accept Takeaway Bid
Just Eat Investors Reportedly To Accept Takeaway Bid
January 03, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

In its takeover battle for Just Eat Plc, Takeaway.com NV is reportedly coming close to victory. According to unnamed sources cited by Bloomberg, investors who...

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Commercial InsurTech Bold Penguin Buys xagent To Expand B2B Range
Commercial InsurTech Bold Penguin Buys xagent To Expand B2B Range
January 02, 2020  |  B2B Payments

The commercial InsurTech Bold Penguin is acquiring excess and surplus brokerage tech platform xagent so it can scale service to insurance carriers, brokers and agents,...

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Metro Bank Struggles To Find A Buyer
Metro Bank Struggles To Find A Buyer
December 27, 2019  |  B2B Payments

U.K. challenger financial institution Metro Bank is struggling to find a buyer as potential suitors are turned off by the bank’s expensive business model, the...

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SMB Payroll Outfit P&I Re-Acquired By Hg
SMB Payroll Outfit P&I Re-Acquired By Hg
December 23, 2019  |  B2B Payments

U.K. private equity firm Hg is reportedly set to acquire small business payroll software company Personal & Informatik (P&I) several years after first acquiring the...

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PayPal Now Holds 70 Pct. Stake In China’s GoPay
PayPal Now Holds 70 Pct. Stake In China’s GoPay
December 19, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

PayPal has acquired a 70 percent equity stake in Guofubao Information Technology (GoPay) and will head to China as their first foreign online-only payments platform,...

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Peugeot, Fiat Chrysler Arrive At Merger Pact
Peugeot, Fiat Chrysler Arrive At Merger Pact
December 18, 2019  |  Retail

To make the fourth-biggest carmaker by output in the world, Peugeot owner PSA and Fiat Chrysler have come to a merger pact. The two firms...

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