mergers

As Deliveroo Surges, Regulators Question Amazon Merger
As Deliveroo Surges, Regulators Question Amazon Merger
March 25, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

As food delivery companies are surging in the U.K. in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, a proposed merger between Amazon and Deliveroo is under...

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Workforce Spend Sector Gets Busy
Workforce Spend Sector Gets Busy
March 06, 2020  |  Spend Management

The big action in corporate spend management is travel and entertainment (T&E), where the 800-pound gorilla has long been Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) goliath, SAP Concur. Now,...

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Morgan Stanley Looks To Add To Asset Management Unit, CFO Says
Morgan Stanley Looks To Add To Asset Management Unit, CFO Says
February 28, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Morgan Stanley‘s acquisition of electronic trading platform E-Trade may not have satiated its appetite for deals, the company said, according to Bloomberg. The bank plans...

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Google’s Bid For Fitbit Prompts Warning From EU Over Data Privacy
Google’s Bid For Fitbit Prompts Warning From EU Over Data Privacy
February 21, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

The European Union’s (EU’s) privacy body has voiced skepticism over the acquisition of Fitbit by Google, saying it could lead to privacy risks, Reuters reported....

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Food Delivery Companies Mull Mergers, Public Listings
Food Delivery Companies Mull Mergers, Public Listings
February 18, 2020  |  Retail

With the potential help of stock listings or mergers, the largest food delivery firms in the country are aiming to bolster their finances. Postmates, DoorDash...

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Antitrust, Privacy Concerns Surround Google’s Fitbit Takeover Bid
Antitrust, Privacy Concerns Surround Google’s Fitbit Takeover Bid
February 11, 2020  |  Google

Google‘s plan to buy Fitbit isn’t going as well as it had hoped, reports said. The search engine giant has been running into a wall...

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Alipay, WorldRemit Team On Cross-Border Remittance
Alipay, WorldRemit Team On Cross-Border Remittance
February 05, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Money transfer platform WorldRemit announced a new partnership with Alipay that will make it easier for users to do cross-border transfers and make payments worldwide,...

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UK Watchdog Seeks Tighter Grip On US Big Tech
UK Watchdog Seeks Tighter Grip On US Big Tech
February 03, 2020  |  Regulation

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is pushing for more leeway to go after U.S. Big Tech firms in the wake of Brexit, the...

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Top News In Payments: Visa Logs 700M Direct Transactions; CFPB Sues Citizens Bank
Top News In Payments: Visa Logs 700M Direct Transactions; CFPB Sues Citizens Bank
January 31, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Visa reported positive first-quarter earnings, totaling 700 million Visa Direct transactions, and CFPB sued Citizens Bank for violating the Truth in...

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