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Five At Five: Facebook Grants More Data Access
Five At Five: Facebook Grants More Data Access
July 02, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your daily look at the freshest payments and commerce news. Coverage includes the latest on Facebook’s data-sharing policies, along with...

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Google Dumps Zagat
Google Dumps Zagat
March 06, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

The Infatuation, the restaurant discovery platform, announced Monday (March 5) it is acquiring the restaurant review brand Zagat from Google, nearly seven years after it...

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Flywire’s OnPlan Acquisition Ups The Healthcare, Tuition Payments Game
Flywire’s OnPlan Acquisition Ups The Healthcare, Tuition Payments Game
January 18, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

What do the health care and education segments have in common? They both have customers who must make large payments prior to receiving services, such...

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PayPal CEO On Retail’s “Defining Moment”
PayPal CEO On Retail’s “Defining Moment”
January 16, 2018  |  Retail

Amazon’s multibillion-dollar acquisition of Whole Food Markets will go down as a defining moment in retail – one that PayPal CEO Dan Schulman likened to...

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SAP Gives Concur A Rebrand Boost
SAP Gives Concur A Rebrand Boost
January 04, 2018  |  B2B Payments

SAP is rebranding the travel and expense management company, Concur, following an acquisition of the firm in 2014. An announcement made Wednesday (Jan. 3) said...

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Thales Buys Gemalto For $5.6B
Thales Buys Gemalto For $5.6B
December 18, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Thales and Gemalto announced over the weekend that Gemalto agreed to the 4.8 billion euros ($5.6 billion) deal to sell itself. In a press release,...

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Walgreens Invests in Chinese Pharmacy Chain
Walgreens Invests in Chinese Pharmacy Chain
December 07, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Walgreens Boots Alliance announced Wednesday (Dec. 6) it reached an agreement with China National Accord Medicines to invest in its unit, Sinopharm Holding GuoDa Drugstores...

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CVS Acquisition Of Aetna Seen As Foil To Amazon’s Move Into RX
CVS Acquisition Of Aetna Seen As Foil To Amazon’s Move Into RX
December 04, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

CVS is gearing up to announce a $69 billion cash and stock deal to acquire Aetna, in a move aimed at taking on Amazon, which is...

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Corporate M&A Breaks New Record
Corporate M&A Breaks New Record
September 22, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity has broken a new record this year, according to the latest data from Jeff Golman, vice chairman of Mesirow...

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