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WEX Tries To Back Out Of Optal, eNett Deal Due To Pandemic
B2B Payments // May 07, 2020

After inking a definitive agreement in January to acquire B2B optimization firm Optal and B2B travel payments company eNett, WEX Inc. said in its Q1 results on Thursday (May 7) that the pandemic, and conditions stemming from it, “have had, and continue to have, a...

WEX Expands B2B Footprint With eNett, Optal Buys
Partnerships / Acquisitions // January 24, 2020

FinTech payments firm WEX is closing a deal to acquire business-to-business (B2B) travel payments startup eNett and B2B optimization company Optal, WEX announced on Friday (Jan. 24). The $1.7 billion agreement includes about $1.275 billion in cash and roughly 2 million shares of WEX common...

How The Travel Sector Copes With Cross-Border Payments Pain
B2B Payments // April 06, 2017

Cross-border payments can be rough seas for any company. Data suggests SMEs in particular are struggling to grow internationally because they fear the consequences of a lack of expertise and knowledge in going global, but corporates of any size expose themselves to new risk when...

eNett Adds Currencies To X-Border B2B Payments Tool
B2B Payments // March 31, 2017

Cross-border B2B payments company eNett International is expanding its reach by adding support for more currencies. The company said Thursday (March 30) that it will add the Mexican peso, Russian ruble and Turkish Lira to its currency suite in support of cross-border B2B payments for...

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WEX Expands B2B Footprint With eNett, Optal Buys

January 24, 2020
FinTech payments firm WEX is closing a deal to acquire business-to-business (B2B) travel payments startup eNett and B2B optimization company Optal, WEX announced on Friday (Jan. 24). The $1.7 billion agreement includes about $1.275 billion in cash and roughly 2 million shares of WEX common stock paid to the sellers.  WEX is purchasing the Australian […]