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NYSE Owner Abandons Plans To Buy eBay
Partnerships / Acquisitions // February 06, 2020

New York Stock Exchange owner International Exchange (ICE) said it is no longer going to pursue plans to potentially purchase eBay after investors strongly fought back against the move, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. After markets closed Thursday (Feb. 6), ICE...

Why eBay’s Trials And Tribulations May Have Melted ICE’s Bid – For Now
Acquiring // February 05, 2020

There’s the lure, the deal – and then, perhaps, the “what now?” As has been widely reported, the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which owns the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has made an offer to buy eBay. The initial focus on Wall Street and beyond may...

Bitcoin Futures Rollout In Jeopardy
Bitcoin // March 22, 2019

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)’s plans to launch bitcoin futures in November of last year have been delayed because of regulators. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with the matter, plans for ICE, which owns the New York Stock Exchange, to roll out...

PaySwag Integrates Sionic Mobile’s ICE To Provide Mobile App For Underbanked
Mobile Applications // March 17, 2017

Sionic Mobile and Customer Engagement Technologies (CET) are partnering up to provide a mobile payment app for the underbanked, according to Finextra. CET’s mobile app, PaySwag, is integrating Sionic Mobile’s ION Commerce Engine (ICE) to enable the underbanked to load cash into a mobile wallet...

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Why eBay’s Trials And Tribulations May Have Melted ICE’s Bid – For Now

February 05, 2020
There’s the lure, the deal – and then, perhaps, the “what now?” As has been widely reported, the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which owns the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has made an offer to buy eBay. The initial focus on Wall Street and beyond may have been, and may still be, the price tag: At a […]

Quick Reads
Sen. Ron Wyden Accuses ICE of Secretly Collecting Money Transfer Data

March 08, 2022
A secret program overseen by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) covertly tracked and collected data on at least 200 million money transfers in the last dozen years without a warrant, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Tuesday (March 8), citing a letter from Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) […]

NYSE Owner Abandons Plans To Buy eBay

February 06, 2020
New York Stock Exchange owner International Exchange (ICE) said it is no longer going to pursue plans to potentially purchase eBay after investors strongly fought back against the move, according...

Bitcoin Futures Rollout In Jeopardy

March 22, 2019
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)’s plans to launch bitcoin futures in November of last year have been delayed because of regulators. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with...

PaySwag Integrates Sionic Mobile’s ICE To Provide Mobile App For Underbanked

March 17, 2017
Sionic Mobile and Customer Engagement Technologies (CET) are partnering up to provide a mobile payment app for the underbanked, according to Finextra. CET’s mobile app, PaySwag, is integrating Sionic Mobile’s...