Canadian FinTech Wagepoint on Wednesday (Jan. 12) announced it has acquired geofence-powered workforce management platform Timesheet Mobile. Wagepoint’s acquisition is its first in almost a decade in business and gives the company access to small businesses in more than 30 countries. “Time and attendance and...
Banco Santander SA and billionaire Ricardo Salinas are all among the players considering acquiring Citibanamex, Citigroup’s Mexican retail banking business. Salinas’ comments, made on Twitter on Tuesday (Jan. 11), came hours after reports that Citigroup was closing its consumer, small business and middle market banking...
InsurePay, an insuretech property, casualty billing and payments platform, has received a Series B investment, the company announced Tuesday (Jan. 11). “The investment brings together leaders in insuretech billing and payments for workers’ compensation and establishes InsurePay as the industry leader in pay-as-you-go solutions,” InsurePay...
The Brazilian FinTech Stefanini Group has acquired a majority stake in Cobiscorp, an American core banking software maker, as part of a larger plan to expand in Latin America. As FinTech Futures reports, the acquisition will see Stefanini’s core banking subsidiary Topaz integrate a number...
Planet Fitness, Inc. on Tuesday (Jan. 11) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sunshine Fitness Growth Holdings, LLC, which owns and operates more than 100 Planet Fitness clubs in the southeast U.S. for $800 million in cash and stock, according to a press release. Planet...
“Business marketplace experience provider” LBMX has acquired Buying Group Services in an all-share transaction. The Ontario-based company announced the acquisition Monday (Jan. 10), saying it “brings together two firms focused on helping independent businesses prosper in a rapidly changing business environment.” LBMX provides technology for...
Saudi Arabia restaurant tech company Foodics on Monday (Jan. 10) acquired MENA-based restaurant cloud technology platform POSRocket that will allow Foodics to consolidate the market and take a leadership position in Egypt, Kuwait, Oman and Jordan. The deal also sets Foodics up to more M&A...
Food delivery startup HungryPanda announced Sunday (Jan. 9) that it is growing its footprint with the acquisitions of food delivery firm EASI and New Zealand Asian food delivery platform BUY@HOME. Headquartered in London and founded in 2017 by Eric Liu, who serves as CEO, HungryPanda...
Grand Theft Auto, meet FarmVille. The video gaming company Take-Two Interactive Software will buy the mobile and online game maker Zynga Inc. for $12.7 billion, according to a Monday (Jan. 10) press release. The deal brings together two gaming companies with a presence across multiple...
