Private equity company Permira has acquired a majority stake in Israeli fraud/financial crime prevention provider BioCatch. The agreement, announced Thursday (May 2), values BioCatch at $1.3 billion, and comes amid a rising demand for fraud prevention solutions. Permira’s acquisition comes almost exactly a year after the...
Federal regulators are examining Walmart’s plan to buy smart television maker Vizio. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is conducting an antitrust review of the proposed $2.3 billion merger, Vizio said in a regulatory filing Tuesday (April 30). According to the filing, both companies on Monday (April 29) received a request for additional...
Blockchain-enabled B2B payments network Paystand has acquired spend management software provider Teampay to create a unified financial platform that covers both accounts receivable (AR) and accounts payable (AP). The fusion of the two companies also expands Paystand’s network to include more than 1 million businesses, the company...
Nvidia plans to acquire Israeli startup Run:ai, a Kubernetes-based workload management and orchestration software provider. The chipmaker said in a Wednesday (April 24) blog post that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Run:ai, adding that the deal will help customers make more efficient use of...
Cross-border payments firm Thunes is set to acquire all-in-one-payments platform Tilia. The deal, announced Tuesday (April 23), is aimed at speeding Thunes’ growth in the U.S. and its presence in the online gaming market. “The acquisition of Tilia demonstrates our ambition in the United States,”...
Independent digital investment advisor Betterment has reached an agreement with Goldman Sachs to acquire the digital investment accounts of Marcus Invest. Subject to customary closing conditions, those accounts will be transferred to Betterment around June 29, the companies said in a Monday (April 22) press release. Customers will have the option...
Salesforce’s plans to purchase data-management software provider Informatica have reportedly stalled. While the two sides were apparently in advanced talks for a deal earlier this month, the companies were not able to come to terms, Reuters reported Sunday (April 21), citing a source familiar with the matter....
Instant money movement platform TabaPay is acquiring Synapse’s assets following the latter company’s bankruptcy. The deal, announced Friday (April 19), will allow TabaPay to offer new financial services for FinTechs and financial institutions, the company said in a news release. TabaPay noted that the two firms had offered complementary financial technology...
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is buying TradeStation Crypto, the digital assets unit of TradeStation Group. With this acquisition, Kraken aims to expand its regulatory licensing in the United States, Seeking Alpha reported Thursday (April 18). “The transaction is part of our efforts to accelerate our U.S. presence and will unlock further...
