acquisitions

Community Bank And FinTech Partnerships Gaining Traction
Community Bank And FinTech Partnerships Gaining Traction
May 31, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Traditional FIs may feel pressured by the growth and inroads of nimbler tech-focused brethren in the FinTech realm.  But collaboration is key, and one subset...

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Bpost Inks Cross-Border Delivery Deal With DHL
Bpost Inks Cross-Border Delivery Deal With DHL
May 30, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Belgian Post Group (Bpost), the Belgian postal operator, announced Wednesday (May 30) that it is joining forces with DHL to provide eCommerce deliveries in the...

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Microsoft Enters The AI Conversation With Semantic Machines Acquisition
Microsoft Enters The AI Conversation With Semantic Machines Acquisition
May 21, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

The tech giants are racing to see who can make their artificial intelligence (AI) the least artificial and the most human-like. Now, Microsoft has become...

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Who Wins And Loses In PayPal’s iZettle Deal
Who Wins And Loses In PayPal’s iZettle Deal
May 21, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

PayPal last week announced it will acquire Swedish payments company iZettle in a cash deal valued at $2.2 billion, which is expected to close in...

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Billtrust’s First Institutional Investor Sells Stake
Billtrust’s First Institutional Investor Sells Stake
May 15, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Edison Partners, the first institutional investor in business payments firm Billtrust, has exited the company. A press release issued Monday (May 14) said Edison sold its...

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Walmart Said To Eye Flipkart IPO
Walmart Said To Eye Flipkart IPO
May 14, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Walmart could launch an initial public offering of Flipkart – the Indian eCommerce player in which it just bought a majority stake for $16 billion...

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MoneyGram Seeks More Digital Gains In 2018
MoneyGram Seeks More Digital Gains In 2018
May 08, 2018  |  Earnings

MoneyGram’s first-quarter revenue and earnings missed Wall Street expectations on Tuesday (May 8), but the company is reporting early benefits from a new money transfer...

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Alibaba Buys Daraz
Alibaba Buys Daraz
May 08, 2018  |  Retail

Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba has acquired Daraz, Pakistan’s most popular online shopping destination, thus expanding its empire into South Asia. Daraz was founded by Rocket...

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IBM Acquires Armanta For Watson Financial Services Portfolio
IBM Acquires Armanta For Watson Financial Services Portfolio
May 04, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

IBM has acquired New Jersey-based FinTech firm Armanta to join its Watson Financial Services portfolio. Armanta is a provider of aggregation and analytics software to...

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