mergers

Morgan Stanley Looks To Add To Asset Management Unit, CFO Says
Morgan Stanley Looks To Add To Asset Management Unit, CFO Says
February 28, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Morgan Stanley‘s acquisition of electronic trading platform E-Trade may not have satiated its appetite for deals, the company said, according to Bloomberg. The bank plans...

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Google’s Bid For Fitbit Prompts Warning From EU Over Data Privacy
Google’s Bid For Fitbit Prompts Warning From EU Over Data Privacy
February 21, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

The European Union’s (EU’s) privacy body has voiced skepticism over the acquisition of Fitbit by Google, saying it could lead to privacy risks, Reuters reported....

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Food Delivery Companies Mull Mergers, Public Listings
Food Delivery Companies Mull Mergers, Public Listings
February 18, 2020  |  Retail

With the potential help of stock listings or mergers, the largest food delivery firms in the country are aiming to bolster their finances. Postmates, DoorDash...

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Antitrust, Privacy Concerns Surround Google’s Fitbit Takeover Bid
Antitrust, Privacy Concerns Surround Google’s Fitbit Takeover Bid
February 11, 2020  |  Google

Google‘s plan to buy Fitbit isn’t going as well as it had hoped, reports said. The search engine giant has been running into a wall...

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Alipay, WorldRemit Team On Cross-Border Remittance
Alipay, WorldRemit Team On Cross-Border Remittance
February 05, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Money transfer platform WorldRemit announced a new partnership with Alipay that will make it easier for users to do cross-border transfers and make payments worldwide,...

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UK Watchdog Seeks Tighter Grip On US Big Tech
UK Watchdog Seeks Tighter Grip On US Big Tech
February 03, 2020  |  Regulation

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is pushing for more leeway to go after U.S. Big Tech firms in the wake of Brexit, the...

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Top News In Payments: Visa Logs 700M Direct Transactions; CFPB Sues Citizens Bank
Top News In Payments: Visa Logs 700M Direct Transactions; CFPB Sues Citizens Bank
January 31, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Visa reported positive first-quarter earnings, totaling 700 million Visa Direct transactions, and CFPB sued Citizens Bank for violating the Truth in...

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Uber Pushes Partnerships In Pursuit Of Profits
Uber Pushes Partnerships In Pursuit Of Profits
January 30, 2020  |  Ecosystems

The Uber ecosystem keeps on growing, and though obstacles always arise – some economic, some regulatory, some driven by other factors – paying attention to...

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EU Regulator Loosens Requirements For Bank Mergers
EU Regulator Loosens Requirements For Bank Mergers
January 26, 2020  |  Bank Regulation

Europe’s main banking regulator, an arm of the ECB, is trying to make it easier for the continent’s financial lenders to merge. The logic is...

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