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This Week in FinTech Ukraine: PayPal Expands Services; Dutch Tech Entrepreneurs Shelter Refugees
International // March 18, 2022

This week in FinTech Ukraine, PayPal has expanded money services to help Ukraine humanitarian efforts. Also, three Dutch tech entrepreneurs have established a foundation to shelter refugees fleeing the war. PayPal has expanded money services to help Ukraine humanitarian efforts. The global FinTech digital payments...

Today In Payments Around The World: India’s Zomato Files For IPO; Netherlands’ MessageBird To Purchase...
International // April 29, 2021

In today’s top payments news around the world, Zomato is going public in India, while MessageBird is acquiring SparkPost in a $600 million deal. Plus, worldwide shipments of smartphones reached 347 million in Q1 2021. India’s Food Delivery Startup Zomato Files $1.11 Billion IPO Zomato,...

MessageBird To Acquire SparkPost For $600 Million
Partnerships / Acquisitions // April 28, 2021

Global omnichannel communications company MessageBird is acquiring email optimization platform SparkPost in a $600 million deal that will help the Netherlands-based MessageBird expand its reach across the U.S., according to a press release. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of this...

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Airwallex Teams With Bird for Streamlined International Payments

April 22, 2024
Payments platform Airwallex has launched a partnership with global communications platform Bird, formerly known as MessageBird. The collaboration, announced Monday (April 22), is designed to power Bird’s international payments operations across the company’s customers’ preferred channels, including WhatsApp, Email, SMS, Voice, WeChat, Messenger and Instagram.  “The global nature of Bird’s business — with multiple currencies flowing in and out […]

This Week in FinTech Ukraine: PayPal Expands Services; Dutch Tech Entrepreneurs Shelter Refugees

March 18, 2022
This week in FinTech Ukraine, PayPal has expanded money services to help Ukraine humanitarian efforts. Also, three Dutch tech entrepreneurs have established a foundation to shelter refugees fleeing the war....

MessageBird To Acquire SparkPost For $600 Million

April 28, 2021
Global omnichannel communications company MessageBird is acquiring email optimization platform SparkPost in a $600 million deal that will help the Netherlands-based MessageBird expand its reach across the U.S., according to...