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Robinhood Buys Communications Platform Say Technologies for $140M

August 10, 2021
HSBC Teams With Walmart On Working Capital Diversity
B2B Payments // August 09, 2021

On Monday, August 9, HSBC Bank announced a collaboration with Walmart to help make working capital access more affordable and transparent. HSBC is working with C2FO to give “diverse and minority suppliers” access to reliable funding sources. Read More: HSBC is the First Bank to...

TrueCar Teams With AutoFi On Streamlining Auto Financing
Partnerships / Acquisitions // August 04, 2021

Online car retailer TrueCar is now working with AutoFi to give customers more advanced ways to explore auto financing. With the partnership, those who have configured payments with TrueCar will be able to apply for financing through the dealer of their own choice. Then they will be able to...

Paya, RECUR360 Collaborate On New B2B Payment Tools
B2B Payments // July 13, 2021

The payments solution provider Paya has formed a partnership with RECUR360. The partnership will offer RECUR360’s clients “enhanced capabilities and support for integrated card and ACH,” per a Tuesday (July 13) news release. The partnership will also give “new, underserved markets” — including distributors, wholesalers...

Will Credit Sesame’s Digital Banking Push STACK Up?
Digital Banking // June 17, 2020

The challenger bank space is having a bit of a moment. LendingClub is buying Radius Bank. Green Dot is using the bank it already owns to build a bank for the masses. Affirm has added high-yield savings accounts to its alternative credit platform. Goldman’s Marcus...

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Will Credit Sesame’s Digital Banking Push STACK Up?

June 17, 2020
The challenger bank space is having a bit of a moment. LendingClub is buying Radius Bank. Green Dot is using the bank it already owns to build a bank for the masses. Affirm has added high-yield savings accounts to its alternative credit platform. Goldman’s Marcus had to turn away new customers in the U.K., it […]

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Robinhood Buys Communications Platform Say Technologies for $140M

August 10, 2021
Robinhood announced Tuesday (August 10) that it has signed an agreement to acquire investment communication platform Say Technologies for about $140 million as an all-cash deal, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. “Like Robinhood, Say was built on the belief that everyone should have the same access to the financial markets as Wall Street insiders,” […]

TrueCar Teams With AutoFi On Streamlining Auto Financing

August 04, 2021
Online car retailer TrueCar is now working with AutoFi to give customers more advanced ways to explore auto financing. With the partnership, those who have configured payments with TrueCar will be able to apply...

Subscription Startup Prospress Sold To Automattic

May 24, 2019
Automattic announced that it has acquired startup Prospress. The company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Longreads, Simplenote and more has bought Prospress, which developed WooCommerce Subscriptions, a recurring payment solution designed for...

Revamping Walmart — Will It Work?

August 16, 2016
Is Walmart going after a new market and rebranding? Walmart’s recent acquisition of Jet, a company with no profits to date, has some scratching their heads. But Jet’s growth, the...