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DECEMBER 28, 2018

Partnerships, joint ventures, as well as merger and acquisition (M&A) activity between banks, startups, payments firms, technology conglomerates and everyone in between became a popular strategy for tackling friction. Here are some of the biggest stories of B2B payments collaboration from 2018.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Further, this week’s B2B Venture Capital roundup finds VC funding isn’t the only investment strategy for B2B FinTechs, with (mergers and acquisitions) M&A activity seeking a spike, as well as some high-profile plans by industry players to go public. Cardlay, based in the U.K., Also in the U.K., Funding Xchange secured $10.3

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AUGUST 29, 2018

Chipotle has delivery news, a bank CEO talks mergers and a wholesale club gains sales following an IPO. Personalized eCommerce Boosts Diane von Furstenberg. With Amazon’s Web Services (AWS) cloud computing business booming, Morgan Stanley is getting more bullish on the eCommerce giant’s prospects.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Targeting eCommerce startups, commercial card company Brex has revamped its rewards program. The new incentives were announced the same day that Brex revealed its newest offering, which allows eCommerce businesses selling on Amazon to immediately access earned revenues. FLEETCOR Preps For M&A Spree.

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MAY 8, 2020

Both were already suffering from bloated debt levels that left them little able to respond to the sweeping changes in American retail over the past two decades, including the rise of eCommerce and the migration of young people from the suburbs to cities after the financial crisis,” the report notes. “In They would get their hair done.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Plati Potom develops post-payment solutions for eCommerce and offline retailers, as well as data analysis and credit risk management tools. According to QIWI, the core focus areas of Plati Potom include research and implementation of various technologies, like data science in the fields of payments, eCommerce and credit risk management.

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MARCH 18, 2019

Fidelity Information Services ( FIS ), a global financial services technology company, announced Monday (March 18) it is merging with Worldpay , the global eCommerce and payments company, in a roughly $35 billion dollar deal. For FIS it marks the company’s largest acquisition ever. in cash for each share of Worldpay.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

FTC, Lawmakers Turn Sour On M&A; Could Innovation Suffer? Perhaps outright bans on mergers. Regulators and lawmakers are sharpening their gaze on mergers in tech, very broadly defined, which means innovation may become a casualty — and to the consumers’ detriment. In today’s top news, PNC will acquire BBVA’s U.S.

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

According to researcher and developer Willem de Groot, the online storefront for the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) was one of nearly 5,900 eCommerce sites compromised by malicious skimming software. presidential election quickly approaches. 4 post revealing the NRSC compromise. Their business is growing rapidly.”.

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MARCH 3, 2020

At the time of the merger, the companies made up 87 percent of the country’s consumer-to-consumer market as well as over 30 percent of the online shopping mall market. Online marketplace and auction site eBay is looking to unload its South Korean unit, according to a report by Reuters.

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JUNE 24, 2019

Over the past few months, we’ve seen announcements from marquee names in commerce, payments and financial services ( Amazon among them), linking up across mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and via consortiums. All told, $3.5 trillion is a pretty big pie to divvy up. trillion in 2018. The Continuum Of Care, Data-Driven.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

To that end, Far Point Acquisition – which operates as a “blank check” company that focuses on financial technology deals – said on Thursday (Jan. Far Point Acquisition Corp. New day, new multi-billion-dollar deal within the payments space. 16) that it would buy Global Blue , a payments company based in Switzerland, for $2.6

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JULY 19, 2017

Flipkart, the Indian eCommerce company moved to raise its offer of to up to $950 million for Snapdeal, boosting the chances of the deal going through. Reuters noted the offer is for the company’s marketplace and its eCommerce solutions provider Unicommerce but not its logistics unit Vulcan Express and its digital payments service FreeCharge.

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JUNE 2, 2016

Salesforce is expanding its corporate cloud services thanks to a major acquisition worth an estimated $2.8 ” That billion dollar cloud is the Salesforce Commerce Cloud, which will run under the firm’s Customer Success Platform, and provide an eCommerce-as-a-Service solution for corporations.

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MAY 24, 2018

has announced a merger with Home Chef , the country’s largest private meal kit company. The anticipated merger comes on the heels of Home Chef’s 150 percent growth in 2017, $250 million in revenue and two profitable quarters. maintain its eCommerce business and continue to operate its offices and facilities. The Kroger Co.

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OCTOBER 2, 2020

The mergers and acquisitions, the deal-making, the funding and IPOs among payments players may be just getting started. Western Union has been public about its desire for acquisitions. Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have been all the rage, too. to go public.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

In today’s top news, Airbnb raises its IPO pricing just days before its date to go public, Paysafe could go public through a SPAC merger and Revolut launched an acquiring solution for Revolut Business customers. NCR: Bank Disruption on the Horizon; Banking M&A Deals to Follow. Paysafe Readies $9 Billion IPO Via SPAC.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

In today’s top news, Western Union is looking for merger and acquisition opportunities, and Amazon and Simon Property Group are in talks to turn empty department stores into fulfillment centers. Western Union CEO: ‘We’re On An M&A Hunt’. Fed’s Kashkari Advocates For New Lockdown.

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