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Paysafe Readies $9 Billion IPO Via SPAC

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Online payments firm Paysafe is nearing a deal with billionaire Bill Foley for a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger, according to a Bloomberg report, intending for Paysafe to go public. but that is not involved in the deal with Paysafe, Bloomberg reported.

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Intuit Buys Credit Karma For $7.1B

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Intuit closed a deal to buy Credit Karma for a price tag of $7.1 Consolidation of this kind has been sweeping the financial technology sector as of late, with Intuit’s deal just the latest example. The deal lays bare the growing need for financial services groups to accumulate data. billion on Monday (Feb.

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Former Heartland CEO Agrees To $250K SEC Fine

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleged that Carr had talked about merger discussions with his partner, Katherine Hanratty, and wrote a check to that individual. That way she was able to purchase $900,000 of stock in Heartland prior to the merger’s announcement. billion and would grow the U.S.

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Flipkart Ups Its Offer For Snapdeal

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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. A previous Reuters report pegged the price tag for the deal at between $800 million and $850 million, which Snapdeal’s board rejected. Snapdeal employs 1,500, noted the report.

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Steep Slowdown For Chinese Cross-Border Corporate Acquisitions

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Bloomberg News reported Wednesday that dealmakers on China’s mainland are “struggling to cope with tighter capital controls” and a more cautious deal-making landscape. Such constraints have had an impact on merger activity. The buyouts dropped by 67 percent though the first four months of 2017.

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Walmart+, Amazon Pay, and The Battle For The Digital Consumer Top This Week's News

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Still, the online vacation rental marketplace has not ruled out a merger with Ackman’s Pershing Square Tontine Holdings Ltd. New China/US Cold War Fought Over X-Border Deals. Now, the adversary is China , and the weapons of choice are tied to tech, data, deal-making and very large price tags. Airbnb Inc.

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Judge Just Says No To Staples-Office Depot Merger — Why Every Retailer Should Pay Attention

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The merger between Staples and Home Depot is over — and not in the ways either party were hoping for when the possibility of the two office supply chains merging first hit the headlines a year ago. Why The Judge Just Said No. Despite the perceived injustice, however, Sargent also noted that the two firms will not appeal.

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