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OCTOBER 15, 2020

Masayoshi Son , founder of SoftBank , is trying to forge a truce between rivals Grab and Gojek so the two companies can continue negotiating an acquisition, Bloomberg reported. One of the key points left to be determined is whether Grab will acquire all of Gojek's operations or just the business in Indonesia.

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Federal banking agencies use the bank’s contribution metrics as a parameter when they apply for mergers, acquisitions, and new branch openings. CRA remains essential today because many businesses are struggling to operate post-pandemic and have shut down. What about the data?

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JANUARY 2, 2019

Around the mPOS space, providers are teaming up, merging or making acquisitions. Among the latest players to make an acquisition is DIVA, a digital business accelerator and POS device provider. The merger is intended to help the companies bring their products and operations to foreign markets. Around The mPOS World.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

Billtrust , which works in accounts receivable automation and integrated B2B payments, has completed a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with South Mountain Merger Corp. After the merger was completed, South Mountain changed its name to BTRS Holdings Inc., according to a press release.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

In today’s top news, Visa opted out of its acquisition of Plaid after the DOJ sued over antitrust concerns, and Billtrust is expected to start trading today after completing its SPAC merger. Visa Opts Out Of Plaid Acquisition, Cites Complex Litigation. Visa has opted out of its $5.3 Visa has opted out of its $5.3

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The business division of Western Union will work with Isabel Group , a Belgian company providing multi-bank services through its B2B network Isabel 6, to grow connectivity in Belgium, according to a press release. This type of partnership is part of our DNA at Western Union Business Solutions," he said in the release. "We

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

New Jersey-based invoice-to-cash platform Billtrust has upgraded the machine learning (ML) capabilities of its business-to-business (B2B) cash application software, the company announced Wednesday (Nov. Billtrust signed a merger deal last month with South Mountain Merger Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

CarLotz and Acamar Partners Acquisition Corp. have struck “a definitive business combination agreement” that would turn the used-car behemoth into a public company. According to a press release , Fidelity Management & Research Co. Individual investors include Rick Wagoner, former CEO of General Motors.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The process would involve them going through a merger with Ackman's blank-check company. We did not discuss valuation, and we didn’t get to do a deep enough dive, frankly, to determine whether this is a business that we’d want to own and what price we’d like to own it at,” Ackman said, according to Bloomberg. “We

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity continues to accelerate as 2019 progresses, both in terms of volume and value of M&A deals. Deloitte research found 79 percent of organizations expect merger activity to grow in the coming year, up from 70 percent that said the same for 2018. ” Business Partners At Risk.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs , are now eyeing the Asian market for merger deals as they compete to finalize deals before their initial public offerings (IPOs) expire. Torres said he has been in talks with several Asian companies for a possible business combination through his SPAC Poema Global Holdings.

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OCTOBER 4, 2020

a special purpose acquisition company or SPAC , with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). A SPAC is a shell company established to help another company go public, after which a reverse merger happens with another company. Emil Michael filed an S-1 prospectus on Friday (Oct. 2) for DPCM Capital Inc. ,

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AUGUST 21, 2023

Two-thirds of business executives expect to pursue merger-and-acquisition deals over the next 12 months, according to a new EY survey. That's good news for larger banks with M&A advisory operations.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

is getting close to an arrangement to go public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Oaktree Acquisition Corp., has a business called Hers for women. They are development-stage shell firms that don’t possess their own business plans but they merge with private firms that do have them.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Southeast Asia’s ride-hailing giants Gojek and Grab are holding discussions about a possible merger, The Information reported on Tuesday (Feb. A merger would create one of the world’s most highly valued startups, with Gojek valued at $9 billion and Grab valued at $14 billion. A merger between Grab and Gojek could make $16.7

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

The news comes after CarLotz and special purpose acquisition company (or "SPAC") Acamar Partners Acquisition Corp. arrived at “a definitive business combination agreement” that would turn the used-car firm into a public company. CEO and co-founder Michael Bor said in the announcement.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

The year-end acceleration of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide will keep bankers busy until the close of 2020, with deals emerging in most regions and industries, Bloomberg reported. . “It It clearly won’t be a long Christmas break for M&A bankers,” Dirk Albersmeier , co-head of M&A, J.P.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Market watchers are expecting Salesforce to announce a deal to buy business communication platform Slack after market close on Tuesday (Dec. Slack’s stock shot up about 24 percent last week, fueled by speculation of an acquisition. The deal would the third major acquisition by Salesforce in recent years. 1), according to CNBC.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

Digital payment and banking provider i2c has tapped ex- Citibanamex payment executive Miguel Olvera as its new regional director of business development in Mexico, according to a press release. At Citibanamex, he worked with credit cards, commercial banking and process optimization.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Morgan analysts predict merger and acquisition deals to continue to surge through the holiday season. Buy now, pay later (BNPL) payments startup Affirm announced its acquisition of Canada’s installment payments firm PayBright. The acquisition will help Affirm expand its network of merchants in both Canada and the United States.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

The move will help Lightspeed bolster its position in the industry as more restaurants turn to the digital side of the business, the release stated. The merger between the two companies will expedite product innovation and help advance the analytics-driven commerce platform of Lightspeed.

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MAY 22, 2020

1 food delivery business, per industry estimates. The news service said the Competition Commission of India (CCI) is looking at two aspects of the deal to see if the acquisition will lead to less competition and whether the two companies should have notified regulators about the transaction. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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JANUARY 11, 2021

The news comes on the heels of its announcement that it would become a public company through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), according to a Monday (Jan. CarLotz will become a public company listed on the Nasdaq with the “LOTZ” ticker symbol after the potential merger is finalized. 11) announcement.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

If the size of any merger or business-tie up is big, we can launch an anti-monopoly investigation into the buyer’s process of acquiring a startup (like Fitbit),” Furuya told Reuters. billion acquisition deal for Google to buy Fitbit. Japan is teaming up with the U.S. EU antitrust regulators in August started probing a $2.1

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

The pandemic, after all, has obliterated “normal” business trends and caution reigns. The conversation came against the backdrop of a muted merger landscape. The conversation came against the backdrop of a muted merger landscape. The pace picked up again, notably with the deal struck in the fall for BBVA to sell its U.S.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved the acquisition of Experian Payments Gateway (EPG) by B2B payments firm Bottomline Technologies after finding the deal won’t negatively impact competition, according to a CMA report on Tuesday (Feb. million purchase of EPG. million purchase of EPG. and EPG was its largest rival.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Tastemaker Acquisition Corp. is the latest newly-formed special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, seeking a ripe investment, the Nation’s Restaurant News reported. based pizzeria chain &Pizza, launched Fast Acquisition Corp. The document says it intends to sell 23 million shares at $10 per share.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

The FTC complaint alleges that Facebook has engaged in a systematic strategy — including its 2012 acquisition of Instagram, its 2014 acquisition of WhatsApp, and the imposition of anticompetitive conditions on software developers — to eliminate threats to its monopoly, according to the release. It viewed as a competitive threat.

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APRIL 4, 2019

Apple could be stepping up its acquisition strategy as it aims to move beyond the iPhone, elevating Adrian Perica to head up mergers and acquisitions. It is a step up for Perica, given Luca Meastri, Apple’s chief financial officer, had been in charge of mergers and acquisitions for Apple, the news outlet noted.

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JUNE 12, 2020

based corporations, the CMA can investigate mergers when the business being acquired has annual sales of £70 million ($88 million) or more or when the combined businesses have at least a 25 percent share of any reasonable market, CNBC reported. If Facebook fails to comply it could be subject to fines.

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

Hantoro also said, according to Bloomberg, that the company is seeking opportunities to make acquisitions, including possibly of startups. In June, Gojek cut more than 400 jobs — about 9 percent of its workforce — in the wake of the business hit inflicted by the pandemic.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

9) that the country contemplate creating a new regulatory unit whose approval would be required before any dominant technology company could make an acquisition in the country. In particular, we are analyzing the extent to which such concerns cannot be fully addressed under the standard mergers regime.”. Coscelli said the U.K.’s

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

The ridesharing company’s board of directors has approved the acquisition and announced the deal early Monday (July 6). Vice President of Uber Eats Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty will continue to run the combined delivery business, sources told Bloomberg. Uber Technologies is buying Postmates Inc., billion, Bloomberg reported. Uber lost $2.9

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Paya , an eCommerce FinTech, plans to go public through a special kind of merger with an investment company, according to a press release. Paya is set to merge with FinTech Acquisition Corp. III , which is a special-purpose acquisition company. The deal values Paya at about $1.3 billion, according to the release.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

Just Eat Takeaway is the result of a 2020 merger between the U.K.’s The Just Eat Takeaway.com’s acquisition of Grubhub was approved by shareholders in October and is expected to close during the first quarter of this year. The combined company will be the biggest food delivery business outside of China. The hedge fund has 6.5

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Aside from the accounting firm’s staff, technology likely represents the area where a firm has made its biggest investments over the years, so it makes sense that technology considerations should be included in discussions about possible mergers or acquisitions. Whitman, CPA, president and CEO of Whitman Business Advisors LLC. “It

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