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Wall Street | February 26, 2020

U.S. stocks attempted a recovery on Wednesday after a rocky start to the week that shaved off more than 6% from the main indexes on growth concerns stemming from a global spread of the coronavirus. Marquee companies including Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp and Amazon.com were some of the biggest boosts to the S&P 500, rising between 1.6% and 3%. Ten of the 11 major S&P sectors were in the black, with technology leading the charge with a 2.4% gain. The energy sector dipped 0.2%. “There h...

Visa | July 29, 2020

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) has been notified of an unsolicited “mini-tender offer” by Ponos Industries LLC to purchase up to 1 million shares of its Class A common stock, representing approximately 0.06% of Visa’s outstanding shares of Class A common stock. Ponos’ offer price of $210.00 is 9.06% above the closing price of Visa’s Class A common stock on July 10, 2020, the last trading day prior to the date of the offer. While this price is presently above the current market...

JP Morgan | May 14, 2020

JP Morgan is reportedly serving bitcoin exchanges – Coinbase and Gemini – as banking clients, according to Wall Street Journal sources. It’s the first time the US banking giant has taken on crypto clients. The exchanges were approved in April as customers under the bank’s corporate and investment division, and are now starting to process transactions through the bank, per the report. Traditionally fenced out by banks as clients too risky to take on – B...

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Paya | July 14, 2021

Paya, a leading supplier of integrated payments and commerce solutions, has established a strategic alliance with RECUR360, a cloud-based software and automation solution provider that provides recurring payment, invoicing, and collection capabilities across a variety of B2B sectors. RECUR360 will provide its clients greater capabilities and support for integrated card and ACH transactions as a result of the agreement, while also expanding into new, underserved areas such as wholesalers, distrib...