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Square's Strategic Acquisition

Square’s Strategic Acquisition

On Sunday, August 1st, Square announced plans to acquire Afterpay, unifying two of the industry’s fastest-growing financial technology platforms. The announcement was the latest in a noteworthy year

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Revolut: Fintech Revolution?

This article is part of Wellesley Hills Financial’s Market Movements series, found in our weekly newsletter. Neobank, Revolut, raised $800 million last week as part of

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Flying Blind

This article is part of Wellesley Hills Financial’s Market Movements series, found in our weekly newsletter. Here’s A Riddle: What happens to credit scores during a

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Fintech? Good. Payments Processor? Bad.

This past Tuesday, REPAY (NASDAQ: RPAY), the integrated payments processor based in Atlanta, GA, announced its acquisition of Scottsdale, AZ-based BillingTree from Parthenon Capital for approximately $503M in stock and cash.

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Square’s Surprise Earnings

This article is part of Wellesley Hills Financial’s Market Movements series, found in our weekly newsletter. Square released earnings last Thursday, beating analyst projections by 250%

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