, journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im Alisa Parenti. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg technology is next. Caroline im Caroline Hyde from london, in for emily chang. This is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, a change in ownership. We will analyze a u. S. Rivals deal. Plus, alibaba enters the ring as the fight to dominate the Smart Speaker market intensifies. How it stacks up against its rivals. Prepareseslas model3 to hit the road, a speed bump for the electric car giant. While teslas sales shifted down a gear. First, a massive deal in the Digital Payments ace payment space. This comes after j. P. Morgan showed interest, but ultimately backed away from the takeover offer. They hope to gain greater exposure to ecommerce retailers and Small Businesses through the acquisition. For more, we are joined by bloombergs editor at large, cory johnson. With me for the hour as guest host is Martin Mignot. Now, i want to kick off with cory first. Give us the background of this deal. B