A heavyweight in retail, cloud computing, digital advertising, streaming and smart speakers, the tech giant compels vendors in one market to engage with it in others. This report comes at the same time as CEO Jeff Bezos says he doesn’t take comfort from the company’s win against the Alabama unionization vote.
Southeast Asia’s largest ride-hailing company, Grab Holdings, said that it plans to merge with U.S.-based Altimeter Growth Capital in a deal that would value it at nearly $40 billion and allow it to trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market. It’s already considering a second Singapore listing.
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Afterpay hires advisors for possible US listing 4 hours ago
4 Australian buy now, pay later firm Afterpay is contemplating a US listing following strong growth in North American markets. The Melbourne-based firm has hired Gioldman Sachs to explore its options, saying that the US market is now the largest contributor to its business and is expected to grow strongly. While Afterpay intends to remain an Australian headquartered company, our shareholderbase is increasingly becoming more globally focused, the firm says in a Q3 trading update. A US listing would further accommodate this growing interest.
MYPINPAD, a global leader in secure personal authentication solutions has received certification from the Australian Payments Network (AusPayNet), the self-regulatory body for Australian payments.