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PARTNERSHIPS between Southeast Asia, Russia and the Commonwealth
of Independent States, which are the main corridors for
E9Pay, the partners stated.
Judopay, Mastercard partner on digital payments
Mobile-first payment provider Judopay is working with ACQUISITIONS
Mastercard to enable The Pharmacy Centre to take safe
and secure payments through its new PaybyLink solu- Carlyle, CIG nix deal with AmEx Travel
tion, as well as other digital payments. The partnership
will enable The Pharmacy Centre to promote greater A deal struck at the end of 2019 fell apart May 11, when
inclusion and flexibility during the ongoing COVID-19 Carlyle Group Inc. and GIC Pte. Ltd. reneged on a deal
outbreak and any similar events in the future, ensuring to buy a 20 percent stake in American Express Global
that people have online access to the essential supplies Business Travel. The parties reportedly attempted to
they need during lockdown, the partners stated. This is renegotiate terms of the deal given the huge losses the
expected to reduce in-store pharmacy visits and thereby travel business has suffered amid the COVID-19 pan-
help reduce the spread of COVID-19. demic, but they could not reach an agreement. The
original deal valued the AmEx unit at $5 billion, includ-
MoneyGram partners with E9Pay ing debt.
MoneyGram International, a global leader in cross-bor- Visa invests in GoodData
der P2P payments and money transfers, teamed up with
E9Pay, a money transfer and payment fintech company Visa invested an undisclosed amount in GoodData, a
in Korea. big data and analytics platform headquartered in San
Francisco, and has plans to co-create data products
The partnership enables E9Pay customers to connect with the cloud-based enterprise. According to industry
to the MoneyGram platform and distribution network analysts, this is part of Visa's initiative to provide users
in over 200 countries and territories. The integration with greater access to aggregated data and analytics.
will especially benefit consumers who send money In a statement, Visa's global head of data, security and
identity products, Melissa McSherry, said, "With
insights from data, we can help sellers, financial
institutions and Visa's extended global business
network better understand and meet consumer
needs, especially when those needs are changing
fast."
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recently, he served as chief commercial officer at
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