EquityStory.RS, LLC-News: Yandex N.V. / Key word(s): Acquisition/Acquisition 29.04.2021 / 11:00 MSKThe issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Yandex Announces Acquisition of a Bank to Obtain a License Moscow and Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April 29, 2021 – Yandex (NASDAQ and MOEX: YNDX), one of Europe’s largest internet companies and the leading search provider in Russia, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase 100% of Acropol Bank. The… Source link
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Read More »UPDATE 1-Russia’s Yandex to buy Acropol bank to develop financial services
(Adds detail) MOSCOW, April 29 (Reuters) – Yandex said on Thursday it had agreed to buy mid-sized bank Acropol for 1.1 billion roubles ($14.8 million), a move that will secure a banking licence for the Russian internet company so that it can develop financial services. Yandex has sought a means to develop its fintech offering after its split from a joint venture with state lender Sberbank last summer meant it ceded control of e-payment service Yandex.Money. In October, a $5.48 billion… Source link
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Read More »InterPrivate II Acquisition Corp. Elects former Yahoo! President Susan Decker, Venture Capitalist Jeffrey Harris and ex-Citi Private Bank Chair Tracey Brophy Warson as Independent Directors
NEW YORK, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — InterPrivate II Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: IPVA.U) (NYSE: IPVA) (NYSE: IPVA WS) (the “Company”) announced today that Susan L. Decker, Jeffrey Harris and Tracey Brophy Warson were appointed to the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) on March 4, 2021, in connection with the Company’s initial public offering. Ms. Decker, Mr. Harris, and Ms. Warson are independent directors. InterPrivate II Acquisition Corp. is led by Chairman and CEO
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