{"id":572113,"date":"2020-06-11T04:14:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T04:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/06\/11\/tpay-mobile-acquires-payguru\/"},"modified":"2020-06-11T04:14:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T04:14:18","slug":"tpay-mobile-acquires-payguru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/06\/11\/tpay-mobile-acquires-payguru\/","title":{"rendered":"TPay Mobile acquires Payguru"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a> M&A WATCH- TPay Mobile acquires Payguru:<\/strong> TPay Mobile<\/a>, a leading digital merchant acquirer that enables payments from more than 54 mobile payment types and wallets, has acquired Turkey\u2019s Payguru<\/a>, one of the MENA region\u2019s leading payment service providers, according to a statement (pdf)<\/a>. The acquisition is pending regulatory approvals; the statement did not provide a value for the transaction, the latest in a string that has seen TPay grow by acquisition.<\/p>\n

We recently sat down with TPay\u2019s founder and CEO Sahar Salama for a chat on our podcast. <\/strong>You can listen to the episode here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

M&A WATCH- TPay Mobile acquires Payguru: TPay Mobile, a leading digital merchant acquirer that enables payments from more than 54 mobile payment types and wallets, has acquired Turkey\u2019s Payguru, one of the MENA region\u2019s leading payment service providers, according to a statement (pdf). 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