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Apis Partners’ Matteo Stefanel: Evaluating payments company deals in the age of agentic shopping; Accel-KKR’s Basware to buy payment fraud prevention biz

Accel-KKR-backed Basware has signed a binding agreement to acquire Trustpair in a deal pairing Basware's invoice lifecycle management platform with Trustpair's payment fraud prevention technology. The post Apis Partners’ Matteo Stefanel: Evaluating payments company deals in the age of agentic shopping; Accel-KKR’s Basware to buy payment fraud prevention biz appeared first on PE Hub .

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