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Afterpay Says Acquisition by Block is Clear for Completion

Afterpay Says Acquisition by Block is Clear for Completion

Afterpay称Block收购已明确完成
Dow Jones Newswires ·  2022/01/11 16:42

By Stuart Condie

斯图尔特·康迪(Stuart Condie)著

SYDNEY--$Block(SQ.US)$ acquisition of $Afterpay Ltd.(AFTPF.US)$ has cleared its final regulatory hurdle and will be implemented on Feb. 1, the Australian buy-now-pay-later provider said.

悉尼--$阻止(SQ.US)$收购$Afterpay Ltd.(AFTPF.US)$这家澳大利亚现在付款的提供商表示，该公司已经扫清了最后的监管障碍，将于2月1日实施。

Afterpay on Wednesday said the Bank of Spain had approved the transaction and that the Australian payment company's ASX-listed shares would be suspended from trade at the close on Jan. 19.

Afterpay周三表示，西班牙央行已经批准了这笔交易，这家澳大利亚支付公司在ASX上市的股票将在1月19日收盘时停牌。

The takeover valued Afterpay at about US$29 billion when it was announced in August. Block's shares have lost more than 40% of their value since prior to the acquisition announcement.

8月份宣布收购时，Afterpay的估值约为290亿美元。自收购宣布之前以来，Block的股价已经下跌了40%以上。

Block wants to use Afterpay, which charges merchants in exchange for allowing consumers to pay for goods and services in four interest-free installments, to tie its Cash App and seller ecosystems more closely together.

Block希望利用Afterpay将其Cash App和卖家生态系统更紧密地联系在一起。Afterpay向商家收取费用，以换取消费者分四次免息支付商品和服务。

"Afterpay, its leadership and team have shown that groundbreaking fintech innovation built in Australia can reach global proportions," Afterpay Chair Elana Rubin said.

Afterpay董事长埃拉娜·鲁宾(Elana Rubin)表示：“Afterpay的领导层和团队已经表明，金融科技在澳大利亚进行的突破性创新可以达到全球的水平。”

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