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Afterpay Says Acquisition by Block is Clear for Completion

Afterpay Says Acquisition by Block is Clear for Completion

Afterpay稱Block收購已明確完成
Dow Jones Newswires ·  2022/01/11 16:42

By Stuart Condie

斯圖爾特·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--$阻止(SQ.US)$收購$Afterpay Ltd.(AFTPF.US)$這家澳大利亞現在付款的提供商表示，該公司已經掃清了最後的監管障礙，將於2月1日實施。

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週三表示，西班牙央行已經批准了這筆交易，這家澳大利亞支付公司在ASX上市的股票將在1月19日收盤時停牌。

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月份宣佈收購時，Afterpay的估值約為290億美元。自收購宣佈之前以來，Block的股價已經下跌了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將其Cash App和賣家生態系統更緊密地聯繫在一起。Afterpay向商家收取費用，以換取消費者分四次免息支付商品和服務。

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

Afterpay董事長埃拉娜·魯賓(Elana Rubin)表示：“Afterpay的領導層和團隊已經表明，金融科技在澳大利亞進行的突破性創新可以達到全球的水平。”

Write to Stuart Condie at stuart.condie@wsj.com

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