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TrueLayer: Ma Activity
TrueLayer acquired buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) provider In3 last week, expanding into the credit space as part of a coordinated strategic push to position European bank-to-bank rails against US card networks.
Source: PYMNTS
The leadership read
Consolidation of this kind shifts demand toward integration and transformation leadership bench strength in marketing.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 111.1 (Hot) (up 5.2 month-on-month), EMEA is at easing (-4.4pts) on signal share.
TrueLayer: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Marketing median of 1 across 23 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow.
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