Australia-based messaging provider, MessageMedia has purchased Melbourne-based Smooth Messenger for an undisclosed sum. Smooth Messenger has a text messaging application that integrates with Zoho’s customer relationship management (CRM) platform and allows businesses to seamlessly send two-way messages to their contacts via SMS and MMS.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleges that Bank of Queensland did not meet this obligation on 1 July 2021 as required, and did not make the required services available until 13 December 2021, which meant that the bank’s customers were unable to share their CDR data causing a penalty of $133,200 to the bank.
ADA, an regional integrated end-to-end eCommerce solution provider, said it has acquired SingPost’s eCommerce arm, to further strengthens its end-to-end eCommerce capabilities in the region. This deal, which includes the unit’s assets and staff, will further strengthen ADA’s eCommerce capabilities in technology and enablement, offering clients fully integrated services in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam, and South Korea.
Tofu has raised $12 million in Series A funding to support the ongoing development of its AI-powered unified marketing platform. Identifying worsening “martech bloat” as a problem for GTM teams, Tofu is proffering its platform as an integrated marketing solution with gen AI embedded. This intended to avoid the adoption of multiple AI-related tools with overlapping functionality.