The United States and China are closing in on a deal that would lift the devastating seven-year export ban on Chinese telecommunications company ZTE Corporation, which has forced the fourth largest smartphones supplier in the US to shut its doors.

Workplace safety solutions company SafetyCulture has secured A$60 million in new funding to ‘accelerate expansion and improve safety’, raising the largest amount by an Australian company thus far in 2018 and valuing it at $440 million.

ANZ Bank has announced that "Donate with Apple Pay" is available on the "Shout For Good" fundraising platform, providing Australian charities with "an easy and secure way to offer digital payments".

US-based global software giant Adobe Systems is set to acquire commerce platform Magento Commerce in a deal valued at US$1.68 billion.

Payments company Square has announced it is "expanding operations in Australia (and) opening a new, larger headquarters to support the growing team in Melbourne, which will include the company’s first engineering hub outside North America".

IPO and equity crowdfunding portal OnMarket is partnering with investor relations platform Listcorp to assist newly listed ASX companies with the ongoing challenge of communicating and promoting themselves to investors.

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