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In today’s headlines, workforce solution provider MBO Partners announced the acquisition of MindSumo, a crowd-based open innovation platform. In other news, private companies added a better-than-expected 749,000 jobs in September. Also, Nancy Clinton, Spend Matters’ UK/Europe Publishing Director, takes a look at the highlights over the last 10 years of Spend Matters Europe coverage as the site merges with SpendMatters.com. Afternoon Coffee brings you the latest in industry news, but we’ll be off tomorrow as Spend Matters launches its SolutionMap Fall 2020 updated rankings of procurement technology vendors. Check back tomorrow to see the results.

SWIFT, the Belgium-based cooperative whose money messaging services are used for cross-border transactions around the world, is feeling the heat from firms muscling in on its dominance in the field.