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Facebook owner is behind $60 mln deal for Meta name rights

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David French and Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A 3D printed Facebook" s="" new="" rebrand="" logo="" Meta="" and="" Facebook="" are="" placed="" on="" laptop="" keyboard="" in="" this="" illustration="" taken="" November="" Dado="" Reuters="" Illustration="" File="" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/12/14/fb.jpg"/><figcaption>A 3D printed Facebook&#x27;s new rebrand logo Meta and Facebook logo are placed on laptop keyboard in this illustration taken on November 2, 2021. <em>Dado Ruvic, Reuters/Illustration/File Photo</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Meta Platforms Inc, the owner of social media network Facebook, is behind a $60 million deal to acquire the trademark assets of US regional bank Meta Financial Group, spokespeople for the companies said on Monday.</p><p>The deal underscores how valuable the Meta name has become for the technology giant, which is betting that its focus on the metaverse - shared digital spaces accessed via the internet through an array of devices - will pay off handsomely in the coming years.</p><p>Meta Financial had said in a regulatory filing on Monday that a Delaware company called Beige Key LLC agreed to acquire the worldwide rights to its company names for $60 million in cash. It did not disclose who the owner of Beige Key was.</p><p>&quot;Beige Key is affiliated with us and we have acquired these trademark assets,&quot; a Meta Platforms spokesperson said. A MetaBank spokesperson also confirmed Meta Platforms&#x27; involvement.</p><p>As well as offering products through its MetaBank subsidiary including consumer savings, loans and credit cards, and commercial lending, Meta Financial partners with institutions including government agencies and financial technology firms to offer banking services with the aim of bolstering financial inclusion.</p><p>Facebook said in October its parent company had changed its name to Meta Platforms. The tech giant, which has invested heavily in virtual reality and augmented reality, sees the metaverse as the successor to the mobile internet.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/10/29/21/facebook-announces-new-parent-company-name-meta">Facebook announces changing parent company name to ‘Meta’</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/11/02/21/whistleblower-blasts-facebooks-meta-rebrand">Whistleblower blasts Facebook&#x27;s Meta rebrand</a></li></ul><p>Last week, Meta Platforms opened up its previously invite-only Horizon Worlds app, where users of its Quest virtual reality headsets can play games and interact as avatars, to over-18 users in the United States and Canada.</p><p>The metaverse concept, which has cropped up on several Silicon Valley companies&#x27; earnings calls and which will require cooperation among tech giants, could be more than a decade away from being fully realized.</p><p>The Meta Platforms spokesperson said the company engaged in discussions with Meta Financial before Facebook&#x27;s name change was announced.</p><p>In the filing, Meta Financial said it had embarked on a brand strategy review earlier this year, but the MetaBank spokesperson declined to comment on the negotiations beyond the contents of the filing.</p><p>Meta Financial&#x27;s shares were trading 1.5 percent lower in mid-afternoon trading, giving it a market capitalization of around $1.74 billion. Meta Platforms was up 1.6 percent, valuing it at $933 billion.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/multimedia/photo/10/29/21/new-name-for-facebook">Facebook renames itself to &#x27;Meta&#x27;</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/10/29/21/very-meta-twitter-cracks-up-over-facebook-rebrand">&#x27;Very... meta&#x27;: Twitter cracks up over Facebook rebrand</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1789101" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Meta Platforms Inc, the owner of social media network Facebook, is behind a $60 million deal to acquire the trademark assets of US regional bank Meta Financial Group, spokespeople for the companies said on Monday.

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Facebook owner is behind $60 mln deal for Meta name rights

David French and Elizabeth Culliford,

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Published Dec 14, 2021 08:40 AM PHT

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