Victoria Harris
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Now, it's at $12 billion right now.
It's not really on track to hit the target.
Not really on track.
So buying a company four times your size is one very quick way of getting closer.
And that's how you kind of get it across.
And similar businesses, I guess.
Similar businesses.
You could see the synergies.
This just feels very opportunistic.
And the more opportunistic, the harder it is to convince shareholders.
Also swallowing up a big business.
The systems, the operations, we're seeing it was zero at the moment.
They bought a massive payments company in the US, which was –
you know, the biggest acquisition they've ever done and the digestion that it takes to, even if you've got, you know, two staff doing the same role, you have to like get rid of them.
There's just so many more risks if you're buying a bigger business than integrating one that's a bit smaller.