Exclusive-Facebook owner is behind $60 million deal for Meta name rights


FILE PHOTO Woman holds smartphone with Facebook logo in front of a displayed Facebooks new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration picture taken October 28 2021. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustration

FILE PHOTO: Woman holds smartphone with Facebook logo in front of a displayed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

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

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.

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