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06 May 26 @ 16:43
Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal are reportedly in talks to sell Moneris, their jointly owned payments processing business, to Francisco Partners, in a transaction that could value... read more
26 Jan 26 @ 18:07
Merchant acquiring has rarely been accused of being exciting. For much of the past two decades it has been a business defined by scale, operational efficiency and relentless margin pressure.... read more
22 Jan 25 @ 14:18
J. P. Morgan Chase continues to dominate the merchant acquiring landscape, setting industry benchmarks with its impressive growth trajectory. In 2023, the company processed an astounding $2.408 trillion in merchant... read more
23 Sep 24 @ 10:47
The European merchant acquiring landscape is as competitive and diverse as ever, with major players like Worldpay, Adyen, and Nexi dominating a market that processes trillions of dollars in annual... read more
14 Dec 23 @ 16:02
Jeffries recently made a deep-dive analysis of the Nilson Report’s annual Top Merchant Acquiring ranking to compare top players, annual changes and track evolution of payments companies vs. banks. Post... read more
06 Nov 23 @ 12:03
Behind the curtain of an overall attractive market segment, the merchant acquiring business is being convulsed. Changes affect every layer of the merchant services stack. For incumbents—banks and payment monoliners—adapting... read more
13 Oct 23 @ 09:54
Jeffries recently made a deep-dive analysis of the Nilson Report’s annual Top Merchant Acquiring ranking to compare top players, annual changes and track evolution of payments companies vs. banks. Post... read more
06 Jun 23 @ 09:56
RS2 says that Iceland’s most innovative bank, Landsbankinn, has launched its own merchant acquiring services using RS2’s payments processing platform. Landsbankinn business customers can now concentrate all their payment services... read more
17 Apr 23 @ 09:58
RS2 says that Iceland’s most innovative bank, Landsbankinn, has launched its own merchant acquiring services using RS2’s payments processing platform. Landsbankinn business customers can now concentrate all their payment services... read more
22 Mar 23 @ 20:09
In the years between 2017 and 2021, the electronic payments industry grew at 30% and 13% CAGRs in volume and value of transactions respectively; for card acquiring specifically, the volume... read more
09 Dec 22 @ 14:10
Global merchant acquiring volume is set to hit $41 trillion in volume by 2026, with fresh impetus coming from skyrocketing e-commerce growth, soaring contactless usage and a reshaping of business... read more
08 Nov 22 @ 13:45
Worldline has signed of a binding agreement for the acquisition of Banco Desio’s merchant acquiring activities and the planned set-up of a commercial partnership aiming to leverage Banco Desio’s banking network in order to distribute... read more
16 Dec 21 @ 12:17
Over the past decade, core payments processing has become commoditised, squeezing the margins of merchant acquirers. Their future growth is likely to come from providing merchants with value-added services and... read more
08 Dec 21 @ 09:01
Eurobank, one of the four largest lenders in Greece, has announced it entered into a binding agreement to sell 80% of its merchant acquiring business to Worldline in an attempt to... read more
14 Oct 21 @ 10:34
Over the past decade, core payments processing has become commoditised, squeezing the margins of merchant acquirers. Their future growth is likely to come from providing merchants with value-added services and... read more
21 Jun 21 @ 09:35
Just seven month after Deutsche Bank announced it was looking for acquisitions and partnerships to move itself back into mainstream merchant acquiring, Germany’s largest bank, has announced a joint venture... read more
15 Dec 20 @ 13:31
Revolut has extended its business product offering by offering a merchant acquiring platform from which businesses can accept online card payments. Revolut’s chief executive Nik Storonsky announced that merchant acquiring... read more
17 Sep 19 @ 08:30
Banco Santander (Santander), has launched JCB merchant acquiring operations in Spain following a license agreement with JCB International (JCBI). Thanks to this new alliance, Santander facilitates JCB acceptance at Santander-acquired... read more
06 Aug 19 @ 09:35
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is launching a merchant acquiring service, NatWest Tyl, for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), heading back into the payments business, putting it in direct competition... read more
03 May 19 @ 09:38
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is launching a merchant acquiring service, NatWest Tyl, for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), heading back into the payments business, putting it in direct competition... read more
16 Jun 26 @ 18:17
Financial fraud losses in the UK climbed to their highest level in four years during 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of criminal networks and rais... more
11 Jun 26 @ 16:00
A landmark legal battle that has shaped the economics of card payments in the United States for more than twenty years has taken another significant step toward... more
18 May 26 @ 17:07
The Bank of England has found that distributed ledger technology could improve aspects of wholesale payments and settlement, but only at the cost of significant... more
