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PayTabs to acquire Amazon Payment Services MENA business in $100m deal

07 Sep 26 @ 20:12

Saudi Arabia’s PayTabs has agreed to acquire Amazon Payment Services’ operations across the Middle East and North Africa in a deal valued at more than $100 million, in a transaction... read more

RS2 to deliver managed acquiring services for PXP across Europe

02 Sep 26 @ 20:34

RS2 has agreed a partnership with payments provider PXP to deliver managed acquiring and card scheme processing services across more than 30 European markets, as PXP looks to consolidate its... read more

RBC and BMO sell Moneris to Francisco Partners for C$2bn

13 Aug 26 @ 15:19

Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal have agreed to sell their jointly owned payments processor Moneris to private equity group Francisco Partners in a C$2 billion cash transaction.... read more

Brink’s strikes $6.6bn deal to acquire NCR Atleos

02 Mar 26 @ 18:09

The global cash management specialist The Brink’s Company has agreed to acquire NCR Atleos in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $6.6bn, marking one of the most significant consolidations in... read more

Major European wallets agree cross-border payments rollout

09 Feb 26 @ 13:24

Europe’s long-running ambition to reclaim control over its payments infrastructure has taken a tangible step forward. A new memorandum of understanding signed by Bancomat, Bizum, SIBS, Vipps MobilePay and EPI... read more

Checkout.com doubles down on Europe with stablecoin play

29 Jan 26 @ 19:33

Checkout.com has taken a decisive step deeper into Europe’s regulated digital money ecosystem with the acquisition of Blue EMI, a licensed electronic money institution authorised to issue euro-denominated stablecoins. The... read more

Capital One bets on Brex to accelerate payments strategy

23 Jan 26 @ 14:23

Capital One has agreed to acquire payments fintech Brex for $5.15bn, marking another decisive strategic move by its founder and chief executive, Richard Fairbank. The transaction, disclosed alongside the bank’s... read more

JPMorgan absorbs Apple’s $20bn credit card book from Goldman

08 Jan 26 @ 10:05

JPMorgan Chase’s agreement to acquire Apple’s roughly $20bn credit card loan book from Goldman Sachs marks one of the most consequential reshufflings in the US payments and consumer finance landscape... read more

Barclays makes first strategic move into stablecoin infrastructure

07 Jan 26 @ 15:24

Barclays has taken its first direct step into the stablecoin ecosystem, investing in US-based clearing and settlement platform Ubyx. While the bank has not disclosed the size of the investment,... read more

Mollie closes in on GoCardless as European payments consolidation accelerates

11 Dec 25 @ 11:08

Dutch payments processor Mollie is on the brink of acquiring UK fintech GoCardless in what would be one of Europe’s most consequential private-market payments deals this year. According to people... read more

Why is Lloyds Bank really acquiring Curve?

18 Nov 25 @ 14:10

Lloyds Bank has confirmed the £120 million acquisition of Curve which marks one of the most strategically significant moves by a UK bank in digital wallets and consumer payments in... read more

Ripple acquires of crypto wallet and custody firm Palisade

04 Nov 25 @ 18:18

Ripple has continued its acquisition spree with the purchase of Palisade, a digital wallet and crypto custody firm, in a move that strengthens its position as a key infrastructure provider... read more

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ECB brings Central Bank money to tokenised market

23 Sep 26 @ 14:34

The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more

European E-commerce Hits €911bn as Payments Reshape Online Retail

21 Sep 26 @ 19:41

European e-commerce has broken through the €900bn barrier, underlining the growing importance of digital retail to the continent's economy while intensifying ... more

Inside A7: How Russia built a parallel cross-border payments network

24 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more