Contracts

18 Mar 19 @ 12:22

FIS has announced that it has offered $43 billion to buy Worldpay, in a deal that would create one of the largest providers of payments infrastructure that powers banks and... read more

11 Mar 19 @ 08:49

Mastercard dropped out of the competitive bidding with rival Visa for Earthport and announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Transfast, a competitor account-to-account money transfer network. Transfast... read more

05 Mar 19 @ 10:49

Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of the UK’s credit and debit card transactions, has announces a new card acceptance partnership with UnionPay International, a subsidiary of China UnionPay. The deal... read more

14 Feb 19 @ 21:28

Ant Financial has finally managed to make its mark in a significant European first. The Chinese financial services giant has agreed to buy UK payments group WorldFirst in a deal... read more

11 Feb 19 @ 09:18

Visa announced an increased bid for Earthport to £247 million as it fights with Mastercard to claim the companies assets. Last month, Mastercard offered around £233 million for the assets... read more

07 Feb 19 @ 13:07

The latest FinTech M&A Market Report from international technology mergers and acquisitions advisor, Hampleton Partners, reveals that 2018 witnessed the highest level of investment in FinTech start-ups on record, with... read more

04 Feb 19 @ 09:37

Curve says it is considering legal action against American Express after the card network blocked its customers from using Curve’s services this week. Curve enables users to load all of... read more

31 Jan 19 @ 20:54

The Financial Times report that alleged wrongdoings at Wirecard is no reason to launch a criminal probe, according German financial regulator BaFin. The FT reported on Wednesday that a senior... read more

28 Jan 19 @ 13:29

Mastercard has stepped in and made a £233 million counter bid to take over payments firm Earthport, as it looks to head off rival Visa’s attempts to buy the company.... read more

25 Jan 19 @ 08:57

PPRO has joined Banking Circle, the financial utility. PerfectCard, the FinTech provider of employee reward and corporate expense solutions, has also joined Banking Circle to streamline payment reconciliation. The latest... read more

23 Jan 19 @ 09:57

BORICA AD, a company with 50-years history and experience in providing specialised solutions for over 30 financial institutions in Bulgaria and neighbouring countries, has chosen the OpenWay WAY4 digital payment... read more

17 Jan 19 @ 09:27

Diners Club International, a part of the Discover Global Network has signed an agreement with Nets, a leading to help expand Discover Global Network acceptance in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and... read more