Contracts

28 Sep 17 @ 09:04

Worldline announced the completion of the agreement with First Data Corporation announced on July 25th, 2017, for the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of First Data’s fully owned subsidiaries... read more

27 Sep 17 @ 10:48

Nets has agreed a 33.1 billion Danish crown ($5.3 billion) bid from US firm Hellman & Friedman, marking what could be one of the largest European private equity takeovers in... read more

01 Sep 17 @ 13:19

Nets is rumoured to be nearing a deal that is expected to value the company’s shares at more than DKr31.3bn ($5bn) with US private equity firm Hellman & Friedman the... read more

26 Jul 17 @ 09:49

Worldline says it has signed an agreement with First Data for the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of First Data’s fully owned subsidiaries in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia (together... read more

24 Jul 17 @ 15:02

PayPal has signed a deal with Visa that allows it to issue Visa branded debit cards in Europe, as the company moves further into traditional retail banking territory. The two... read more

05 Jul 17 @ 17:55

Worldpay has agreed a £9.1bn deal to be acquired by US rival Vantiv, sending shares in the company down sharply. Worldpay fell close to 10% to £3.68, soon after unveiling... read more

04 Jul 17 @ 12:34

Shares in Worldpay hit new highs after the UK’s largest payments processor received separate preliminary takeover offers from JPMorgan and Vantiv of the US. Worldpay said it had “received preliminary... read more

27 Jun 17 @ 09:54

Visa and Klarna announced they have reached an agreement for Visa to invest in Klarna, and intend to develop a future strategic partnership. Klarna is one of Europe’s fastest growing... read more

16 Jun 17 @ 12:51

UK’s Misys and Canada-based D+H have merged to form a mega FinTech company, named as Finastra. The new company has been created after D+H was acquired by Vista Equity Partners,... read more

13 Jun 17 @ 10:41

Fiserv is reported to have agreed to buy embattled UK financial services technology firm Monitise for £70m ($88.72 million). AIM-listed Monetise, worth about £2bn  at its peak in early 2014,... read more

31 May 17 @ 09:33

First Data has agreed to acquire smaller payments processing company CardConnect in a deal worth around $750 million, the companies said on Tuesday. First Data will pay $15.00 per share in cash for... read more

05 May 17 @ 12:03

British business is set to waste an estimated £37 billion on failed Agile IT projects over the course of the next 12 months, according to a new report from independent... read more