Contracts

17 Feb 16 @ 16:22

Amazon’s investment into the Indian market continued last night with the e-tailer announcing it had agreed a deal to acquire local online payments firm, Emvantage. Emvantage’s portfolio includes a range of... read more

27 Jan 16 @ 09:05

TSYS announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Vista Equity Partners to acquire TransFirst, a Vista portfolio company and leading US merchant solutions provider, in an all-cash transaction valued... read more

26 Jan 16 @ 12:08

Rambus has announced it has acquired Smart Card Software Ltd which includes Bell Identification (Bell ID) and Ecebs Ltd (Ecebs) through the purchase of all outstanding shares of Smart Card Software,... read more

25 Jan 16 @ 16:44

SWIFT says that 45 leading banks have signed up to its global payments innovation initiative, announced at the end of December 2015. The 45 participating firms include major transaction banks from... read more

25 Jan 16 @ 16:23

VTB Bank and Ant Financial Services, China’s leading e-commerce and mobile financial service provider have today signed a memorandum of understanding at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Under this... read more

21 Jan 16 @ 09:56

Fiserv has entered into a definitive agreement with ACI Worldwide to acquire the assets of its Community Financial Services (CFS) business in an all-cash transaction valued at $200 million, which does... read more

20 Jan 16 @ 10:02

Payments is a massive, confusing and unsustainably fragmented industry right now. So it’s no surprise that 47% of global FinTech M&A deals tracked last year were payments companies getting snapped up.... read more

07 Jan 16 @ 15:54

Saxo Payments and SafeCharge announced a partnership which will see SafeCharge  gain a significant competitive edge, enabling it to offer its clients fast and cost-effective banking services in multiple currencies. The... read more

05 Jan 16 @ 13:21

Orange is reported to be making a bold move into mobile banking by entering exclusive negotiations with Groupama to buy up to 65% of the insurer’s banking unit. France’s biggest telecoms... read more

11 Dec 15 @ 11:13

US transactions processor Global Payments is rumoured to be in talks to buy smaller rival Heartland Payment Systems, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Shares in both companies... read more

10 Dec 15 @ 11:00

VocaLink has signed a contract with The Clearing House (TCH) to develop a national real-time payment service in the US. In October, the two companies announced they had signed a... read more

10 Nov 15 @ 16:21

Amazon has selected Payoneer to expand cross-border payment options to sellers from 24 countries who sell on marketplaces in the US, Spain, France, Italy, Germany and the UK. As a featured payment... read more