Contracts

11 Aug 15 @ 16:42

Global payment processor Optimal Payments has completed its acquisition of e-commerce and e-money solution provider Skrill Group for €1.1 billion. The acquisition will create a payment and e-wallet provider with... read more

07 Aug 15 @ 16:38

Italian payment service provider SIA and JCB International, a major global payment brand operating in 190 countries around the world, have signed a five-year agreement for the processing of payment... read more

06 Aug 15 @ 16:36

Germany’s Baden-Württembergische Bank (BW-Bank) has extended its contract with global payment processor Worldline for a further seven-year term. The bank came to its decision based on the longstanding collaboration between... read more

03 Aug 15 @ 14:30

Shares in US payment service provider Fidelity National Information Services have soared on speculation that it is in talks to buy financial technology conglomerate SunGard. Private equity-owned SunGard filed for... read more

27 Jul 15 @ 15:38

Erste Group Bank AG (Erste Group) has entered into an agreement with Global Payments to establish a joint venture providing merchant acquiring and payment processing services (merchant payment services) to... read more

24 Jul 15 @ 11:16

Visa Inc. has confirmed it is in talks to reunite with former subsidiary Visa Europe in a deal that would give the global company more scale to compete with rival... read more

21 Jul 15 @ 11:37

First Data has taken its initial step towards a multibillion-dollar listing. First Data filed its paperwork for an IPO on Monday, but gave few details on the upcoming deal. The filing said it could... read more

20 Jul 15 @ 16:02

Thoma Bravo has been speaking to some of its largest private equity investors about putting together a bid for NCR Corp that could value the ATM maker at around $9... read more

16 Jul 15 @ 12:08

CHAPS Co. the UK’s same day high-value electronic payment system, has announced the addition of BNP Paribas as a Direct Participant onto its system.   As a Direct Participant, BNP... read more

15 Jul 15 @ 09:53

RBTE, Europe’s largest retail solutions gathering will be putting an even greater focus on the topic of payments for its 2016 event. Since its launch RBTE has been the leading... read more

13 Jul 15 @ 16:11

Vodafone India has formed a strategic partnership with Walmart India that will enable business members of Walmart-owned Best Price wholesale stores to make payments using the M-Pesa mobile wallet services. The partnership will... read more

09 Jul 15 @ 14:54

The European Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to MasterCard. The Statement of Objections outlines the Commission’s preliminary view that MasterCard’s rules prevent banks from offering lower interchange fees... read more