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The Credit card market is not even close to being saturated

19 Apr 24 @ 12:58

Since the announcement of Capital One’s intentions to acquire Discover in the acquisition of the year to date, the market has been abuzz with rumours of a challenge from the... read more

Nuvei agrees to be acquired by Advent International

03 Apr 24 @ 09:30

Nuvei Corporation has announced that it has entered into a definitive arrangement agreement to be taken private by Advent International, one of the world’s largest and most experienced global private... read more

Virgin Money sale shows Challenger Banks are finding life challenging

07 Mar 24 @ 15:52

Nationwide Building Society has agreed the acquisition of Virgin Money, valued at £2.9 billion that will shake up the UK market by providing a large rival to other major lenders.... read more

Capital One acquisition of Discover already in DOJ focus

23 Feb 24 @ 14:38

Earlier this week Payments Cards & Mobile reported on the first mega deal of 2024 with Capital One announcing an acquisition of Discover for $35 billion. It was always clear... read more

Capital One to acquire Discover Financial for $35 billion

20 Feb 24 @ 11:20

Capital One has announced it will acquire its long term rival Discover Financial for $35.3 billion. The acquisition of Discover values the smaller rival’s stock 27% above last weeks closing... read more

Tata to take over UK’s Faster Payments network?

06 Feb 24 @ 18:57

Indian conglomerate Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is a reported to be leading the pack shortlisted to replace Vocalink as the administrator of the UK’s Faster Payments network – a process... read more

Giesecke+Devrient increases stake in Netcetera to 95%

01 Feb 24 @ 17:00

Who said its all bad news for fintech acquisitions out there? Giesecke+Devrient has acquired further shares in Netcetera, increasing its stake to 95%. With this milestone, G+D is expanding its... read more

Worldline partners with Google and gets new investor

22 Jan 24 @ 18:16

Worldline and Google have announced a strategic partnership designed to leverage cutting-edge cloud-based technologies from Google Cloud to take Worldline’s digital transformation further. As part of the partnership, Google will... read more

Global Payments and Commerzbank announce JV in Germany

11 Jan 24 @ 16:29

Global Payments and Commerzbank have announced a joint venture to offer digital payment solutions to small and medium size business customers across Germany. The new entity, Commerz Globalpay GmbH, is... read more

Blackstone to acquire Sony Payment Services

05 Jan 24 @ 09:26

Blackstone have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Sony Payment Services (SPSV), one of Japan’s leading payment service providers, from Sony Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary... read more

Visa acquires majority interest in Mexican Prosa

19 Dec 23 @ 09:03

Visa has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in Prosa, a leading payments processor in Mexico. Under the agreement, Prosa will continue to operate as an... read more

Adyen becomes Klarna’s global acquiring bank in new deal

05 Dec 23 @ 17:09

Adyen has announced it is strengthening its global partnership with Klarna. The new partnership, will see Klarna benefit from Adyen’s acquiring capabilities to simplify card payments for its 150 million... read more

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ETC Mining and the anatomy of a crypto scam

02 Mar 26 @ 11:25

Three months ago, I was approached by marketing representatives of ETC Mining, who paid $2,500 in Bitcoin for native advertising placement. On the surface, the ... more

Takeover talk swirls as PayPal’s valuation slumps

24 Feb 26 @ 12:45

After a bruising year on the public markets, PayPal has become the subject of early-stage takeover interest, underscoring how sharply sentiment has shifted arou... more

Visa and Mastercard accelerate agentic payments through bank pilots

18 Feb 26 @ 13:35

The race to define the next phase of digital commerce via agentic payments has moved decisively into the banking mainstream. [caption id="attachment_57882"... more

Swift launches new framework for cross-border payments

09 Mar 26 @ 14:45

SWIFT has introduced a new international payments framework aimed at significantly improving the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border retail t... more