11 Nov 13 @ 17:47

EVO Payments International and PKO Bank Polski have entered into an agreement to form a long-term strategic alliance in the payment processing and acquiring business. Under the proposed transaction, EVO... read more

25 Sep 25 @ 16:18

Banks are facing mounting pressure to modernise their merchant services as a new wave of Paytech firms threatens to lure away small and mid-sized businesses with faster, cheaper and more... read more

28 Mar 23 @ 11:18

Ingenico has acquired of 100% of Phos, a provider of software-only Point of Sale solutions (SoftPoS) extending its offer for merchant payment acceptance via smartphone. Phos is a premier player... read more

28 Feb 23 @ 16:09

Nexi and Banco de Sabadell have reached an agreement to establish a long-term acquiring partnership in the Spanish market. According to the terms of the transaction, Nexi will acquire 80%... read more

12 Apr 22 @ 10:36

RS2 has announced the launch of its own acquiring business in Germany offering a one stop payment solution to merchants and payment service providers (PSPs). The launch in Germany kick-starts... read more

01 Dec 21 @ 09:25

As in many other areas of life, COVID-19 has accelerated changes evident in merchant acquiring over the last five years. These changes go beyond the obvious, such as the shift... read more

15 Dec 20 @ 11:25

Worldline has signed a major strategic commercial acquiring alliance with ANZ Bank, one of the largest banks in Asia-Pacific and Australia’s 3rd largest acquirer with a 20% share of transaction... read more

15 Oct 19 @ 13:27

OpenWay has unveiled WAY4 Acquiring Start, an off-the-shelf acquiring solution. It helps banks, processors, PSPs, and retailers launch merchant acquiring – from idea to production – within a few months. In-store and digital acquirers... read more

16 Nov 18 @ 12:23

National Bank of Greece has replaced its legacy mainframe systems with WAY4, a modern, future-proofed platform from OpenWay. WAY4 will support increasing transaction volumes and accelerate the development of new... read more

06 Feb 17 @ 10:41

The merchant acquiring market in Europe is operating on solid grounds of continuous transaction growth, however the cost pressures in the industry increases are very high primarily due to new... read more

01 Sep 16 @ 09:44

High-risk acquiring often means high rewards for acquirers and payment service providers. However, balancing risk with reward in the e-commerce channel can be fraught with hazards for the unwary. The... read more

10 Sep 15 @ 08:46

Saxo Payments has announced that Credorax will join First Data, Tuxedo Money, Valitor and Allied Wallet, as a partner in the Saxo Payments Banking Marketplace. Credorax, with a focus on the e-commerce... 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

23 Jun 26 @ 18:51

AI is rapidly shifting from a future ambition to a measurable business driver across the banking industry, and Banco Santander is positioning itself at the forefront of that transition. The... read more

21 May 26 @ 07:19

The partnership between Adyen and Starling Bank marks another significant step in the evolution of embedded finance for small businesses, as the two firms prepare to roll out tap to... read more

30 Apr 26 @ 18:03

ANZ has moved to take full ownership of its Australian merchant payments joint venture with Worldline, underlining the growing strategic importance of acquiring and transaction banking to the country’s major... read more

22 Apr 26 @ 19:34

Stablecoins are moving more decisively into the heart of global payments infrastructure. Nium’s new partnership with Coinbase marks another step in that direction, giving business clients the ability to send,... read more

22 Mar 26 @ 18:30

Visa and Fiserv are extending their long-running partnership in Europe with a new API-driven acceptance offering designed to simplify merchant acquiring and modernise payment processing at scale. The initiative brings... read more

24 Feb 26 @ 13:10

Jana Partners has quietly accumulated a minority stake in Fiserv, intensifying scrutiny on a payments group whose market performance has sharply deteriorated over the past year. Regulatory filings show that... read more

13 Jan 26 @ 13:47

Global Payments has completed a long-anticipated strategic reset, finalising the acquisition of Worldpay while divesting its Issuer Solutions business to FIS. Together, the transactions reshape the competitive landscape of global... read more