23 Oct 25 @ 15:23

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved Global Payments’ proposed $22.7 billion acquisition of Worldpay, marking a major milestone for one of the largest payments industry mergers in... read more

07 Oct 25 @ 15:59

OpenAI has made another strategic move that signals a widening of its ambitions far beyond conversational AI. The company has acquired Roi, a personal investing app that combines portfolio management... read more

25 Jul 25 @ 07:25

US payments technology leader Fiserv is bolstering its Canadian presence through a strategic agreement with TD Bank Group that combines a technology services partnership with a partial acquisition of TD’s... read more

06 Jun 25 @ 11:02

Fiserv has announced plans to acquire full control of AIB Merchant Services (AIBMS), one of Ireland’s leading payment solution providers and a top-tier e-commerce acquirer in Europe. The move will... read more

20 May 25 @ 13:47

Cash use in Peru has declined at a rate similar to that of other comparable markets thanks to a surge in the popularity of bank-owned e-wallets. However, adoption of Peru’s... read more

22 Apr 25 @ 11:26

Barclays has agreed a complex strategic transaction with Brookfield Asset Management that could see the Canadian private equity giant assume majority ownership of the British bank’s payments business over the... read more

10 Mar 25 @ 11:52

Barclays is approaching the finalisation of a £650 million transaction with Brookfield Asset Management, marking a pivotal restructuring of its merchant acquiring operations. The agreement, which Barclays has found difficult... read more

16 Jan 25 @ 11:55

Unicaja, one of Spain’s leading banks, has partnered with Fiserv to develop cutting-edge payment and e-commerce solutions tailored to the evolving needs of merchants in Spain. This strategic collaboration marks... read more

18 Nov 24 @ 13:28

Barclays’ efforts to sell a stake in its UK merchant payments business are encountering significant challenges, with diverging valuation expectations emerging as a major stumbling block. Reports suggest that potential... read more

01 Oct 24 @ 19:32

In a significant shift within the payments industry, Fiserv and Wells Fargo are preparing to conclude their long-standing acquiring joint venture, Wells Fargo Merchant Services (WFMS). Initiated in 2019 following... read more

12 Apr 24 @ 12:32

TSG (The Strawhecker Group), an analytics and intelligence firm in the payments industry, has worked with payments companies to compile the industry’s most comprehensive resource on merchant acquirers. Collectively, the... read more

22 Mar 24 @ 13:59

Back in April of 2023 Payments Cards & Mobile reported that Worldline and Crédit Agricole announced the signing of a non-binding exclusive agreement regarding a strategic partnership to create a major player... read more

18 Mar 24 @ 15:38

Cassa Centrale Group is set to pursue a long-term partnership in the acquiring world, involving the provision of services along the value chain of digital payment acceptance and international acquiring... read more

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

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

14 Jul 23 @ 10:37

The highly anticipated Apple Tap to Pay technology, which turns an iPhone into a SoftPOS reader, has finally been launched in the UK. Apple announced that Tap to Pay has... read more

06 Jul 23 @ 15:28

FIS has agreed to sell a majority stake in its merchant payments arm Worldpay to private equity firm GTCR for up to $18.5 billion – one of the largest corporate... read more

03 Jul 23 @ 17:12

FIS is considering the sale of Worldpay at a valuation of $15 billion to a group of private equity companies in what would be one of the largest corporate carve-outs... read more

09 Jun 23 @ 08:41

Software AG has signed a commercial partnership with Konsentus to help banks securely participate in the Open Banking ecosystem. Open Banking and Open Finance are opportunities to level the playing... read more

23 May 23 @ 09:03

Checkout.com has been granted a Retail Payment Services licence from the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates. This makes Checkout.com the first global payments provider to be granted an... read more