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• ATM network operator Cardtronics plc, formerly Cardtronics Inc., completed its plan to re-domicile in the United Kingdom following approval of the plan by shareholders June 28. Cardtronics’ North American headquarters will remain in Houston, while its European headquarters will be in London. The company’s stock will continue to trade under the ticker symbol CATM on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
• Independent sales organization Constellation Payments Inc. said processors Elavon Inc. and Vantiv Inc. have certified its platform for EMV transactions.
• Subscription-payments specialist Recurly Inc. released its “Recurly Subscription Snapshot” that examines subscription transactions trends.
• Abra Inc., a peer-to-peer payment service built on blockchain technology, launched its app for iOS and Android smart phones. The service is available to consumers in the United States and the Philippines, but Abra said availability will expand to more nations later this year.
• VeriFone Systems Inc. said grocer Aldi France will buy 3,200 point-of-sale devices to use at its 900 locations.
• Following Android Pay’s announcement that it is entering the Singapore market, U.S. merchant processor Global Payments Inc. has announced it will support the mobile-payments service in that city-state.
• The J.P. Morgan’s Corporate & Investment Bank unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co. launched In-Residence, a program for startup financial-technology companies.
• Processor Total System Services Inc. (TSYS) launched a Web site and white paper about the impact of consumers born between 1981 and 1997, also known as Millennials, on the financial-services industry.
• Supplier-payments specialist Tipalti said its platform has been selected by ironSource, which works with multiple players worldwide to link people with mobile apps.
