Nearly three weeks after reaching a definitive agreement with Hudson Executive Capital and Apollo Global Management to be acquired for $35 per share, ATM network operator Cardtronics plc has received an unsolicited offer from an unnamed buyer for $39 per share. The offer was disclosed by Cardtronics in a proxy …

Processor Shift4 Payments Inc. on Thursday expanded its presence in the gambling industry to include online gambling and fantasy leagues through a partnership with Sightline Payments, a provider of cashless gaming and betting solutions. The partnership complements Shift4’s existing relationships with Las Vegas casinos and other betting venues around the …

As part a strategy to widen its market for banking solutions, Green Dot Corp. Wednesday launched GO2bank, a mobile-banking application intended to help the 7.1 million unbanked households in the United States manage their finances.  Green Dot says it is launching the program as a way to eliminate the costly …

PayPal Holdings Inc. may have prevailed in its lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over the CFPB’s rules pertaining to prepaid cards and digital wallets, but the overarching legal battle is likely to continue. The ruling, which was handed down Dec. 30 by U.S. District Judge Richard Leon and …

Just as businesses are fast-tracking their efforts to accept digital payments as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, so too are houses of worship. Pushpay Holdings Ltd., a Redmond, Wash.-based independent sales organization, says the number of churches using its donor-management system is growing rapidly. While churches were already adopting …

ControlScan Inc., a major provider of PCI compliance and security services, has sold its business in two separate deals to Professional Datasolutions Inc. and Sysnet Global Solutions, respectively. PDI has purchased ControlScan’s Managed Security Services unit and Sysnet has acquired the company’s Managed Compliance Services Unit.  Sysnet also acquired the …

Card-not-present transactions continue to grow at financial institutions that use PSCU, a credit union service organization. In its weekly report released Monday, PSCU said CNP accounted for 55.5% of credit card purchase volume and 47.9% of transactions for the week ending Dec. 13. For debit, CNP represented 43.9% of purchase …

Startup Slide Mobile is betting that consumer’s love of rewards, coupled with the growing momentum behind cryptocurrency as a contactless payment option during the Covid-19 pandemic, will entice more consumers to use its mobile-payments app. Slide announced this week it is partnering with BitPay Inc., an Atlanta-based processor that offers …

Fiserv Inc. announced Wednesday an agreement to acquire, for an undisclosed sum, Ondot Systems Inc., whose technology includes so-called card controls, or tools that allow cardholders to switch usage on or off according to considerations of security or preferred usage. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter …

Less than a week after receiving a buyout offer, Houston-based ATM network operator Cardtronics Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Hudson Executive Capital and Apollo Global Management for $35 per share. The purchase price is $4 per share more than the initial offer and represents a …