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MoneyGram International Inc., which is being acquired by private-equity player Madison Dearborn for $1.8 billion, said it had fourth quarter revenue of $324.6 million, a 0.4% increase from $323.3 million in the 2020 fourth quarter. Net income for last quarter of 2021 was $4.2 million, a 37% decrease from $7.3 million …
February, 2022
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24 February
How Block’s Afterpay Deal Could Energize Its Seller And Cash App Businesses At the Same Time
With the close of Block Inc.’s $29-billion acquisition of buy now, pay later platform Afterpay Ltd. at the end of January, the payments company installed a key component in a plan to more tightly integrate its seller and consumer businesses, Square and Cash App, according to Block’s top executives. Indeed, …
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24 February
Tipalti Volume Tops $36 Billion and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/24/22
Business-to-business payments provider Tipalti Inc. reported “unprecedented” growth in payments volume in 2021, with volume growing more than 100% from 2020 to more than $36 billon. The company’s client base increased to more than 2,000, including GoDaddy, Roku, ZipRecruiter, and Amazon Twitch.Fintech Social Finance Inc. said its SoFi Technologies Inc. unit has launched SoFi …
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23 February
EVO Posts Double-Digit Gains in Volume And Revenue As It Seeks Out Further M&A
EVO Payments Inc. capped off 2021 as a year of recovery from the impact of the pandemic as its top brass on Wednesday indicated the Atlanta-based processor intends to step up its hunt for acquisitions. “As we move further into 2022, we look forward to closing our acquisition in Greece …
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23 February
TreviPay To Acquire Baton Financial and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/23/22
Fintech TreviPay said it is acquiring Baton Financial Services Inc., which provides a business-to-business invoice payments network. Terms were not disclosed.Mobile wallet payment provider Citcon said its service is now integrated with Abacus Business Computer, a merchant services company serving restaurant and retail merchants.U.S.-based payments-technology provider ACI Worldwide Inc. announced South Africa’s Nedbank will move all …
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22 February
Klarna Expands Rewards Program and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/22/22
Buy now, pay later specialist Klarna AB said it is expanding the geographic reach of its rewards program and its Pay Now service. The rewards program will be available in nine countries, with Pay Now expanding to nine new countries beyond the current base in the U.S. and U.K., where the immediate-payment …
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22 February
How the Worldline-Apollo Deal Could Be a Net Positive for Ingenico
Worldline S.A.’s decision to enter negotiations to sell its Terminals, Solutions and Services unit to asset-management firm Apollo Global Management Inc. may allow the unit’s Ingenico brand to refresh its point-of-sale technology operation under the umbrella of a new owner and away from the short-term expectations of the public markets, …
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21 February
Worldline Says It’s Working out a Deal to Sell Its Ingenico Unit to Asset Manager Apollo
Two years after it acquired the big point-of-sale technology company Ingenico S.A., the French processing giant Worldline S.A. has launched negotiations to sell the business to the asset-management firm Apollo Global Management Inc. The terms worked out so far, based on a binding offer from New York-based Apollo, call for …
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17 February
Circle’s Valuation Doubles and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/17/22
Digital-currency payments specialist Circle Internet Financial LLC announced it has agreed to new terms with Concord Acquisition Corp., terminating an agreement it had reached with that company in July. The new agreement values Circle at $9 billion, twice the valuation set by the original SPAC combination. The holding company established by the original agreement …
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15 February
MoneyGram Will Go Private in $1.8 Billion Deal With Private-Equity Player Madison Dearborn
Money-transfer powerhouse MoneyGram International Inc. will go private later this year in a deal announced Tuesday with private-equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners LLC. Valued at $11 per common-stock share, the deal also includes assumption of $799 million in debt. Expected to close in the fourth quarter, the deal will see …
