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Galileo Financial Technologies expanded its relationship with The Bancorp Bank NA that now includes access to the RTP network, the real-time payments service from The Clearing Payments Co. LLC. Apple Inc. was hit with a $2 billion fine by the European Union over its European app store payment practices, CNN reported. Synchrony …
March, 2024
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1 March
Newly Independent NCR Voyix Reports Platform Growth
In its first earnings report since its split from the former NCR Corp., point-of-sale and digital-commerce technology provider NCR Voyix Corp. on Thursday said it added 14,000 sites to its platform in 2023. Atlanta-based NCR Voyix’s platform handles payments, business-management and marketing functions for retailers, restaurants, and banks, and the …
February, 2024
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29 February
Is Shift4 Seeking a Buyer? News Reports Say So, But the Company Stays Mum
Shift4 Payments Inc. went public in June 2020 after more than two decades as a privately held processor, but now its senior management may be looking for greater returns via an acquisition by an outside company. Both the processing giant Fiserv Inc. and a Spain-based reservations-processing company called Amadeus could …
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28 February
Play Ball! Shift4 Lands Yankee Stadium; Sound Payments Adds Boarding And Deployment Services
With 29 days until Major League Baseball’s opening day on March 28, the New York Yankees have selected Shift4 Payments Inc. as the team’s concessions and retail sales point-of-sale system provider. Announced Wednesday, the deal will see Shift4 payment technology deployed at Yankee Stadium and at the George M. Steinbrenner …
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26 February
Post Worldpay, FIS Looks to Share Buybacks And Growth in Digital Payments
Having completed on Feb. 1 a 55% spin-off of its massive Worldpay processing operation, FIS Inc. is now looking to concentrate on priorities including digital banking, real-time payments, and share buybacks, the company’s top executives said early Monday. Nor is the big Jacksonville, Fla.-based processor ignoring its potential gains from …
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20 February
For Cap One, the Pulse Network Is the ‘Rare Asset’ in Its $35.3 Billion Deal for Discover
(Editor’s Note: This story follows up on news late Monday concerning a planned acquisition of Discover Financial Services by Capital One Financial Corp.) On the Tuesday morning after news broke that credit card giant Capital One Corp. intends to shell out $35.3 billion in an all-stock deal to acquire Discover …
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19 February
Capital One May Acquire Discover. What Could That Mean?
Capital One Financial Corp. may be on the brink of acquiring Discover Financial Services, if two news reports are accurate. The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg.com separately reported on Monday a deal between the two credit card juggernauts is in the offing, with The Journal reporting an announcement could come …
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14 February
Global’s ‘Profac’ Model Starts Paying Dividends for Its Acquiring Business
A new tactic Global Payments Inc. began pursuing last year is delivering continuing benefits for the company as its merchant-solutions unit saw year-over-year point-of-sale volume growth of around 20% in the fourth quarter, top management at the big Atlanta-based processor said early Wednesday. Much of the credit for the growth …
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14 February
FIS’s Pay by Bank Path And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/14/24
FIS Inc. said it is working with Banked, an open-banking provider, to develop new pay by bank services for businesses and consumers. Gateway provider Trice Technologies Inc. said it is a technology provider and real-time payments gateway for the RTP network from The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC. Web services and payments provider GoDaddy …
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7 February
Payroc Beefs Up Its Presence in Canada With Its Deal for SterlingCard
Payments-platform provider Payroc LLC has expanded its footprint in Canada through its acquisition of SterlingCard Payment Solutions Inc., a provider of retail and e-commerce payment solutions, for an undisclosed sum. Tinley Park, Ill.-based Payroc announced mid-day Tuesday it had closed on the deal. The acquisition enables Payroc to offer a …