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Parking management and payments provider ParkWhiz acquired CodiPark, an Israeli firm whose app allows users to pay for a parking space when they drive up to a garage, a function that adds to ParkWhiz’s pre-booking app. Terms were not announced. POSaBIT Ltd., a financial-technology company specializing in digital currency at the …
May, 2018
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24 May
An iPayment Tie-in With Aliant Will Harness More ISO Horsepower for Crypto Acceptance
The same force that decades ago hit the streets and made credit and debit card acceptance nearly universal is revving up in a nascent effort to do the same for cryptocurrency. Aliant Payment Systems, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based independent sales organization that has been marketing Bitcoin, Ether, and Litecoin acceptance …
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23 May
Mitek Systems Buys France’s A2iA To Bolster Its Presence in Mobile Imaging
Mitek Systems Inc. announced Wednesday that it acquired Paris-based Artificial Intelligence and Image Analysis (A2iA), a developer of text-recognition and imaging software, for €42.5 million ($49.8 million) in cash and stock. The move bolsters San Diego-based Mitek’s already strong position in the remote deposit capture market and gives it access …
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23 May
First Data Buys Big Student-Loan Servicer’s Technology Platform
Payment card processor First Data Corp. is getting into student-loan processing with its acquisition of Navient Corp.’s technology platform. Terms of the deal announced Wednesday were not revealed. An undisclosed number of Navient employees will become First Data employees, and Jeff Whorley, who has been group president of asset management …
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21 May
Worldpay Shoots to Top U.S. Merchant Acquirer Spot As Integrated Software Model Takes Over
What do you get when you add 4 and 11? In the case of Worldpay Inc., it’s 1. The merged version of the former Vantiv Inc. and Worldpay plc moved to the number-one position in The Strawhecker Group’s annual directory of U.S. merchant acquirers. Released Monday, the directory ranks industry …
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17 May
PayPal Is Buying Sweden’s iZettle for $2.2 Billion
In its biggest acquisition yet, PayPal Holdings Inc. is buying Stockholm-based payments firm iZettle AB for $2.2 billion. The San Jose, Calif.-based online payments provider late Thursday confirmed an afternoon of rumors about the pending deal. Jacob de Geer, iZettle’s chief executive and co-founder, will stay on after the acquisition’s …
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16 May
Payment Processor Spindle Cancels an Acquisition, But Rents the Target Company’s CEO
The struggling merchant processor Spindle Inc. canceled its planned acquisition of independent sales organization and gateway provider VyaPay, but reported Wednesday that it plans to form a so-called strategic alliance with VyaPay, and VyaPay’s chief executive will provide day-to-day management of Spindle. Mesa, Ariz.-based Spindle, whose shares trade over the …
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14 May
Payroll Firm ADP Adds Multiple Payment Options in its Wisely Pay Service
Payroll giant ADP LLC launched its Wisely Pay service Monday, which combines digital accounts and a Visa-branded chip card as ways to pay individuals and for them to access these funds. Wisely Pay is the first product resulting from Roseland, N.J.-based ADP’s October 2017 acquisition of Global Cash Card, a …
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10 May
U.S. Worldpay Merchants Begin Migration to Vantiv Platform
Worldpay Inc. reported Thursday that the integration of its predecessor companies, U.S.-based Vantiv Inc. and United Kingdom-based Worldpay Group plc, continued apace in the first quarter, and that revenues on a combined basis grew 12% year-over-year. The 115,000 merchants served by pre-merger Worldpay’s Atlanta-based U.S. operation are moving to Vantiv’s …
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9 May
Eye on Integrated Payments: First Data Invests in Salido While Square for Restaurants Debuts
First Data Corp. is betting big on integrated payments, and Square Inc. is adding a restaurant-specific point-of-sale system to capture more transactions from larger merchants. Atlanta-based First Data was one of the investors in a $12 million funding round for Salido Inc., a restaurant POS system provider, reported CNBC.com Wednesday. …
