The Sweden-based buy now, pay later provider Klarna AB on Friday announced a major move in its increasingly crucial U.S. market with the news that it will provide its payment service to Brookfield Properties, a real-estate developer with more than 150 shopping centers. The agreement, which makes Klarna the exclusive …

Co-op Financial Services, which operates a network of 30,000 ATMs for credit unions, has rebranded as Co-op Solutions.Processor Evertec Inc. announced an extension of agreements with Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, which includes a 10-year extension of a merchant acquiring independent sales organization agreement. Evertec also announced it was acquiring BBR SpA, a Chile-based …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

Prelim, a San Francisco-based provider of digital-banking services for financial institutions, has partnered with Epos Now, a cloud-based provider of point-of-sale technology. The partnership is expected to enhance the digital experience for Epos Now’s customers and simplify onboarding to its platform. Norwich, England-based Epos Now, which services 51,000 retail and …

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 …

Payments-technology firm Buy It Mobility launched BuyPass, a platform aimed at allowing merchants to more quickly launch automated clearing house and merchant-branded payments programs. BIM is working with network capabilities and virtual card technology from Discover Network to reduce the time and cost for merchant integration.Transaction-security firm Forter launched Smart Payments, a technology that uses the …

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 …