FIS acquires Worldpay for $34bn
The resulting merger will have an enterprise value of approximately $43bn.
E-commerce
PayPal pumps $750m into e-commerce firm MercadoLibre
The Argentine company is planning to raise $1.85bn in equity offerings.
Mastercard acquires Ethoca for e-commerce fraud protection
Follows on from Mastercard’s recent acquisition of Transfast.
Spanish fintech Pagantis closes €65m for e-commerce financing
It aims to expand its services to Portugal, Italy and France.
Signifyd unveils chargeback solution for merchants
“Friendly fraud” meets a feisty foe.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 4 March 2019
Featuring N26, South Korea, Brex and TymeBank.
PayTech Awards 2019: celebrating people that make things happen
Nominate your colleagues (or yourself) for a Leadership Award by 5 April!
Mastercard and AWS grow payments for supply chain
Firms use digital identity, payments and blockchain for improved capabilities.
Stripe leads $40m funding round in paytech Rapyd
Fintech-as-a-Service platform looks for Rapyd success.
ACI buys paytech assets from RevChip and TranSend
Acquisitions to enhance its in-store payment solutions.
SumUp acquires Polish e-commerce platform Shoplo
To sum up, the UK payments firm will expand its product suite.
Nets pushes into Poland with Przelewy24 and DotPay/eCard acquisition
Nordic firm has acquired 51% stake in the consolidated payments group.
Announcing Genome beta launch at White Nights Berlin 2019
Genome opens for public beta in Berlin on 12 February 2019 introducing a unified finance ecosystem like no other.
E-commerce: the biggest overseas markets for UK consumers
Consumers in the UK buy a higher proportion of goods from overseas than almost any other wealthy country.
PXP Financial lands to offer payments for merchants
UK firm aims to expand to capital management.
Video: Banking Technology Awards 2018 highlights
Check out the highlights of our glamorous event which took place on 13 December 2018 in London.
Returnly raises $8m funding for post-purchase paradise
US payments firm focuses on retailers and brand land.
Swift links up with R3 for trading on blockchain
Their trial will monitor the movement of goods and payments on gpi.
Webinar: The ROI of AI – Converting conversational AI into revenue for banks
Learn how to increase customer lifetime value, customer retention and reduce costs
Advent International takes majority stake in Prisma Medios de Pago
The Argentinian payments giant covers a big market in the region.
AnaCap-backed paytech Heidelpay acquires Universum Group
Its fifth bolt-on acquisition since AnaCap’s initial investment in 2017.
Alipay gets European payments licence
Follows on from Google’s licence earlier this month.
Paytech Allpago powers on to Chile
PSP will help international merchants to accept local cards.
ID Finance sells Russian POS finance business to Paylate
Spanish firm lets it go as wants to focus on Latin America.
Fiserv to acquire First Data for $22bn
Job cuts on the way as a fintech titan is born.
Kabbage powers Alibaba’s pay later payments programme
Alibaba’s SME customers can get up to $150,000 of financing.
Double time for Worldline payment launches
Paytech unleashes new device and commerce hub.
White paper: Digital Disruption in Banking
Find out more about digital workflows with DocuSign
Indonesia’s KinerjaPay collects $200m funding
Paytech gets backing from Wahana Group.
Ant Financial looking to buy UK’s FX firm WorldFirst
Could take place in the next few weeks for over £550m.
Cybercriminal underground dangerously sound
McAfee Labs sees 20% increase in data breaches in financial sector.
Mastercard picks paytech pal in Polish Payment Standard
Digital, mobile, cards, e-commerce – it’s all happening.
Ethoca and Cartes Bancaires alert to fighting fraud
CB Alerts portal helps online merchants collaborate with card-issuing banks.
Banking Technology Awards 2018: and the winners are…
The Banking Technology Awards 2018 winners announced!
Banking-as-a-Service: why IBAN is key
The IBAN capability BaaS platforms will become the key driver of flexibility and growth.
Ebanx to process LatAm payments for Camel Financial
Camel is the financial arm of e-commerce firm DHgate.
PayPal’s iZettle acquisition raises UK competition concerns
UK’s Competition and Markets Authority poking around.
Elavon elated with bpost payments deal
Gets its “first-ever government services contract in the Benelux market”.
Yandex launches two e-commerce platforms in Russia
Beru and Bringly come bouncing in.
France’s Casino Group takes 5% stake in Lyf Pay
Casino bets on making “shopping experience richer” via mobile firm.
