Fintech Finance

JANUARY 10, 2025

The European region presents significant growth opportunities for merchants and acquirers, with consumers increasingly seeking frictionless payment experiences. The European region presents significant growth opportunities for merchants and acquirers, with consumers increasingly seeking frictionless payment experiences.

Acquirers

Fintech Finance

JANUARY 23, 2025

The regions e-commerce revenue is forecast to reach $721.30bn in 2025 and continue to expand more than 7% annually for the next four years, fueling further demand for payments orchestration. The post Yuno Makes Strategic Hire in Europe as Its Global Growth Continues appeared first on FF News | Fintech Finance.

Continuity

Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

This acquisition continues a bold tradition of introducing transformative capabilities to exceptional customers along with a massive embedded cross-sell opportunity, said Shift4 President Taylor Lauber. per common share in cash, representing an 15% premium to Global Blues closing share price as of February 14, 2025, and a ~$2.5

Tax Refunds

The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

It has been a busy few days for the Central Bank of Brazil as it announces another company has acquired a payment institution (PI) licence. Last week, PagBrasil acquired a PI licence to continue its PIX integration expansion.

Payments Institute

The Payments Association

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

While banks still hold the majority of merchant relationships and dominate acquiring market share in most regions, they face an existential risk. Banks should continue to address barriers such as consumer expectations and the need for technology expertise to maintain their competitive edge. billion in 2024.

FinTech

Fintech Finance

JANUARY 6, 2025

We are excited to join Elite as we scale our capabilities further and continue our rapid, product-led innovation. The post Elite Acquires Tranch, a Leading B2B Payments Platform, to Transform Billing and Payment Processes for Law Firms appeared first on FF News | Fintech Finance.

Laws

The Fintech Times

JUNE 16, 2025

Payment solution provider BPC has joined forces with CRDB Bank , the largest private universal bank in Tanzania, to help the bank migrate its acquiring and issuing systems to BPC’s SmartVista platform. The post CRDB Bank Migrates Acquiring and Issuing Systems to BPC SmartVisa Platform appeared first on The Fintech Times.

Acquirers

Clearly Payments

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Merchants partner with acquirers or payment processors to enable transactions. Acquirer (Merchant’s Bank) : The acquirer , often referred to as the acquiring bank, is the financial institution or processor that partners with merchants to process their transactions. Market Size and Growth The U.S. trillion 2019 $4.0

Process

Fintech Finance

JANUARY 13, 2025

Air Europa continues extending the options for its customers to customize the shopping experience to suit their needs. Our goal now is to continue to help the company deliver an excellent customer experience with other split payment innovations that can contribute to this goal, said Samuel Flynn, founder and CEO of Hands In.

Process

The Fintech Times

JULY 10, 2025

While consumers embrace the speed and convenience of instant payments, many acquirers and payment service providers (PSPs), the companies that help merchants accept payments, continue to rely on outdated, end-of-day systems that eat into margins and cost them revenue.

Real Time Payments

Fintech Finance

JUNE 5, 2025

(NYSE: FI), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology, announced today that it has agreed to acquire the remaining 49.9% of AIB Merchant Services ( AIBMS ), its joint venture with AIB Group, in a transaction focused on driving continued growth in Ireland and the broader European market.

Acquirers

Fintech Finance

MARCH 19, 2025

NYSE: FI), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology today announced that it has acquired CCV , a payment solutions provider in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, demonstrating continued focus on driving growth in the European market. Fiserv, Inc.

Acquirers

Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Leading global digital payments company, Checkout.com , today announced its expansion into Japan supported by new direct acquiring capabilities. This builds on the company’s continued investment across the APAC region, following launches in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore.

APACS

The Fintech Times

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Bangladesh-based bank, Mutual Trust Bank PLC , has successfully migrated its e-commerce acquiring services to a payment gateway from UK-based paytech Compass Plus Technologies. We look forward to continuing our collaboration to bring advanced payment solutions to the Bangladesh market.”

Payment Gateways

Cardfellow

JUNE 25, 2025

Even when a dispute is unsuccessful, the acquiring bank will withhold payment for any chargebacks until the matter is resolved. Once a customer has disputed a charge, a your acquiring bank will begin going through a specific procedure to resolve the issue. Some of the most common Visa and MasterCard chargeback codes are listed below.

Disputes

Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 9, 2024

It is committed to driving inclusive growth through open collaboration and continuous innovation. Total payment volume (TPV) of Antoms direct acquiring services nearly doubled between January and November 2024 over same period of 2023. Antom continues to strengthen its payment processing capabilities across all payment channels.

Embedded Finance

Fintech News

JULY 7, 2025

Worldpay has extended its Asia Pacific presence by launching domestic acquiring capabilities in Thailand. This addition brings Worldpay’s domestic acquiring footprint in the region to nine markets, alongside Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, India, and South Korea.

APACS

Finovate

APRIL 8, 2025

Ripple will acquire Hidden Road for $1.25 Blockchain and crypto solutions company Ripple announced plans to acquire multi-asset prime brokerage company Hidden Road for $1.25 billion, making it the first crypto company to own and operate a global, multi-asset prime broker.

Cross-Border Payments

The Fintech Times

MARCH 6, 2025

The Digital Pound Foundation, under the Innovate Finance umbrella, will continue to shape the future of digital money in the UK. “Now, under Innovate Finance, the DPF has a fantastic opportunity to amplify its advocacy efforts and to ensure that it continues to deliver impact within the industry.

Innovation

The Payments Association

JULY 23, 2025

The cross-border payment platform has grown into a fully developed financial infrastructure with a robust acquiring solution—complete with a new name, logo, and color palette. As a principal partner of Visa and Mastercard, the company supports customers’ long-term growth with a powerful and easy-to-use suite of acquiring tools.

Global Payments

Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The partnership will focus on strengthening the Pagaloop app’s credit and debit card processing capabilities and ensuring high approval rates to facilitate the company’s continued expansion in the region. This will provide Mexican SMBs with instant cash flow support which will allow them to focus on their growth.

Credit Cards

Fintech Finance

MARCH 6, 2025

“Mobile wallet payments now account for 40% of all in-person transactions, and that share is expected to continue growing in coming years. From today, ANZ and Suncorp Bank Visa debit cards directly added into the Google Wallet will have LCR enabled, with onboarding for remaining issuers to continue this year.

Debit Card

Fintech Finance

MARCH 6, 2025

“Mobile wallet payments now account for 40% of all in-person transactions, and that share is expected to continue growing in coming years. From today, ANZ and Suncorp Bank Visa debit cards directly added into the Google Wallet will have LCR enabled, with onboarding for remaining issuers to continue this year.

Debit Card

Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The announcement is part of a wider partnership through which Checkout.com will act as Zing’s primary global acquiring partner. With direct acquiring available in more than 55 countries, Checkout.com’s global network will also enable Zing to roll out its services to more markets in the future.

Alternative Payment Methods

The Payments Association

JUNE 25, 2025

As we continue to build on our tech-first approach following the launch of PXP Unity and our recent PXP POS standalone solution, this partnership aligns perfectly with our vision of creating a truly unified global commerce ecosystem.” www.castlestech.com

Online and Mobile Banking

Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 29, 2024

(PSP) is pleased to announce an agreement to acquire the NCR Atleos debit card production and transaction processing business that services a number of credit unions, financial institutions and payment networks in Canada. The assets will be a very complementary addition to PSP’s award-winning HLX unified commerce platform.

Debit Card

Fintech News

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The programme will leverage Crypto.com’s recently acquired Payment Service Provider license from the Central Bank of Bahrain. The collaboration will support the introduction of a new crypto-linked card programme, starting in Bahrain with plans to expand across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.

Visa

Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Core to this commitment to bring these new technologies together by 2030 is continued partnership and momentum across the payments ecosystem, as well as enablement via the Mastercard Gateway. Acquirers, payment service providers and other channel partners including Adyen, Prestashop, Worldline and Yuno are also enabling this technology.

Visa

Fintech Review

MAY 6, 2025

Over time, it expanded into a full-service payment service provider, offering acquiring, processing, gateway, and fraud management services through a single, unified platform. Today, Checkout.com operates in over 150 countries, holds acquiring licences in key regions including the UK, EU, US, and MENA.

Payment APIs and Integration

The Fintech Times

MARCH 10, 2025

Airwallex , the global payments and financial platform for growing businesses, is set to acquire CTIN Pay , a Vietnam-based Intermediary Payment Service (IPS). We’re particularly excited about our progress and continued expansion in APAC, the region where Airwallex was born.”

Acquirers

Stax

MAY 6, 2025

Credit cards are a staple in the wallets of consumers today, and they will undoubtedly be a payment method of choice for years to come, particularly as the adoption of mobile and contactless payments continues to grow. The acquiring bank is a financial institution that accepts the payment and deposits into the business account.

Credit Cards

Finovate

JULY 14, 2025

Signicat has acquired Dutch identity verification provider Inverid for an undisclosed amount. In 2019, Signicat was acquired by private equity investor Nordic Capital for an undisclosed amount. Nordic Capital is enthusiastic about supporting Signicat’s continued growth journey in Europe.”

Verification

The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Mike Camerling, CEO, Aevi Mike Camerling , CEO said: “The incident has underscored the critical need for resilience, especially in industries like payments, where operational continuity and consumer trust are paramount. ” EV payment anxiety continues to be a concern. 2024 has been a big year for Aevi.

Payment APIs and Integration

Stax

APRIL 3, 2025

Its the third-party service that serves as the link between the payment gateway, acquiring bank, and issuing bank or card network. Acquiring bank – Acts as the link between the merchant and the issuing bank. While the acquiring bank is the merchants bank, the issuing bank is the customers bank.

Payment Solutions

Finovate

JANUARY 28, 2025

Austin, Texas-based regtech Abrigo has acquired Integrated Financial Solutions (IFS). Abrigo , a compliance, credit risk, and lending solutions provider for financial institutions, has acquired Integrated Financial Solutions (IFS). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Terms were not disclosed.

Acquirers

The Payments Association

JANUARY 8, 2025

Its our great honour to have Cindys guidance and expertise as Skipify continues to redefine checkout with our Commerce Identity Cloud, said Ryth Martin, CEO and founder at Skipify. What were building is not just a better and faster way to pay, but an entirely new and connected payment infrastructure.

Advisors

Clearly Payments

MARCH 14, 2025

Contactless payments continue their rapid adoption, projected to account for more than 60% of in-store purchases. Acquiring Bank The acquiring bank processes the transaction on behalf of the merchant. Payment Processor Facilitates communication between acquiring and issuing banks. credit card payments surpassed $10.6

Credit Cards