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What is the driving force behind the new fashion of mega-mergers in payments
For many years payments processing has been considered the ugly sister of the payments industry that quietly ticks over in...
Class action lawsuits filed against EVO Payments International and EVO Merchant Services
Atlanta-based law firm Webb, Klase & Lemond, LLC has filed two class action lawsuits against payment processing giants EVO Payments...
Worldline to acquire the leading payment processor in the Baltics – First Data Baltics
Worldline says it has signed an agreement with First Data for the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of...
An update on the implementation of the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme
In less than five months, the EPC’s SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) scheme will be operational. The implementation of this new...
EBA Clearing’s RT1 real-time platform goes into testing with 30 banks
UniCredit has started testing with the first pan-European instant payment solution, RT1, in preparation for its instant payments go-live. The...
Mastercard and Visa lose share to UnionPay in global cards market
The global payment cards market has grown to 14 billion cards, with UnionPay consolidating its position as the largest scheme...
Vantiv agrees Worldpay purchase in £9bn deal
Worldpay has agreed a £9.1bn deal to be acquired by US rival Vantiv, sending shares in the company down sharply....
Worldpay shares jump after news of take over offer
Shares in Worldpay hit new highs after the UK’s largest payments processor received separate preliminary takeover offers from JPMorgan and...