PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

FairFX, a subsidiary of international payments firm Equals Group, has acquired Hermex International Limited (HermexFX) for £2 million ($2.4 The eBanking and payments group said the acquisition would help develop the corporate segments of its business and was expected to be “immediately earnings enhancing.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2016

Heartland Payment Systems has secured a strategic partner to bring its U.S. customers access to new markets with a deal that brings them secure international payment processing. ” For Computop’s customer base, this collaboration provides them with additional secure acquiring solutions in the U.S. “We

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The Fintech Times

JANUARY 21, 2025

EAZY Financial Services ‘EazyPay’, a Bahraini financial institution specialising in point-of-sale (POS) and online payment gateway acquiring services, has teamed up with Tarabut , the MENA region’s regulated open banking platform. Balint has held senior roles at Afterpay, amaysim, Ola and Optus.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 3, 2024

Network International (Network) , the leading enabler of digital commerce across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, in partnership with NPCI International Payments Ltd. NIPL), has enabled the acceptance of QR code-based Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments across Network’s point-of-sale (POS) terminals in the UAE.

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Fintech Finance

MAY 28, 2024

The global fintech saw its top line for 2023/24 hit £41m, up from £33m the previous year, while profits increased from £5.8m IFX Payments’ performance comes against a backdrop of a large growth in international payments and a surge in demand for solutions to manage them, such as its flagship ibanq platform.

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The Paypers

APRIL 24, 2024

Philippines-based Netbank (A Rural Bank) has chosen merchant acquirer V5PAY to equip businesses in underserved areas with access to international payment capabilities.

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The Paypers

MAY 2, 2017

(The Paypers) FLEETCOR Technologies has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cambridge Global Payments a B2B international payments provider.

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Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 5, 2024

UK headquartered payments firm Sokin today announces that it has acquired Norwegian fintech Settle Group AS (Settle) for an undisclosed amount. Settle is an app-based payment platform, launched in 2010, that operates across all EU countries. Sokin is currently operating at a transactional volume run-rate of over $4.5

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2017

In addition, the firm said it would buy B2B international payments outfit Cambridge Global Payments for $675 million. Seeking Alpha reported Cambridge processes about $20 billion in annual payments. The acquiring company, FleetCor, stated that the deal will boost earnings once it closes. billion to $2.24

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Clearly Payments

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

From independent sales organizations (ISOs) and payment facilitators (PayFacs) to acquirers, card associations, and beyond, each entity plays a unique role in shaping the payment industry. The payment processing ecosystem is vast and multifaceted, with a staggering array of statistics underscoring its significance.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Checkout.com, which works in global payment solutions, has made an acquisition in French payment company ProcessOut, the company said in an emailed press release. Financial terms of the deal were not released. The acquisition will mark a first for Checkout , which raised a Series A round of $230 million last year.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

Global payments and receivables company Flywire enjoyed strong growth in 2018 that it plans to carry into this coming year and over $10 billion in total payments volume. In addition, Flywire rebranded and integrated OnPlan, a domestic payment capability acquired in January 2018, into its product suite.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Cornerstone Brands plans to acquire payments processor FXPress in a deal that also includes a sale of the existing Cornerstone business and restructuring of capital, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. FXPress provides advanced payment systems through a Platform-as-a-Service agreement.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 29, 2024

La Banque Postale has joined forces with JCB , the Japan-based card issuer and acquirer and global payments brand, in an effort to facilitate payment transactions for JCB cardmembers throughout France. By partnering with La Banque Postale , JCB can now offer a range of benefits to its card members.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

It allows for incoming and outgoing transactions across SWIFT multi-currency for international payments; SEPA Euro within the Euro zone; GBP Faster Payments and CHAPS in the U.K.; and FX Payments in 134 currencies. The establishment of virtual IBANs, she said, “allows our clients to make digital transfers.”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Global Exchange is expanding its global payments services designed for the professional services space and broadening its customer scope, the company announced on Tuesday (Dec. Cambridge Global Payments was acquired by FLEETCOR earlier this year for $690 million. Loiacono, Jr.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

will be the first country where the system will operate, and PayXpert will become the “unique acquirer” of MIR cards in Europe, the report noted. In July , Visa said it would comply with a Russian law mandating that international payments systems have to process transactions for the country regardless of U.S.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 7, 2024

Worldline , the global payment services provider, is expanding its strategic partnership with BKN301 , the Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) fintech company, enabling it to handle issuing and acquiring technical processing activities. The platforms process over 3.5

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Now is the time for American eCommerce to go global.” Currently, PPRO supports international payment methods across 175 countries. PPRO enables businesses to accept more than 140 alternative payments around the globe, partnering with payment service providers and financial institutions. 21 through Oct.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2019

10), the Visa Direct ecosystem of remittance partners will be getting larger, as global payment technology firm TransferWise has announced it will be joining the team and offering its customers a new capability to quickly and securely move money to debit cards in real time, globally. “The And, as of today (Dec.

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Finovate

MARCH 8, 2024

. “This financial backing validates our vision and our ability to take the global payments industry into the future, helping fuel positive change across many different sectors of the economy. New Zealand-based Kiwibank went live with ACI Worldwide’s Enterprise Payments Platform. Chilean fintech Levannta raised $2.5

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 10, 2023

This approach is not limited to domestic payments but is especially relevant to international transactions, which often involve a complex web of correspondent banks. The challenge in international payments primarily revolves around ensuring data accuracy at every step of the payment chain.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 5, 2024

Looking to simplify the payments process for these visitors, NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) has partnered with Network International (Network), a digital commerce enabler across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. It stands to benefit immensely from the new payment method.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

SMBs can lock-in rates to better control their international payments. Earlier this month, Spanish bank Banco Santander closed a deal to acquire just over 50 percent of Ebury for $453 million. The acquisition is scheduled to close in the first quarter of 2020 and is intended to help boost Santander’s global payments business. .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2017

Resolving these pain points for merchants often means finding a bespoke solution made up of the right combination of acquirers, point-of-sale gateway providers and other financial services providers. Acquirers, much like merchants, specialize in different markets and products, each handling risk and regulations in their own way.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2018

The tie-up integrates PayPal with Bank of America’s Global Digital Disbursements solution that supports business-to-consumer (B2C) global payments. The financial institution said at the time it was the first to enable B2C payments via PayPal.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Spanish bank Banco Santander is acquiring just over 50 percent of the U.K. payments platform Ebury for £350 million ($453 million), Ebury announced in a press release on Monday (Nov. The Ebury payments platform gives small and medium-size companies the ability to trade internationally.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

PE Hub noted that among GPS Capital Markets’ direct competitors is Cambridge Global Payments, another foreign exchange management and cross-border B2B payments company that was acquired by FLEETCOR in 2017 for about $690 million. “We

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 5, 2024

McNamara brings over 30 years of experience in the global financial services industry, holding senior leadership roles at major institutions like RBS Group and Standard Chartered Bank. Thredd, a global payments platform, has appointed Edwin Poot as global chief technology officer.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2017

We are not too far off when the difference between local and international payments is going to get very blurred to the point where it won’t matter.”. That includes the ability of faster payments initiatives to address corporate, cross-border transactions in addition to consumer, national transactions, he said.

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The Fintech Times

AUGUST 13, 2024

The partnership provides instant access to a broad global collection of information providers supporting document verification, biometric checks and third-party data validation, helping regulated businesses reduce identity fraud whilst delivering a superior customer experience.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2016

Traditional bank transfers remain, by and large, the most common way businesses pay each other internationally, according to the latest research from global payments firm Saxo Payments. A slight majority said they’re already satisfied with the rates they’re getting.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 23, 2024

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, partners with Bird (formerly MessageBird), a global communication platform, to power Bird’s international payments operations.

FinTech 59

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2019

Global payments provider Elavon and financial services group Société Générale have partnered up for payment acceptance and acquiring services throughout Europe, according to a release by the companies.

Cross-Border 43

Cross-Border Cross-Border Payments Alternative Payment Methods Online and Mobile Banking 43

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

In today’s payments news, cross-border payments firm Western Union has rolled out full application programming interface (API) access to domestic as well as global payment applications. Western Union Rolls Out Full API Access For International Payments. Also, Uber has rolled out its Uber Money solution.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2018

based Paysafe Group plans to rebrand iPayment as Paysafe after acquiring the company, Paysafe said in an announcement. ” And The Financial Supervisory Service, a South Korean regulator, is projecting that mobile payment transactions will double in value to 27.9 Each counts international payment companies as backers.

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The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Redpin , the embedded software solutions and international payments company, has unveiled a new leadership team. Nexi will use the funds to modernise digital payments and finance projects developed by Nexi Digital, its technological innovation hub.

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