Fintech News

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The programme will leverage Crypto.com’s recently acquired Payment Service Provider license from the Central Bank of Bahrain. Mastercard’s global payment network will also provide additional security and fraud protection measures for the program. said Karl Mohan, General Manager APAC & MEA of Crypto.com.

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TechCrunch Fintech

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Digital banking services provider Alkami Technology is acquiring Mantl, which has been described as the Shopify of account opening, for $400 million. Mantl, founded in 2016 by Nathaniel Harley and Benjamin Conant, developed software to make it easier for people to open accounts digitally at community banks and credit unions.

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Visa (NYSE: V) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Featurespace , a developer of real-time artificial intelligence (AI) payments protection technology that prevents and mitigates payments fraud and financial crime risks. The post Visa to Acquire Featurespace appeared first on FF News | Fintech Finance.

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The Payments Association

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The Problem The dispute and chargeback landscape is becoming increasingly complex due to surging digital payments, ongoing changes to regulatory compliance, and intensifying competition amongst acquirers and merchant service providers. This is a monumental achievement as it means happier consumers and increased revenue.

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Fintech News

JULY 1, 2024

Ant International has acquired Amsterdam-based payment service provider MultiSafepay, integrating it into its Antom division, a payment and digitisation services provider. The acquisition aims to enhance payment solutions and digital services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Europe.

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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). ” The news comes as Airwallex continues to acquire companies that strengthen its global presence.

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Bill Qkr offers a secure, card-based system designed to make payments easier for merchants, acquirers, payment facilitators, and service providers through flexible options and streamlined collection processes.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 2, 2024

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) today announced that Private Equity funds managed by Blackstone have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Sony Payment Services Inc. SPSV), one of Japan’s leading payment service providers, from Sony Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group.

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Finextra

APRIL 2, 2025

A French fintech company has acquired a digital asset service provider (DASP) from a leader in the French retail market.

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Stax

AUGUST 29, 2024

A PSP (Payment Service Provider) can equip your eCommerce and brick-and-mortar business with an all-in-one platform that supports multiple payment systems, including debit & credit cards, eWallets, and bank transfers (ACH). For example, Stripe is a payment service provider that offers shared merchant accounts to its platform users.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The PPI (Prepaid Payment Instrument) licen c e will help us build offerings that let internet businesses retain and grow their user base.” In July this year, Cashfree Payments became the first payment service provider to receive RBI’s Payment Aggregator-Cross border license for imports and exports.

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Payments Dive

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The processor will buy the retail and hospitality payments services provider in an all-cash transaction to build a globally integrated payment platform.

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Finovate

APRIL 8, 2025

Ripple will acquire Hidden Road for $1.25 The acquisition expands Ripple’s offerings beyond payments into trading, custody, and lending services, providing financial institutions the infrastructure they need for crypto adoption.

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Fintech News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Payment giant Visa is set to acquire Featurespace, a company specialising in artificial intelligence (AI) technology for real-time payments fraud protection. The post Visa to Acquire AI Fraud Detection Firm Featurespace appeared first on Fintech Singapore.

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Finovate

MARCH 13, 2025

Bilt Rewards is acquiring Banyan to enhance its neighborhood commerce platform with item-level receipt data, enabling hyper-personalized rewards. Rent payment rewards program Bilt Rewards is acquiring item-level receipt data company Banyan to enable hyper-personalized rewards. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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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. ” The two camps The two main categories of service providers in the changing landscape of merchant relationships are the traditional banks and the fintech or merchant service providers.

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Fintech News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Payments giant Mastercard has announced plans to acquire global threat intelligence company Recorded Future for US$2.65 Recorded Future specializes in real-time threat detection, using AI and data analysis to provide actionable insights to clients, including governments and Fortune 100 companies. trillion by 2024.

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Bank Automation

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Block is rolling out Afterpay on its Cash App card this week after a year of testing the buy now, pay later service. San Francisco-based Block, which rebranded from Square in 2021, acquired buy now, pay later (BNPL) service provider Afterpay that same year for $29 billion.

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Fintech Finance

JUNE 25, 2024

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a global leader in mission-critical, real-time payments software, and RS2 , a global payments processor and technology provider, have joined forces to offer a one-stop solution for acquirers and issuers in Brazil. Our combined new solution will be a game changer for the Brazilian market.

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Fintech News

JULY 30, 2024

a licensed B2B payments service provider in Malaysia. Easy Pay Transfers, operating under Malaysia’s Money Services Business Act 2011, offers businesses transparent online payment services. M-DAQ Global, a fintech company based in Singapore, has announced the acquisition of Easy Pay Transfers Sdn. million (US$43.9

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Fintech News

JANUARY 22, 2025

Antom , a leading merchant payment and digitisation services provider under Ant International, is tackling this complexity head-on. It has established local acquiring capabilities across more than 40 countries and regions, including six core Southeast Asian marketsIndonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Africhange , a leading cross-border remittance service provider, announced today that its Nigerian subsidiary, Currenzo , has secured the International Money Transfer Operator [IMTO] licence from the Central Bank of Nigeria [CBN]. It also has a reliable settlement partner in Nigeria, ensuring secure processing for local transactions.

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Fintech News

JUNE 11, 2024

With the acquisition, Ripple adds a limited purpose trust company regulated by the New York Department of Financial Services to its licenses. money transmitter licenses, a Major Payment Institution License from the Monetary Authority of Singapore , and a Virtual Asset Service Provider registration with the Central Bank of Ireland.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The platform integrates seamlessly with payment service providers (PSPs) and acquirers, allowing clients to manage diverse payment channels with ease. Meeting a critical market need The global payments market is projected to reach $2.2 With its no-code, adaptable platform, NORBr offers a faster, cost-effective path to market.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

emerchantpay , a leading global payment service provider and acquirer, is announcing today its collaboration with Cybersource, a part of Visa Acceptance Solutions.

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Bank Automation

APRIL 25, 2024

IBM plans to acquire cloud services provider HashiCorp for $6.4 billion in cash.

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Fintech News

APRIL 9, 2025

Fiserv , a provider of payments and financial services technology, announced that it has acquired Pinch Payments, an Australian-based payment facilitator. Featured image credit: Edited from Freepik The post Fiserv Acquires Australian Payment Facilitator Pinch Payments appeared first on Fintech Singapore.

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The Paypers

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Payoneer has received regulatory approvals in China to finalise its acquisition of a licensed payment service provider, aimed at empowering SMBs.

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VISTA InfoSec

MAY 24, 2024

Understanding PCI DSS Developed by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), it is mandatory for all businesses to be PCI compliant to protect cardholders, companies, the Merchants and Service Providers they do business with from data breaches, fraud, and unauthorized access. of PCI DSS. of PCI DSS. of PCI DSS.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Cashfree Payments , India’s leading payments and API banking company announced that its UPI(Acquiring) Switch has received certification from the NPCI and has started processing transactions. Outside of India, Cashfree Payments is expanding its presence in the UAE region through its acquired partner, Telr.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Pagaloop uses a single, straightforward interface to enable businesses and individuals alike to use credit cards to pay third-party providers, subcontractors, service providers, or fixed payments like payroll, rent, etc. – even in situations when cards are not accepted.

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Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Ant International , a leading global digital payment, digitisation and financial technology provider, has opened a new office location in the central business district of Al-Olaya, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), following its successful technical certification as a Payment Technical Service Provider (PTSP) from Saudi Central Bank (SAMA).

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Finovate

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Mastercard has agreed to acquire subscription management platform Minna Technologies. But Mastercard announced today that it has agreed to acquire Swedish subscription management platform Minna Technologies. Photo by Shvets Anna The post Mastercard Acquires Minna Technologies appeared first on Finovate. billion by 2028.

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Stax

MARCH 11, 2025

This article will show all you need to know about online credit card processing and how you can select the best payment services provider for your needs. The acquiring bank : the is the financial institution that issued the merchant account and receives the funds from the transaction into that merchant account until the payout date.

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Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Antom: a leading merchant payment and digitisation services provider, offering one-stop, vertical-specific digital payment solutions to merchants of all sizes. Total payment volume (TPV) of Antoms direct acquiring services nearly doubled between January and November 2024 over same period of 2023.

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The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Aevi s approach, enabling businesses to work with multiple acquiring partners through orchestration, not only enhances resilience but delivers substantial cost-saving benefits. “Aevi is a leader in this rapidly growing field, offering centralised, multi-acquirer orchestration for both online and in-person payments.

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The two companies will join forces to offer a one-stop payment acceptance solution for payment service providers and merchant acquirers to create a seamless and secure payment ecosystem for processing domestic and cross-border payments.

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