Category: Payments

Wordline
April 01, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Worldline completes acquisition of majority stake in ANZ acquiring business

The new joint-venture with ANZ Bank will also Worldline to significantly expand its merchant acquiring business outside of Europe. It will provide the company direct access to an existing merchants’ portfolio. The company stated in the official announcement: The combination of ANZ’s strong market position and Worldline’s global scale, best-in-class technologies and payment expertise will…

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Visa
March 11, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Visa announces finalising acquisition of Tink

Charlotte Hogg, CEO of Visa Europe, commented: Digital tools are driving the new economy, and the combination of Visa and Tink will support greater choice and quality of digital money services as the lines between commerce, financial services and payments continue to converge. Jack Forestell, Chief Product Officer of Visa, added: Openness and innovation are…

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Acquisition
February 07, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Fiserv sings a definitive agreement to acquire Finxact

Frank Bisignano, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fiserv, said: This transaction complements our Fiserv account processing solutions and expands our opportunities to serve clients by bringing together Finxact’s highly flexible and scalable API-first capabilities with the comprehensive digital financial solutions portfolio and expertise of Fiserv. Through this combination, Fiserv will create a streamlined path…

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Visa
December 21, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Visa finalises acquisition of Currencycloud

Visa revealed its plans to buy Currencycloud in July 2021 for £700 million. The deal is based on the foundation of the two form’s existing partnership. Currencycloud’s cloud-based platform supports more than 500 banking and technology clients. Since it was founded in 2012, the company has spread across more than 180 countries.

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Nuvei
December 14, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Nuvei and Visa team up to release crypto-friendly debit cards

Nuvei’s Chair and CEO, Philip Fayer, commented: The branded Visa debit card is a huge asset to our partners and their users, enabling the immediate and seamless spending of crypto earnings,” he said, “With this program, Visa has played a vital role in expanding the crypto ecosystem by closing the gap between traditional finance and…

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eToro
December 09, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

eToro Money program launched in the UK

Non-Club members will also be able to access an eToro Money sort code and personal account number to so that they can send and receive funds to the eToro platform and any UK bank account. Deposits made through this route do not have a conversion fee to USD, which saves users money when adding funds…

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NAGA Group
November 03, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

NAGA launches payment platform NAGA Pay

Benjamin Bilski, CEO of NAGA commented: We worked hard to deliver the new functionalities and are excited about the possibilities NAGA Pay offers to our customers. Besides being able to make payments and send money, users can also invest with one tap in over 1,500 assets including straight equities for just EUR 0.99 per trade.…

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digital wallet
October 15, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Paysafe’s NETELLER announces new fiat-to-crypto withdrawal service

The service is already available in ten countries including UK, Chile, Canada and Australia. The company noted it plans to make it available for more countries and to add more cyrptocurrencies for withdrawal in the future. The new feature follows the fiat-to-crypto withdrawal service for Skrill, Paysafe’s other digital wallet, launched in February of this…

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