acquisitions

Kyriba Investment Lands Bridgepoint With Majority Stake
Kyriba Investment Lands Bridgepoint With Majority Stake
March 26, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Private equity firm Bridgepoint is reportedly readying an acquisition of treasury management technology firm Kyriba, according to Private Equity News reports on Monday (March 25),...

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Data Dive, Better Together Edition: Worldpay, FIS, Google, eBay, PayPal, Instagram
Data Dive, Better Together Edition: Worldpay, FIS, Google, eBay, PayPal, Instagram
March 25, 2019  |  Data Dive

While the competition part of the story is usually where the action is in payments and commerce  – who’s ahead, who’s behind, who’s innovating, who’s...

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Bitcoin (And Other Crypto) Use Cases Fizzle, Bit By Bit?
Bitcoin (And Other Crypto) Use Cases Fizzle, Bit By Bit?
March 22, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Much hype and hope surrounds the adoption of cryptocurrencies — bitcoin among them as the marquee name in the space, of course — beyond the...

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VC FinTech Funding Sets Sights On ‘Alternative’ Data
VC FinTech Funding Sets Sights On ‘Alternative’ Data
March 22, 2019  |  B2B Payments

If data makes the world go ’round, so, too, does it garner investor interest, as evidenced by venture capital and other investors’ funds coming into...

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Prepaid Tech Buys Karmic Labs’ dash
Prepaid Tech Buys Karmic Labs’ dash
March 21, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Prepaid Technologies, a provider of business payment solutions for more than 20 years, announced that it has acquired Karmic Labs‘ dash, the company’s purchasing card...

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FIS’ Lowthers On Worldpay Buy: Creating A Global Commerce Community
FIS’ Lowthers On Worldpay Buy: Creating A Global Commerce Community
March 20, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

There is scale — then there is scale. There is growth, and the resulting — often massive — increase in customers and revenues in markets across...

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How Many Multibillion-Dollar Deals Does It Take To Change Payments?
How Many Multibillion-Dollar Deals Does It Take To Change Payments?
March 19, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Behind the billions of dollars — OK, make that tens and tens of billions of dollars — in deal-making that has marked the payments space...

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Mastercard: The Why Of The Ethoca Buy
Mastercard: The Why Of The Ethoca Buy
March 13, 2019  |  Mastercard

In the quest to reduce false positives and chargebacks, and boost digital commerce for consumers, Mastercard is buying Ethoca. Johan Gerber, executive vice president of...

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How SMB FinTech Firms Boost Data Sharing Without Open Banking
How SMB FinTech Firms Boost Data Sharing Without Open Banking
March 12, 2019  |  B2B Payments

For proponents of open banking, the regulatory initiative seen in the U.K. and Europe is a natural progression from the surge in FinTech solutions offered...

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