Mergers & Acquisitions

August, 2022

• 5 August

  Paya’s Boss Says the Acquisitive Processor Could Go Big on Future Deals

  

  Paya Holdings Inc. has been among the payments industry’s more acquisitive processors, and on Friday morning its chief executive made plain the company isn’t ruling out bigger deals. “You can see our balance sheet, our leverage, and the powder is certainly there to do larger transactions,” chief executive Jeff Hack …
• 4 August

  E-Commerce Merchants Drive Big Growth in FIS’s Second Quarter

  

  Processing and banking services giant FIS Inc. said revenue from its digital-only merchants increased 28% in the first half of the year, while its merchant solutions overall experienced a 12% growth in revenue in the second quarter. Jacksonville, Fla.-based FIS said continued e-commerce growth aided to that expansion. And it …
• 4 August

  Shift4 Spells Out Big Ambitions for Bigger Merchants And International Expansion

  

  Shift4 Payments Inc. has long made no secret of its plans to expand the average size of the merchants it serves, but early on Thursday its chief executive made the company’s overarching strategy crystal clear following recent signings of such international clients as Time Inc. and SpaceX’s Starlink satellite business, …
• 4 August

  July Sales up 11.2% And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/4/22

  

  Mastercard Inc. said July retail sales increased 11.2% from July 2021. E-commerce sales were up 11.7% and in-store sales increased 11.1% for the same period.Payments provider ACI Worldwide Inc. reported $340 million in revenue for its June quarter, up 13% year-over-year.In related news, ACI’s Speedpay will integrate with the Vindicia platform from technology firm Amdocs …

July, 2022

• 26 July

  Clover And Carat Help Propel Strong Results for Fiserv

  Merchant acquiring is Fiserv Inc.’s largest and fastest-growing business, and in the second quarter it showed no signs of slowing down. Driven by technologies like Clover, a set of point-of-sale gear, and Carat, a fast-growing commerce platform, the acquiring unit posted $1.9 billion in revenue in the quarter ended June …
• 26 July

  Waitr Secures MetLift Stadium Deal And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/26/22

  

  Waitr Holdings Inc., which is changing its name to ASAP, said it will be the exclusive mobile ordering platform for the New York Giants, New York Jets, and MetLife Stadium, the venue shared by both teams.The worldwide tokenization market is forecasted to grow from $2.6 billion in 2021 to $12.7 billion by …
• 20 July

  Its Stock Battered, NCR Is Reportedly Mulling a Leveraged Buyout

  

  NCR Corp., a publicly traded banking and payments equipment manufacturer and software provider, could go private if rumors of a pending leveraged buyout prove true. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that NCR was in exclusive talks with the private-equity firm Veritas Capital about a possible acquisition. The report noted …
• 14 July

  Mastercard Welcomes Open Banking Firms And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/14/22

  

  Mastercard Inc. said it is expanding its Engage partner network to include open-banking firms. The first companies to join include Dwolla, FinTech Automation, i2c, Link Financial Technology, LoanPro, Nova Credit, Provenir, Synctera, Tern, and Usio Inc.Buy now, pay later processor Afterpay will offer installment payments for customers of beauty retailer Sephora. Afterpay, a …
• 12 July

  E-Commerce Sales up 7.5% so Far And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/12/22

  

  U.S. consumers have spent $451.7 billion online through June, a 7.5% year-over-year increase, Adobe Inc. said in its Adobe Digital Price Index.Payments association EPCOR announced its acquisition of the Central Oklahoma Clearing House Association, which includes its fraud alert and settlement service. Terms were not disclosed.Payments provider Digital River said it will integrate its Global Seller …
• 8 July

  EMS Expands Service Offerings By Taking a Majority Stake in Paysley

  

  Merchant processor Electronic Merchant Systems announced Thursday that it has taken a majority stake in Paysley, a contactless payments software specialist that enables merchants to send payment requests and QR codes to customers’ mobile phones. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but EMS chief executive Dan Neistadt tells Digital Transactions …