Network Merchants Closes Creditcall Acquisition and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/5/18

Network Merchants LLC, a technology provider for independent sales organizations, acquirers, and independent software vendors, closed its previously announced acquisition of gateway and EMV technology provider Creditcall for an undisclosed price.
Digital cross-border person-to-person remittances will total $300 billion by 2021, up from an estimated $225 billion this year, according to Juniper Research.
Nearly one quarter of Canadians have clicked on a link that resulted in a phishing scam, according to results of a survey by Interac Corp., operator of Canada’s debit network.
Payment platform provider Shopify Inc. appointed Amy Shapero as chief financial officer. Shapero most recently was CFO at Betterment Holdings Inc., an online wealth-management service.

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