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A Rogue First Data ISO Will Cost Fiserv $40 Million in a Proposed Settlement With the FTC

Fiserv Inc. and the former head of an independent sales organization will pay $40.2 million to settle charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission stemming from alleged illegal actions committed by the ISO from 2012 to 2014 while it obtained processing services from First Data Merchant Services, whose parent company …

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Fiserv CEO Yabuki Sees Signs of Stronger Growth as He Yields to Former First Data Chief Bisignano

Jeff Yabuki will step down July 1 after 15 years as chief executive of Fiserv Inc. and will be succeeded by Frank Bisignano, who joined the company last year after it acquired First Data Corp., of which Bisignano was CEO, in a $22-billion all-stock deal. Yabuki, who is also Fiserv’s …

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Fiserv Tugs the Curtain Back a Bit on Early Gains From Its Big First Data Acquisition

Six months after closing on its $22 billion acquisition of First Data Corp., Fiserv Inc. on Tuesday dropped some tantalizing hints about early benefits the deal has generated for the combined company. First Data’s Clover app-based platform for merchant checkouts, for example, saw its gross payment volume grow fully 40% …

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Having Absorbed First Data, Fiserv Looks To Cut Costs While Staying Competitive

Top executives of the newly combined Fiserv Inc.-First Data Corp. say they can save more than $1.1 billion in annual costs while still developing competitive new products and markets for their bank and merchant clients. “The power of this new company has far greater reach than I imagined when we …

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How First Data Cemented Fiserv’s Payments Strategy

Fiserv Inc.’s acquisition of First Data Corp. this year was the first of a trio of big mergers that has made 2019 the year of the megadeals in payments. Recently, a key Fiserv executive close to the action explained how the $22-billion acquisition served as the capstone to a long-term …

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How Fiserv’s First Data Deal Cemented Its Long-Term Payments Strategy

Fiserv Inc.’s acquisition of First Data Corp. this year was the first of a trio of big mergers that has made 2019 the year of the megadeals in payments. On Thursday, a key Fiserv executive close to the action explained how the $22-billion acquisition served as the capstone to a …

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After a Decade And a Merger, the BofA-First Data JV Closes Out

There had been whispers about the possibility for months, but this summer the parties confirmed it: The end of Bank of America Merchant Services, a long-running merchant-acquiring joint venture between Bank of America Corp. and First Data Corp., is now at hand. On July 30, the same day that First …

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