Mergers & Acquisitions

February, 2022

• 22 February

  Klarna Expands Rewards Program and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/22/22

  

  Buy now, pay later specialist Klarna AB said it is expanding the geographic reach of its rewards program and its Pay Now service. The rewards program will be available in nine countries, with Pay Now expanding to nine new countries beyond the current base in the U.S. and U.K., where the immediate-payment …
• 22 February

  How the Worldline-Apollo Deal Could Be a Net Positive for Ingenico

  

  Worldline S.A.’s decision to enter negotiations to sell its Terminals, Solutions and Services unit to asset-management firm Apollo Global Management Inc. may allow the unit’s Ingenico brand to refresh its point-of-sale technology operation under the umbrella of a new owner and away from the short-term expectations of the public markets, …
• 21 February

  Worldline Says It’s Working out a Deal to Sell Its Ingenico Unit to Asset Manager Apollo

  

  Two years after it acquired the big point-of-sale technology company Ingenico S.A., the French processing giant Worldline S.A. has launched negotiations to sell the business to the asset-management firm Apollo Global Management Inc. The terms worked out so far, based on a binding offer from New York-based Apollo, call for …
• 17 February

  Circle’s Valuation Doubles and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/17/22

  

  Digital-currency payments specialist Circle Internet Financial LLC announced it has agreed to new terms with Concord Acquisition Corp., terminating an agreement it had reached with that company in July. The new agreement values Circle at $9 billion, twice the valuation set by the original SPAC combination. The holding company established by the original agreement …
• 15 February

  MoneyGram Will Go Private in $1.8 Billion Deal With Private-Equity Player Madison Dearborn

  

  Money-transfer powerhouse MoneyGram International Inc. will go private later this year in a deal announced Tuesday with private-equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners LLC. Valued at $11 per common-stock share, the deal also includes assumption of $799 million in debt.  Expected to close in the fourth quarter, the deal will see …
• 15 February

  FIS’s Top Brass Looks for Big Results Among Small Sellers Following the Payrix Deal

  

  FIS Inc.’s acquisition of Payrix Solutions LLC, announced Monday, comes as e-commerce is booming and as payments platforms are weaving payments capabilities into the software they’re selling to online merchants. The deal will also help FIS, known for its processing capabilities for enterprises, reach small and medium-size online sellers, top …
• 15 February

  ACI PayAfter BNPL Service Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/15/22

  

  ACI Worldwide Inc. announced ACI PayAfter, a buy now, pay later service that provides merchants access to more than 70 BNPL providers via a single integration. “ACI PayAfter gives consumers one BNPL option—ACI PayAfter—displayed at checkout, one application form, and a single credit check, all while providing access to multiple financing …
• 9 February

  Apple Targets the Terminal Market, But Terminal Execs And Rivals Are Far From Flustered

  Apple Inc. rattled the payments industry on Tuesday with its announcement of technology that will let merchants accept card and Apple Pay transactions directly on an off-the-shelf iPhone with no attachments, but rivals say they’re taking the news in stride. “We’ll feel some impact, we’ll feel it a little bit, …
• 8 February

  An Acquisitive Fiserv Adds Finxact for Cloud-Based Digital Banking Services

  

  Fiserv Inc. has been an acquisitive company since its merger in 2019 with First Data Corp., and on Tuesday its top management said its latest acquisition will accelerate the company’s penetration of the growing market for digital-banking services provided not locally but through a cloud configuration. The $650-million deal for …
• 7 February

  Independent ATM Deployers Expect to Benefit As Banks Pull Back on Off-Premise ATMs

  

  As banks pull ATMs from underperforming off-premise locations, it is creating an opportunity for independent ATM deployers to fill the void, says a report for RBR, a London-based research and consulting firm. The trend, which is being driven in part by banks’ growing emphasis on providing cashless paymentsolutions to their …