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BV Swagath

Butterfield wraps up £161m acquisition of ABN AMRO Channel Islands

ABN AMRO (Channel Islands) has been renamed Butterfield Bank (Channel Islands)(BBCI) following the completion of the acquisition after securing all…

Thunder Bridge acquires US payment solutions provider Repay

Founded in 2006, Repay, which is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, offers integrated payment processing solutions to verticals having specific transaction…

Yes Bank implements Asia’s first commercial paper issuance on blockchain

This is the first time in Asia that a CP has been digitally issued using Blockchain technology. The digital solution…

Sun East Federal Credit Union boosts technology with FIS payments platform

A new FIS client, Sun East is located in Aston, Pa. and was looking for an advanced payments technology platform…

Digital remittance start-up Remitly raises £175m in financing

  The new capital for Remitly has come from a Series E equity round which fetched $135m (£107.7m) and syndicated…

Piper Jaffray to acquire US investment bank Sandler O’Neill for £389m

Established in 1895, the Minneapolis-based Piper Jaffray is an investment bank and institutional securities company having offices across the US…

CPI Card Group and Fit Pay collaborate on contactless payment objects

Fit Pay selected CPI’s embedded contactless technology, Adaptives, to power contactless transactions for Flip, its new contactless payment device. Flip…

FLEETCOR to acquire payroll card provider SOLE Financial

The acquisition will combine SOLE with FLEETCOR’s existing digital paycard business and increase the company’s overall addressable market. “SOLE is…

FIS secures EC approval for £34bn acquisition of Worldpay

The EC approved FIS’ acquisition of Worldpay under the EU Merger Regulation after examining the transaction under the normal merger…

WebMoney introduces WMY wallet for residents of Uzbekistan

WMY title units will allow you to pay for mobile communication, the Internet, utilities and online games. WMY will be…