BBVA to start JCB merchant acquiring in Spain
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) is starting JCB merchant acquiring operations in Spain. Read more ...

WorldPay acquires card payments service provider
WorldPay is to buy payment services provider the YESpay group of companies for an undisclosed amount. Read more ...

WorldPay agreement with Russian mobile games company
Partnership to expand number of payment methods
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JustGiving selects processing partner
Agreement enables fundraising website to process simultaneous payments
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Deutsche Bank to sell merchant acquiring business
US acquirer to run operation
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Global Payments breach expands further
Period of compromise greater than first thought Read more ...

First Data increases stake in processor
Remaining equity stake acquired
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More information on Global Payments breach
Further details released on extent of data compromise Read more ...

Acquirer starts international partnership with China UnionPay
Online acquiring agreement Read more ...

Ikea frustration over predictive payments
“We are not afraid of the cost of cash” Read more ...

Nick Ogden to shake up industry with new merchant account
New offering bucks trend by merging issuing and acquiring Read more ...

UK acquirer helps merchants hit by riots
Series of measures to assist SME customers
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Brazilian acquirer to roll out processing platform
Nationwide rollout in 14 states
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Merchant acquiring agreement in Nepal
Partnership to help country’s aim of becoming a cashless society
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Processing giant rebrands UK acquiring business
New name for merchant solutions operation
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BBVA to start JCB merchant acquiring in Spain
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) is starting JCB merchant acquiring operations in Spain. Read more ...

WorldPay acquires card payments service provider
WorldPay is to buy payment services provider the YESpay group of companies for an undisclosed amount. Read more ...

WorldPay agreement with Russian mobile games company
Partnership to expand number of payment methods
Read more ...

JustGiving selects processing partner
Agreement enables fundraising website to process simultaneous payments
Read more ...

Deutsche Bank to sell merchant acquiring business
US acquirer to run operation
Read more ...

Global Payments breach expands further
Period of compromise greater than first thought Read more ...

First Data increases stake in processor
Remaining equity stake acquired
Read more ...

More information on Global Payments breach
Further details released on extent of data compromise Read more ...

Acquirer starts international partnership with China UnionPay
Online acquiring agreement Read more ...

Ikea frustration over predictive payments
“We are not afraid of the cost of cash” Read more ...

Nick Ogden to shake up industry with new merchant account
New offering bucks trend by merging issuing and acquiring Read more ...

UK acquirer helps merchants hit by riots
Series of measures to assist SME customers
Read more ...

Brazilian acquirer to roll out processing platform
Nationwide rollout in 14 states
Read more ...

Merchant acquiring agreement in Nepal
Partnership to help country’s aim of becoming a cashless society
Read more ...

Processing giant rebrands UK acquiring business
New name for merchant solutions operation
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Nordea awards processing contract
Nordic agreement covers 425 million transactions a year
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Global Payments and “la Caixa” finalise JV
Spain’s largest retail bank “la Caixa” has completed the formation of its joint venture with Global Payments to provide merchant acquiring services to Spanish merchants.
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Tsys buys remaining stake in bank JV
Venture positions company as acquirer and processor
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US bank starts Brazil merchant acquiring JV
Venture with processor to start in second half of 2011 Read more ...

la Caixa agrees merchant acquiring JV in Spain
Partnership with processor to be finalised by early 2011 Read more ...

State Bank of India to start merchant acquiring
Plans for 600,000 retail POS terminals Read more ...

China UnionPay expands South American acceptance
Major card acquiring and ATM deals in Brazil
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Global Payments starts China UnionPay card acquiring service
Latest western move into rapidly expanding market Read more ...

Equens buys German card acquirer
Processor says move will give it a foothold in Europe’s largest card market Read more ...

Atos Origin acquires biggest Indian payments processor
Move into fast growing payments market Read more ...

Egypt processor buyout completed
Private equity company becomes majority shareholder
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Tesco Bank makes processor decision
New host provider of banking services selected
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UK companies struggling with international payments
Problems with supporting European customers hinder expansion
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Processor settles with MasterCard
Agreement to compensate issuers over data breach
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State Bank of India partners with network on POS joint venture
State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender, has formed a card acquiring joint venture with a card network and a payments provider.
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CUP card acceptance expanded to additional Asian markets
Mainland China tourists can use cards to pay in five more countries Read more ...

Processor emerges as WorldPay frontrunner
Five bids on shortlist Read more ...

Bidders drop out of WorldPay running
Payments company bid rejected; Shortlist to be narrowed down to six Read more ...

Bidders confirmed for RBS merchant services business
Processors and private equity firms among over a dozen contenders
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CEO of processing giant steps down
First Data chairman and CEO Michael Capellas is stepping down on March 31 to become a senior technology adviser to the payment processor’s corporate parent Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR).
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Processor enters merchant acquiring business
Payments processor Tsys is to enter the merchant acquiring business in a joint venture with First National Bank of Omaha.
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RBS sale hangs in the balance
The forced sale of RBS’s WorldPay payments processing business could encounter difficulties as interested parties struggle to raise capital for this highly priced purchase in a cash scarce market.
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