acquisitions

US Bank Looking To Sell Its Payment Unit, Elan
US Bank Looking To Sell Its Payment Unit, Elan
August 09, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

U.S. Bank is reportedly looking to sell Elan, its card processing business, reported Fintech Futures. According to the report, Finastra, FIS and Fiserv are in...

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Synovus Buys FCB Bank Financial In All-Stock Deal Valued At $2.9B
Synovus Buys FCB Bank Financial In All-Stock Deal Valued At $2.9B
July 24, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Synovus Financial announced on Tuesday (July 24) that it is acquiring FCB Financial Holdings, owner of Florida Community Bank (FCB), Florida’s largest community bank, in...

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Five At Five: Pay U Acquires New Payments Platform
Five At Five: Pay U Acquires New Payments Platform
July 23, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the payments and commerce news of the day. Coverage includes a new acquisition by online payment...

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Third Point Takes New Position In PayPal
Third Point Takes New Position In PayPal
July 23, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Third Point, the hedge fund run by Daniel Loeb, has taken a new position in PayPal. According to a report in CNBC, citing a Third...

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eBay Acquires eCommerce Platform Qoo10 Of Japan
eBay Acquires eCommerce Platform Qoo10 Of Japan
July 20, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Looking to bolster its international eCommerce presence, eBay has acquired Japanese eCommerce platform Qoo10, according to a regulatory filing. In its 10-K filing with the...

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Krispy Kreme Close To Acquiring Insomnia Cookies
Krispy Kreme Close To Acquiring Insomnia Cookies
July 20, 2018  |  Retail

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is close to a deal to acquire Insomnia Cookies. Sources said the deal, which values Insomnia Cookies at less than $500 million,...

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FinTech And FIs, Paired And Global, Sandbox By Sandbox
FinTech And FIs, Paired And Global, Sandbox By Sandbox
July 10, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

A whopping $613 billion in cross-border B2B payments is nothing to sneeze at, and the Banking Circle buyout gives the nod to the international appeal...

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PayPal CEO Says $3B/Year Earmarked For Acquisitions
PayPal CEO Says $3B/Year Earmarked For Acquisitions
July 09, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

PayPal is planning for further acquisitions, setting aside up to $3 billion a year for future deals. “We have a healthy balance sheet and we...

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Global Payments Industry Sees Surge In Acquisitions
Global Payments Industry Sees Surge In Acquisitions
July 09, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Mergers and acquisitions in the global payments industry have hit record highs in 2018, especially in the payments technology market. Financial Times (FT) reported that there were...

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