Between a resurgence in the construction industry and the boom in online shopping, vans are big in the U.K. right now — and getting bigger. Financing for commercial vehicles is on the rise on the other side of the pond, up 10 percent year over...
In today’s age, protecting sensitive data and assets from cyberthreats is top of mind for companies around the globe. But a recent study from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) shows that businesses in the U.K. may need to improve on their detection methods when it comes to cybersecurity....
Allstar — the United Kingdom’s leading fuel card provider — is moving from the mag stripe to EMV and has chosen Oberthur Technologies (OT) to support that migration. Across the U.K., 1.1 million people are Allstar cardholders who will now be able to use their...
French payments company Ingenico has the financing ready to support its bid for U.K.-based Worldpay, a European leader in payments processing, a source close to the deal told Reuters yesterday (Sept. 17). According to Reuters, the point-of-sale vendor reportedly offered to purchase Worldpay, which is...
Never a dull moment at U.K. payments firm Worldpay. After a summer of courting by private equity and its various rivals — notably Germany’s Wirecard and France’s Ingenico — Worldpay looks like it instead might just be going again on its own (walking down the only...
To say it has been a bad year for British payments tech player Monitise is something of an understatement. The question now is whether there is any chance it can be turned around. Last week the firm announced its CEO, Elizabeth Buse, was leaving her...
[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] To say that the food delivery business is popular with investors is sort of like saying Antarctica is cold. Investments have climbed from $25M in 2012, to $46M in 2013 and $600M (yes that is $600M) in 2014. And, it...
Apple Pay launched in the U.K. around a month ago — albeit with one very sharp limit. Consumers, due to a cap on contactless payments methods (like Apple Pay, Google Wallet, contactless cards or just about anything that makes use of NFC) were limited to...
According to unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter, according to Bloomberg, the bidding war for U.K. payments processor Worldpay has just seen the entry of its German rival as a potential buyer. Also in the race is a joint proposal from equity firms Blackstone...