U.K. banking giant NatWest is acquiring wealth manager Evelyn Partners for 2.7 billion pounds (approximately $3.6 billion). Purchasing Evelyn Partners from private equity operations Permira and Warburg Pincus will allow NatWest to bolster its savings and investment business, the bank said in a Monday (Feb. 9) news release. “At a time when the...
Uber is expanding its payments partnership with FinTech platform Adyen. “The expanded partnership reflects Uber’s growing use of Adyen’s global payments platform to enhance performance and offer more alternative payment methods to support Uber’s continued international growth,” the companies said in a Monday (Jan. 9)...
Virgin Media O2, a leading mobile provider in the United Kingdom, has partnered with flexible payment network Affirm to provide hardware financing. This collaboration will allow O2 customers to access Affirm’s pay-over-time options at checkout when purchasing mobile phones, headphones, game consoles and other hardware, the companies said in a Friday (Feb. 6) press release. Affirm will offer...
Checkout and payments company Bolt has teamed with Socure to bolster its identity verification system. “Bolt has built a powerful ecosystem of merchants and consumers, with identity checks embedded directly into checkout,” Socure said in a Thursday (Feb. 5) news release. “By integrating Socure’s RiskOS platform,...
Banco Santander plans to expand its presence in the United States by acquiring the holding company for Connecticut-headquartered Webster Bank for $12.2 billion. The combined business created by the acquisition will be a top 10 retail and commercial bank in the U.S. by assets and...
Experian plans to expand its presence in the mortgage industry by acquiring Own Up, an artificial intelligence-powered mortgage shopping platform. The acquisition will add Own Up’s homebuying guidance and loan capabilities to Experian Marketplace, joining Experian’s existing ecosystem of credit cards, personal loans and auto...
Spotify will use Checkout.com’s global acquiring services to facilitate payments for the users of its audio streaming subscription service. The companies’ new partnership will see Spotify use Checkout.com’s Intelligent Acceptance, which routes transactions, reduces failures and improves performance, along with its Network Tokens and Authentication...
FuturePay Global Limited has supported the entry of its payments platform into Latin America by integrating Paysafe’s SafetyPay solution. The FuturePay platform connects global merchants’ checkouts to multiple payment solutions, the companies said in a Monday (Feb. 2) blog post. The addition of SafetyPay’s suite...
TransUnion plans to continue extending its business by acquiring the mobile division of RealNetworks. The acquisition will strengthen TransUnion’s communications solutions portfolio and expand its fraud prevention capabilities, the company said in a Monday (Feb. 2) press release. TransUnion has signed a definitive agreement for...