Payments infrastructure provider Acquired.com has launched a partnership with Visa in the U.K. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (Jan. 21), is designed to bring to market Visa A2A, an account-to-account (A2) payment solution, for recurring and variable payments. “Recurring payments underpin lending, insurance, utilities, and collections; but while...
Indiana-based credit union Financial Center selected credit union service organization (CUSO) Velera to provide it with debit and credit card processing services. Velera will begin providing the credit union with debit and ATM support in July, and it will add credit services in August, the companies said in a...
Uber and its associated apps have launched a partnership with grocery chain Kroger. The collaboration adds nearly 2,700 Kroger-owned stores to Uber, Uber Eats and Postmates, letting customers around the country shop and order same-day delivery, the companies announced in a Thursday (Jan. 15) news release. “Customers’ needs evolve constantly, and...
Payments infrastructure FinTech company Stripe has completed its acquisition of billing company Metronome. “We believe the shift toward usage-based models will be a defining feature of the next decade for our industry,” Stripe Co-founder and CEO Patrick Collison said in announcing the completed deal on...
Payment processor Thredd launched a partnership with Australia-based payment orchestration platform Paywith. The collaboration is designed to help businesses launch “flexible, customer-centric card programs” with the help of Paywith’s technology and Thredd’s local market expertise and infrastructure, according to a Thursday (Jan. 15) press release....
Last year saw merger and acquisition (M&A) deals climb to an almost record high. That, in turn, led to record revenues for Citigroup, according to fourth-quarter 2025 earnings results reported by the bank Wednesday (Jan. 14). Citi saw an 84% jump in advisory fees during...
PayPal says it is expanding its years-long partnership with Deutsche Bank. This effort is designed to provide “enhanced payment solutions” throughout the U.S., Europe and the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, PayPal said in a Tuesday (Jan. 13) news release. Under this agreement, Deutsche Bank will scale...
U.S. Bancorp plans to accelerate the growth of its capital markets business by acquiring BTIG. The planned acquisition of BTIG, a financial services firm specializing in investment banking, institutional sales and trading, research and prime brokerage, will give U.S. Bancorp new capabilities in these fields,...
Post-purchase eCommerce platform Route says it has acquired returns and exchanges platform Frate Returns. The company says the deal is designed to give its customers a solution that combines its package protection and tracking suite with Frate’s “intelligent exchange-first” returns technology, according to a Monday (Jan....