Europe

The IPO Edition: Square, First Data And Worldpay
October 19, 2015

As the good people at Morton Salt first said in 1911, “when it rains, it pours.” And last week that rain came in the form of IPOs, with big updates from Square, big news for the widely coveted Worldpay and something of a big letdown for...

Europe
Swatch Takes On Apple In China’s Wearables Market
October 14, 2015

The world’s largest watchmaker by revenue, Swatch, is attempting to develop the next big thing in wearables for the Chinese market. This places it squarely in competition with Apple, which has been working overtime lately to push its high-end smartwatch to the average Chinese consumer. Get...

Europe
Worldpay Floats Largest London IPO Of The Year
October 13, 2015

Worldpay has made its debut on the London Stock Exchange in what is the U.K.’s largest IPO of the year. The payments processing firm is looking at a market cap of £4.8 billion ($7.3 billion) on £2.40 a share ($3.66). That puts Worldpay’s share price squarely in...

Controversial
eComm Stocks Slide, Bankers Go Bonkers For Blockchain And Digital Payments Dominate
October 12, 2015

Americans hit the road en masse this weekend. A little-known fact is that Columbus Day is actually the second most road traffic-producing holiday of the year, following only Thanksgiving. Nationwide, citizens have set out to leaf peep (in the Northeast), drink cider and enjoy the...

Europe
eCommerce And The Great Van Boom
October 12, 2015

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. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Europe
UK Firms Out Of The Loop On Cyberattacks
October 09, 2015

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....

Europe
Oberthur To Guide Allstar’s EMV Conversion
September 30, 2015

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. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Acquiring
Ingenico Could Soon End The Worldpay Bidding War
September 18, 2015

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). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Worldpay Headed For London’s Largest IPO This Year
September 18, 2015

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...