Partnerships

Partnerships
NMI CEO Says AI Now Shapes Acquisition Strategy
June 04, 2026

Watch more: The Digital Shift With Steve Pinado of NMI  Consumers increasingly choose among cards, account-to-account transfers, digital wallets, real-time payments and installment options based on circumstance rather than habit. Businesses are making similar calculations, weighing cost, speed, settlement requirements and customer preferences before deciding...

Partnerships
FNBO Accelerates Kansas City Push With Blue Ridge Bank Deal
June 02, 2026

First National of Nebraska, with its subsidiary FNBO (First National Bank of Omaha), plans to expand its presence in Kansas City, Missouri, by acquiring Blue Ridge Bancshares and its wholly owned subsidiary Blue Ridge Bank and Trust Co. FNBO has entered into a definitive agreement...

Partnerships
NMI Acquires Fee Navigator for AI Pricing Intelligence
June 02, 2026

Embedded payments infrastructure company NMI said it has acquired pricing intelligence provider Fee Navigator. The deal is designed to expand on NMI’s artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities by adding specialist pricing intelligence to its embedded payments platform, the company said in a news release Tuesday (June...

Partnerships
OpenFX Acquires Payments Infrastructure Firm Embed
June 02, 2026

Cross-border payments company OpenFX is set to acquire Dutch payments infrastructure business Embed. The deal gives OpenFX its first “regulated presence” in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, as Embed holds licenses in all EEA states and the U.K., via the Financial Conduct...

Partnerships
TrueLayer Expands EU Pay-by-Bank Network Into Credit
May 29, 2026

European pay-by-bank network TrueLayer has expanded into credit by acquiring Dutch buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider in3. This combination will enable TrueLayer to offer both debit and credit at checkout, will provide merchants an alternative to cards and card-dependent credit products, and will allow...

Partnerships
Fiserv Turns to Cognition to Modernize Banking Tech
May 28, 2026

Payments and financial technology provider Fiserv is teaming with AI agent lab Cognition. The collaboration will see the companies use artificial intelligence (AI) software engineer, Devin, to modernize core banking technology and shorten the time it takes for new capabilities to reach Fiserv financial institution customers, Fiserv...

Partnerships
Finix Offers Merchants Access to Visa’s Cybersource Gateway
May 28, 2026

Payment processor Finix says it has launched a new integration with Visa’s Cybersource acceptance solution. The integration, announced Thursday (May 28) is designed to let merchants combine Cybersource’s gateway and plugin ecosystem with Finix’s payments platform for processing, settlements, reconciliation, reporting and payouts. “Businesses sometimes stay with legacy processors because replacing...

Partnerships
Klarna Teams With Arrive to Help Drivers Pay for Parking
May 28, 2026

Flexible payments provider Klarna has launched a partnership with mobility platform Arrive. The collaboration, announced Thursday (May 28), lets drivers pay for parking with Klarna’s Pay in Full, which will be available in Arrive’s EasyPark app, allowing for instant payments. “This provides consumers with more flexibility and control over their...

Partnerships
Uber Grabs Bigger Delivery Hero Stake to Edge Closer to Takeover
May 27, 2026

Uber Technologies has increased its stake in Delivery Hero to 36.83% by buying Aspex Management’s share of the German food delivery platform, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (May 27), citing a regulatory filing by Delivery Hero. The deal also raised Uber’s voting rights attached to shares to 24.99%, according to the report. Uber’s...