Bank Of America Merchant Services news and trends

BAMS, First Data JV On The Rocks
Payments As A Service // May 09, 2019

Bank of America Merchant Services (BAMS) is considering bringing its payment processing completely in-house, potentially scrapping a joint venture with First Data Corp., the payments company. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, BAMS wants to go...

BAMS Taps Recurly For Subscription Tech
Partnerships / Acquisitions // May 06, 2019

Bank of America Merchant Services announced Monday (May 6) a partnership with Recurly, which runs an enterprise subscription management platform. In a press release, the companies said they are teaming up to help merchants make money from subscriptions and to analyze their subscription business health,...

BoA Merchant Services, talech Team On New POS
Point of Sale // October 30, 2018

Bank of America Merchant Services, the payments, eCommerce and security solutions company, announced Tuesday (October 30) that it and talech, a cloud-based restaurant management software company, are teaming up to roll out a point of sale solution for the full-service restaurant and bar industries. In...

Bank Of America Merchant Services Eyes Costly Small Business Data Breaches
B2B Payments // October 01, 2018

A new survey from Bank of America Merchant Services shines a spotlight on the increasing concerns — and increasing costs — of data breaches. The financial institution released the results of its Small Business Payments Spotlight survey last week, which surveyed more than 500 small...

Interviews & Exclusives
The Surprise And No Delight Edition: Whole Foods, Sonic and BAMS

October 02, 2017
The worst lines ever spoken in thriller/horror movies are “I’ll be right back” and “What else could possibly go wrong?” In the first instance, the person speaking those words is probably not coming back, and the moment the second is said, something else goes horribly wrong. In the “what else could possibly go wrong, cybersecurity edition” category, particularly in […]

Quick Reads
BAMS, First Data JV On The Rocks

May 09, 2019
Bank of America Merchant Services (BAMS) is considering bringing its payment processing completely in-house, potentially scrapping a joint venture with First Data Corp., the payments company. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, BAMS wants to go it alone so it has more control, aiming to capitalize […]

BAMS Taps Recurly For Subscription Tech

May 06, 2019
Bank of America Merchant Services announced Monday (May 6) a partnership with Recurly, which runs an enterprise subscription management platform. In a press release, the companies said they are teaming...

BoA Merchant Services, talech Team On New POS

October 30, 2018
Bank of America Merchant Services, the payments, eCommerce and security solutions company, announced Tuesday (October 30) that it and talech, a cloud-based restaurant management software company, are teaming up to...

Bank Of America Merchant Services And Bypass Create A New Digital Commerce Offering

May 04, 2017
Bank of America Merchant Services announced Wednesday (May 3) that it is teaming up with Bypass, the developer of cloud-based restaurant and multi-site food management systems, to help arenas, sporting...