WorldPay

181 results about this entity

Period: 04 Oct 2004 - 20 Nov 2024

Worldpay joins £16.5 million funding round in Featurespace

Featurespace, the leading machine learning company for fraud prevention, has raised £16.5 million ($21.6 million) from a funding round led by Highland Europe, the venture capital firm that invests in growth businesses.

In the face of consumer scepticism, Worldpay develops SDK for IoT shopping

Worldpay is developing an open source software development kit to bring payments to connected devices in the Internet of Things.

Brits give thumbs up to in-store biometrics

Nearly two thirds of Brits want to be able to use a biometric scan to authorise payments in-store, according to a WorldPay survey.

Vantiv and Visa pair up for fast merchant settlement

Vantiv (NYSE: VNTV), a leading provider of payment processing services and related technology solutions for merchants and financial institutions, and Visa today announced FastAccess Funding, a product that will allow merchants to receive settlement payout in minutes to their debit card once funded1, versus the standard of one to three days via ACH.

Danish payments processor Nets close to $5bn buyout

Nets, the largest payments processor in Scandinavia, is rumoured to be close to a private equity buy-out that would value the company at more than $5bn, according to a report from the Financial Times.

Mobile contactless spending accelerating in UK

Mobile tap-and-pay spending is accelerating on the high street, spurred by the growing popularity of contactless payments at the point-of-sale, according to new data from Worldpay.

Worldpay and Vantiv seal £9.3 billion merger deal

The boards of directors of Vantiv and Worldpay are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended merger of Worldpay with Vantiv and Vantiv UK Limited (a subsidiary of Vantiv) (“Bidco”) in the form of a recommended offer for the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Worldpay by Vantiv and Bidco (the “Merger”).

Finsync connects with Worldpay US

FINSYNC, a fully-integrated accounting and payroll platform, and Worldpay US, a global leader in payments processing technology and solutions, are teaming up to speed up the approved cash flow of businesses.

Worldpay US upgrades omni-channel platform

Worldpay US is introducing today a suite of new features to its omni-channel platform, Worldpay Total. The new capabilities are designed to better support the needs of existing customers as well as access to additional markets, including card-not-present and Windows®-based merchants.

Xero appoints former Worldpay man to head up partnerships in Emea

Xero has appointed fintech expert Damon Anderson to drive product strategy and direction as Xero cements its market leadership as the UK’s most popular accounting platform.

Yet more deals announced in payments sector

Investors' interest in the payments sector continues to intensify with today's news that three of the largest private equity firms in the world have made bids to acquire stakes in payment providers.

Worldpay and Vantiv agree £9.1 billion merger

Worldpay is spurning overtures from JP Morgan to carve out a £9.1 billion deal with US card technology group Vantiv.