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SIA also plans to power payment cards in other currencies for solarisBank.

Square Inc.'s addition of mobile chip-and-PIN in the U.K. and Australia markets is setting a precedent that some in the U.S. are loath to follow.

Former lawyer Kenneth Lehman will pay at least $10 million for a controlling stake in ABB Financial in Atlanta.

Fiserv's acquisition of U.K.-based real-time payments provider Dovetail Group Ltd. is a move made with a global vision in mind.

Lynn Harton was finally named CEO of United Community Bank after a five-year apprenticeship, though Jimmy Tallent remains CEO of the parent company. The executives have long touted an ability to bounce ideas off each other as a reason for United's success.

Cash is still the most popular payment method in the U.K., but contactless cards and mobile payments gained significant momentum over the past year, according to new data.

Like many banks its size, CenterState in Florida may need to venture out of state to find a big enough acquisition to make additional compliance costs worthwhile.

Walter Merricks, a consumer ombudsman represented by the U.K. law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, said a tribunal judge's analysis of the case was wrong.

Irish authorities have seen a drop in the level and intensity of inquiries from finance firms seeking to set up shop in Dublin after Britain's June election led to the prospect of a softer Brexit, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Visa is developing its first international transaction processing centers — one in the U.K. and one in Singapore — on the heels of other moves to accelerate digital payments growth globally.