Merchant

Atlanta-based Global Payments has entered an agreement to buy the European online payment gateway Realex Payments.

March Madness office pools are in full swing. While sports analysts provide ample entertainment, their predictions have time and again forced me to shell out to my victorious colleagues. For this reason, I shut out the chatter and focus on the stats.

A mortgage relief operation has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they illegally charged upfront fees for services they falsely promised would reduce consumers’ mortgage interest rates or monthly payments.

The traditional bank model for small business lending is broken. As a result, technology-enabled alternatives have gained momentum over the past couple years to provide small business owners with loan options that better suit their needs.

Retailers and bankers are teaming up to improve the flow of information regarding cybersecurity.

Lendio, an online lending marketplace for small business, raised $20.5 million of equity capital in a recently completed funding round.

Zumigo, an identity provider, is expanding the reach of its mobile location verification service to online merchants.

The news that the three largest credit bureaus will reform their practices has been hailed as an important step in improving credit-report accuracy. But while the procedures offer greater protection and more transparency, will they truly bring about a significant decline in serious reporting errors?

European banks plan to sell $109 billion of bad debt in 2015 to reduce costs and rebuild their balance sheets, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP report.

Ontario Systems has expanded its Compliance Consulting Services to offer an enhanced scoring model called OntarioComply that analyzes more than 225 compliance obligations.