How does the federal government send $3 trillion to individuals and businesses across the country? Not as efficiently as it could, said Erika Baumann at Aite Group, a fintech analytical firm. TCH — The Clearing House – owned by 25 of the largest banks operating in the U.S. — launched a real-time payments system late in 2017, named,…
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While bank M&A has been largely dominated by the fallout from one deal this year — the merger of BB&T and SunTrust Banks — the fintech space remains red hot. Three significant deals in the payments and financial service provider area have already been struck so far this year, while bank and venture capital interest…
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Fiserv’s $22 billion deal to acquire First Data creates pressure to scale core banking and payment processing that may force further industry consolidation. That puts M&A bullseyes on companies like FIS, TSYS and myriad bank IT and merchant services companies. “A deal has been brewing for years and it was no secret that Fiserv has…
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