Global Payments merged with TSYS in a deal valued at $21.5 billion
FIS acquires Worldpay for $43 billion (includes assumption of debt)
Fiserv acquires First Data for $22 billion
Elavon acquires the Sage Pay unit of Sage Group for $300 million
FLEETCOR acquires Travelliance
REPAY acquires TriSource Solutions
Drum Technologies raises $11 million in funding from a group led by Propel Venture Partners (BBVA) and American Express Ventures
Greenlight Financial Technology raises $54 million in investment capital from Drive Capital (Lead), JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo
DefenseStorm raised $15 million in a funding round led by Georgian Partners
Incomm acquires Meridian Loyalty
Payrix closed $22 million funding led by Blue Star Innovation Partners
NCR acquires D3 Technology
ConnexPay closed a Series A funding round of $7 million led by BIP Capital
Incomm acquires Hallmark Business Connections
Payscape merges with NXGEN
IDology acquired by GBG for $300 million
Linq3 Technologies acquired by Incomm
Kabbage raises $700 million in debt financing
Thunder Bridge acquires REPAY for $653 million
Featurespace raises $32 million in venture capital
FLEETCOR acquires Nvoicepay
Paya acquires First Billing Systems