Fiserv Acquires CCV

Fiserv Acquires Remaining 49.9% Stake in AIB Merchant Services

September 5, 2025

Payments & Fintech

Fiserv has completed the acquisition of the remaining 49.9% of AIB Merchant Services from AIB Group, taking full ownership of the Ireland-based payments acquirer. The deal supports Fiserv's expansion into the broader European market and enables wider deployment of its Clover point-of-sale platform across the region; AIB will continue to refer businesses needing card acquiring services to Fiserv on an exclusive basis.

Fiserv Acquires CardFree

September 4, 2025

Payments & Fintech

Fiserv, Inc. has acquired CardFree, a mobile ordering, payments, and loyalty platform, to integrate its capabilities into the Clover and Commerce Hub ecosystems. The acquisition enhances Clover's support for hospitality, restaurant and lodging merchants by adding drive-through, kiosk, sub-inventory, and third-party integration capabilities; financial terms were not disclosed.

Fiserv Acquires Pinch Payments

April 8, 2025

Payments & Fintech

Fiserv has acquired Pinch Payments, an Australian payment facilitator and PayFac enablement platform, to strengthen its payment orchestration and PayFac capabilities in the APAC region. Pinch, founded in 2017 and serving roughly 2,000 merchants across Australia and New Zealand, will be integrated into Fiserv’s ecosystem to accelerate go-to-market and expand local merchant solutions including cloud-based offerings like Clover.

Fiserv Completes Acquisition of Payfare

March 3, 2025

Payments & Fintech

Fiserv, through its affiliate 1517452 B.C. Ltd., has completed the acquisition of Payfare Inc. under a plan of arrangement. Payfare’s Class A shares will be delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange and withdrawn from OTCQX, and the company will integrate Payfare’s instant-pay and mobile banking capabilities to expand Fiserv’s payments and fintech offerings.

Visa Inc. Acquires Currencycloud

July 22, 2021

Payments & Fintech

Visa Inc. completed the acquisition of Currencycloud, a London-based cloud payments and FX API platform, to strengthen Visa's foreign-exchange and cross-border payments capabilities. Currencycloud will continue to operate from its London headquarters and serve banks, fintechs and businesses globally; the deal builds on an existing strategic partnership between the two companies.

Fiserv Acquires Pineapple Payments from PSG

March 31, 2021

Payments & Fintech

Fiserv has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pineapple Payments, a Pittsburgh-based payments technology provider, from growth equity firm PSG. The deal will bring Pineapple into Fiserv's Global Business Solutions division (Partner Solutions unit) to expand Fiserv's delivery of omni-channel payment solutions and broaden distribution to ISVs and SMB merchants; the transaction is expected to close in Q2 2021.