Visa Completes Acquisition of Pismo

Visa Acquires European Open Banking Platform Tink

March 10, 2022

Payments & Fintech

Visa signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tink, a European open banking platform that enables banks, fintechs, and merchants to build tailored financial management tools using customer financial data via a single API. Visa completed the acquisition later, and Tink operates as a standalone subsidiary with its management team and Stockholm headquarters.

Visa Acquires Prisma and Newpay from Advent International (Group Prisma)

February 22, 2026

Payments & Fintech

Advent International entered into a definitive agreement to sell Prisma and Newpay, subsidiaries of Group Prisma, to Visa. Advent will retain ownership of Payway, which will continue operating as a standalone growth platform under Advent as the transaction progresses toward a first-quarter 2026 close.

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.

Visa Inc. Acquires YellowPepper

October 27, 2020

Payments & Fintech

Visa Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire YellowPepper, a Miami-based fintech that provides API-based payment orchestration and real-time payment solutions across Latin America and the Caribbean. The deal is intended to accelerate Visa's "network of networks" strategy by integrating YellowPepper's multi-rail connectivity, identity and routing tools to speed time-to-market and lower integration costs for issuers, processors and governments.

Electronic Merchant Systems Acquires PaymentCloud

January 30, 2024

Payments & Fintech

Electronic Merchant Systems (EMS), a Cleveland-based payment technology provider, has acquired Los Angeles-based PaymentCloud. The deal brings PaymentCloud's merchant-focused distribution and marketing capabilities into EMS's infrastructure to scale onboarding, processing and inside sales channels while integrating PaymentCloud leadership into EMS management.

Papaya Global Acquires Azimo

March 28, 2022

Financial Services

Papaya Global has agreed to acquire Azimo, the London-based digital cross-border payments service, to expand its payroll payments capabilities and gain multiple payment licences and a global payment network. The deal will bring Azimo's payment licences (UK, Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong) and its team into Papaya, enabling faster, near-instant payments to global employees and new payroll-related services for Papaya customers.