DNA Payments Acquires Card Cutters

DNA Payments Acquires Active Merchant Services

January 20, 2021

Payments & Fintech

DNA Payments Group (DNA) has acquired UK-based independent sales organisation Active Merchant Services (also known as Active Payments), which serves more than 2,500 merchants. The deal expands DNA's merchant base to ~30,000 and its terminal estate to ~57,000 across the UK and EU, increasing processing volumes to over £5.5 billion per annum.

DNA Payments Acquires First Payment Merchant Services

February 15, 2022

Payments & Fintech

DNA Payments has acquired First Payment Merchant Services (FPMS), a Surrey-based payments and merchant services provider, marking DNA's seventh acquisition since its 2021 fundraise from Alchemy Partners. The deal expands DNA's omnichannel platform and adds FPMS’s in-house team and customer base (over 10,000 merchants) to DNA's payment processing and terminal services across the UK.

DNA Payments Acquires Kwalitas

February 1, 2022

Payments & Fintech

DNA Payments, a London-based vertically integrated payments provider, has acquired Kwalitas, a Peterborough-based payment solutions provider, to accelerate its UK growth strategy and broaden its merchant-focused product and service offering. The deal will integrate Kwalitas' regional merchant base with DNA's gateway, PaaS/SaaS capabilities and ISOs to expand service reach and develop new payments solutions for SME customers across the UK.

Paynt Acquires E-xact Transactions

June 11, 2025

Payments & Fintech

European payment technology company Paynt has acquired Canada-based E-xact Transactions to accelerate its North American expansion. The deal gives Paynt an operational hub in Vancouver and access to E-xact’s processing volume (over CAD 3.5 billion annually across ~50 million transactions); Paynt also appointed payments veteran JohnPaul Golino to its board to lead integration and go-to-market in the region.

BankCard USA Merges with Preferred Payments to Form Ecrypt Inc.

September 30, 2025

Payments & Fintech

BankCard USA Merchant Services and Preferred Payments have merged and will operate jointly as Ecrypt Inc., combining BankCard USA's merchant portfolio and sales force with Preferred Payments' payment gateway and cloud EMV technology. The combined company, based in Agoura Hills, California, will offer end-to-end payment processing, subscription billing, advanced security (including AI-driven fraud protection and tokenization), and dedicated U.S.-based account management.

NCR Corporation Acquires Cardtronics

June 21, 2021

Financial Services

NCR Corporation has completed its acquisition of Cardtronics in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $2.5 billion including debt. Cardtronics is now a wholly owned subsidiary of NCR, a move NCR says will accelerate its "NCR as a Service" strategy and expand its payments and ATM capabilities.