All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Transaction & Payment Processing

Visa's much anticipated IPO could shatter the current Top 10 U.S. IPOs on record and go down in history as the largest U.S. IPO if Visa's share price hits its target price of $37 to $42 per share. Visa is facing a sluggish market that is hampered by the U.S. credit crunch. Visa is hoping to usurp its...

Diebold cuts 800 jobs despite growing ATM markets in Asia, Australia and elsewhere. While blaming the credit woes in the USA for this move, one wonders if bigger issues are at play.

The Merchant Cash Advance Concept is not new.  I have been in the regional and community bank business for over 40 years, and I was with a reginal bank that was using a broader concept that the one described in the commentary in the 1960s.

An upswing in the merchant cash advance business is just one of the ways a need for cash in the small business sector is met and banks may be happy right now to let this business slide off their plate.  But with the small business sector continuing to outpace the market in terms of real growth,...

 The major key points will be: Optimizing the relationship between the two companies. Providing a positive alternative to Wincor Nixdorf on their supply chain needs. Optimizing distribution channels and storage space. Facilitiating quicker response to customers.

You can fill in the rest of that title statement as you see fit.  The reason I am writing this analysis is because clear-thinking investment analysts believe that when banks are in trouble, they will cut back on tech spending, among other expenses.  That’s a logical position to take, at least...

Implications: 1.Central Wharehousing is likely to improve the processing of shipping replacement parts , thereby an improvement of profitability. 2. Cost reductions are critical to ALL parties of this transaction and will, eventually lead to a value - added to the firm's - LONG TERM. 3. In the SHORT...

In 2007, over 150 million migrants worldwide sent more than $300 billion to their families in developing countries, which is up from $268 billion in 2006. Citi acquired PayQuik in January 2008 to expand its remittance offerings and to gain a greater share of the growing remittance market. It's a success...

Two years ago, I saw a list of opinions regarding his/her/their “own grandiose challenge to the industry.”  In my opinion, it was more like an in-your-dreams list, so I saved it to see if a couple of years would produce any kind of change close to the dream.  The short answer is, it would...

Ingenico wants to acquire Hypercom for $332 million but Hypercom's impending acquisition of Thales e-Transactions business unit could be a "deal breaker." Hypercom's shares shot up 30% on 2.11.08 on news of  Ingenico's offer to acquire Hypercom. Ingencio is offering a 59% premium on Hypercom's...