synopsis: SunTrust Banks, Inc. and FirstAgain LLC announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which SunTrust will acquire substantially all of the assets of FirstAgain. San Diego-based FirstAgain specializes in providing direct unsecured loans to super-prime borrowers via the Internet.

synopsis: International Merchant Advisors, is proud to announce that it has completed its acquisition of FlashCashNow.com a leading Internet payday loan / cash advance provider and lead generation provider.

synopsis: International Merchant Advisors announced that the company is actively engaged in negotiating the purchase of oledeniro.com, a national Hispanic language payday loan provider. Oldeniro currently operates as a payday loan and cash advance marketer, generating leads for a national payday loan and cash advance lender.

synopsis: Dollar Financial Corp, a leading international diversified financial services company serving primarily unbanked and under-banked consumers for over 30 years, announced the acquisition of Risicum Oyj, the leading provider of internet loans in Finland. Risicum provides loans predominantly in Finland through both internet and mobile phone technology.

synopsis: Centrro, Inc., a vertical search engine designed to help consumers find personal financial products that complement their specific credit profile, announced the acquisition of BarNone, Inc., a leading provider of specialty finance and consumer services.

synopsis: Cash America International, Inc. has completed the purchase of substantially all of the assets of CashNetUSA. The acquisition establishes a significant internet distribution channel for the Company to provide short-term cash advances to its customers. CashNetUSA serves customers in 27 states and will now complement Cash America's 758 locations.

synopsis: Direct Wonen, a Netherlands based intermediary in real estate and financial services, announces that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Financium and Geldshop.nl. Geldshop.nl is a notable independent execution only financial services brokerage portal providing online consumer credit, mortgages and insurance.

synopsis: Bankrate, Inc. has signed an agreement for the acquisition of three Websites owned and operated by East West Mortgage, Inc. for $4.4 million in cash. The Internet sites to be purchased by Bankrate include: Mortgage-calc.com, Mortgagecalc.com and Mortgagemath.com. The transaction is subject to the approval of Bankrate's Board of Directors.

synopsis: ActiveCore Technologies, Inc., a Company that operates a group of subsidiaries and divisions in the U.S. and Canada, announced that Global Sterling Payments Systems Limited, the parent company of ePocket, has entered into a binding agreement to acquire CyBux Ltd., a payment solution provider based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

synopsis: Dollar Financial Corp has announced that its wholly owned U.K. subsidiary, Dollar Financial U.K. Ltd., has completed the acquisition of Purpose U.K. Holdings Limited, a provider of online payday loans in the United Kingdom operating under the brand name PaydayUK.

synopsis: Popular, Inc., the leading financial institution in Puerto Rico, and E-LOAN, Inc., an online consumer direct lender, today completed the merger transaction between the two companies. Under terms of the merger, Popular, Inc. acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of E-LOAN, Inc. for approximately $300 million.

synopsis: ActiveCore Technologies, Inc. announced that it has issued a letter of intent to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Global Sterling Payments Systems Limited, the parent company of ePocket Inc. ActiveCore currently holds a minority shareholding position in GSPS.

synopsis: Netoy.com is proud to announce that the agreement to acquire SafePay Solutions, Inc. for convertible preferred stock of Netoy.com, to be authorized by Netoy.com shareholders, has been signed.

synopsis: eBay Inc., completed its previously announced acquisition of Bill Me Later, the number two online-oriented payments brand, for approximately $820 million in cash and approximately $125 million worth of outstanding options, net of option exercise proceeds.

synopsis: Silicon Valley based PlaySpan Inc. acquired PayByCash an alternative payment system for online games, virtual worlds and social networks. PlaySpan and PayByCash create one of the fastest growing commerce and payment services companies supporting game publishers’ need for a complete commerce and payments platform.

synopsis: Deutsche Telekom has acquired all remaining shares in ClickandBuy, a European digital payments platform and e-payments system. Deutsche Telekom already held a 20.2% stake via its venture capital subsidiary.

synopsis: American Express Company announced that it has agreed to acquire Revolution Money, a Revolution LLC company. Revolution Money provides secure payments through an internet based platform. No names or account numbers appear on Revolution cards and transactions are authorized by using a PIN number.

synopsis: Moneybookers Limited, one of Europe's leading online payment providers and the UK's first FSA-licensed e-money issuer, announced today that Investcorp Technology Partners, the technology private equity arm of the international investment group Investcorp, undertook the buyout of the company for a EUR105 million valuation.

synopsis: Visa Inc., a global leader in payments, announced that it is acquiring Fundamo, a leading platform provider of mobile financial services for mobile network operators and financial institutions in developing economies. Fundamo’s platform enables the delivery of mobile financial services to unbanked and under-banked consumers around the world.

synopsis: Boku Inc. has raised $13 million in venture funding and acquired both Paymo and Mobillcash. Boku enables mobile payments for virtual goods on Webs sites and in games in 53 countries on 193 carriers, including on all major U.S. carriers. Purchases appear on consumers' mobile phone bills.

synopsis: SunTrust Banks, Inc. and FirstAgain LLC announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which SunTrust will acquire substantially all of the assets of FirstAgain. San Diego-based FirstAgain specializes in providing direct unsecured loans to super-prime borrowers via the Internet.

synopsis: SunTrust Banks, Inc. and FirstAgain LLC announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which SunTrust will acquire substantially all of the assets of FirstAgain. San Diego-based FirstAgain specializes in providing direct unsecured loans to super-prime borrowers via the Internet.

synopsis: eFunds Corporation, a leading provider of risk management, electronic payments and global outsourcing solutions, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of current ATM managed services and payments processing interests of the India Switch Company.

synopsis: Leading global payments provider WorldPay, the new name for RBS WorldPay, became an independent company following the completion of the purchase of the business by private equity firms Advent International and Bain Capital from The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBSG). RBSG will retain a minority stake in the company.

synopsis: Jim Jones, CEO of AccountNow, Inc., announced that the AccountNow Board of Directors has approved a merger with Ready Financial Group, Inc., Nampa, Idaho. Ready Financial Group builds and markets general purpose and special purpose debit card products for consumers and commercial customers.