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          The renewal reinforces both organizations’ commit-      chants and ISOs. The integration combines OneBill’s
          ment to providing convenient, free-to-use cash access   subscription and revenue management capabilities with
          across communities in Coventry and Warwickshire,        linked2pay’s cloud-based payment gateway, enabling
          NCR Atleos stated.                                      automated  billing,  support  for  complex  recurring  and
                                                                  usage-based models, and acceptance of credit, debit, and
          Under the agreement, Heart of England Co-operative      ACH payments, the partners stated.
          will continue using NCR Atleos’ retail network solution,
          combining hardware, software and managed services to    Designed for fast adoption, the solution requires mini-
          ensure high ATM availability and service quality. The   mal technical setup and provides real-time visibility
          upgraded  ATM network supports financial inclusion,     through a unified dashboard, they added. The partner-
          improves operational efficiency, and helps the retailer   ship aims to simplify monetization, improve cash flow
          drive  footfall  while  meeting  evolving  consumer  needs   and help ISOs drive merchant growth while generating
          through modern, self-service experiences, NCR  Atleos   recurring revenue through streamlined referrals.
          added.
                                                                  Paysafe enables FuturePay’s LATAM expansion
          OneBill, linked2pay tackle
          seamless billing, payment                               Paysafe partnered with FuturePay Global to support
                                                                  FuturePay’s expansion into Latin America through the
          OneBill  integrated  strategically  with  linked2pay  to   integration of Paysafe’s SafetyPay solution. The partner-
          deliver a unified billing and payments solution for mer-  ship enables FuturePay merchants to offer local pay-
                                                                               ment methods widely used across the
                                                                               region, including bank transfers, online
                              2026 Events                                      cash, Pix in Brazil, Boleto Bancario, and
                                                                               PagoEfectivo in Peru.

            Nacha’s Smarter Faster Payments 2026                               SafetyPay supports bank transfers
               April  26 - 29, 2026, San Diego, Ca.                            through more than 175 banking part-
                                                                               ners across nine countries and allows
                                                                               cash-based consumers to complete online
            IPA’s Innovative Payments Conference                               purchases at hundreds of thousands of
                                                                               physical locations, Paysafe noted, add-
               April 29 - May 1, Washington, DC                                ing that the integration helps merchants
                                                                               reduce checkout friction, reach under-
                                                                               banked consumers and improve conver-
                             SEAA 2026                                         sion as they enter LATAM markets.
                   June  8 - 11, 2026, Miami, Fl.
                                                                               ACQUISITIONS

                            MWAA 2026                                          IBM to acquire Confluent
                  July  22 - 23, 2026, Chicago, Il.
                                                                               IBM agreed to acquire Confluent for $31
                                                                               per share in cash, valuing the data stream-
               MAG Payments Conference 2026                                    ing company at $11 billion. Confluent
                Sept. 27 - 30, 2026, Nashville, TN                             provides an open-source, real-time data
                                                                               streaming platform critical  for connect-
                                                                               ing and governing data used by AI and
                                                                               modern applications, IBM stated, adding
            Visit www.greensheet.com/datebook.php for                          that the acquisition aligns with IBM’s
           more events and a year-at-a-glance event chart                      hybrid cloud  and AI strategy,  strength-
            or email events@greensheet.com if you have a                       ening its Data and Automation portfolio
                                                                               and supporting the growing demand for
                  event/show you wish to be listed.                            real-time, trusted data across distributed
                                                                               environments.

                                                                               IBM said it expects strong product syner-
                                                                               gies, operational efficiencies and acceler-
                                                                               ated growth, with the transaction pro-
                                                                               jected to be accretive to adjusted EBITDA
                                                                               within one year. The deal is expected to

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