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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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