Global Payments and TSYS Combine to Provide Payment Tech to Merchants

Global Payments and Total System Services inked a $21.5 billion deal to merge, the third payments mega deal of 2019. Cameron Bready, chief financial officer, of the combined company, discusses the merger, digital payments and the overstating of the death of cash.

The Swedish point-of-sale finance company quietly put up ads in the U.S. last year but made a splasher introduction earlier this month when Snoop Dogg became the face of its latest campaign. That campaign, called Smoooth Dogg, featured the Afghan dogs from Klarna’s previous campaigns and coincided with the announcement that Snoop has become a minor shareholder in the fintech startup.

Klarna, a major payments provider and newly-licensed bank, is out to change the game when it comes to the payment experience. Sebastian Siemiatkowski, co-founder and CEO, discusses expansion and a splashy new ad featuring Snoop Dogg.