There were 582 mergers, acquisitions, initial public offerings, and investments (angel, seed, venture, corporate) in card and mobile payments and related industries in 2018. They occurred in 55 countries. The Nilson Report identified those transactions in monthly tables published in 12 issues. The merger and acquisition deals occurred in 18 countries and included 49 in merchant acquiring and processing shown here. Of those 49 transactions, 13 disclosed financial terms and 36 did not. The disclosed monetary value amounted to $10.88 billion. The takeover of publicly traded Verifone by priv...