Publicis to Buy Epsilon from Alliance Data Alliance Data’s Epsillon Business has agreed to be sold for over $4 billion to Publicis. Alliance Data Systems Corporation is a publicly traded provider of loyalty and marketing services, such as private label credit cards, coalition loyalty programs, and direct marketing, derived from the capture and analysis of transaction-rich data. The war for...

Japan’s leading global investor, Softbank, has announced a $1 Billion investment pledge in Wirecard. Wirecard is a leading global payments platform and processor that focuses on merchants’ in-store and on-line payments processing needs. Wirecard is publicly traded and currently has a market cap of €17.18 billion. Wirecard provides card issuing, data analytics, risk management, and other related services that cover...