How the WorldPay-Vantiv Megamerger Could Change Payments

Yesterday’s news of the prospective $9.9 billion-dollar merger between acquirers Vantiv and WorldPay may be just more noise in the cacophony of FinTech M&A. But we FinTech geeks want to know, What will this merger look like? and will the processing systems actually be integrated, or will the two companies continue to operate separately under one umbrella?

The question of integration is a huge one. Upgrading legacy systems is a thorn in the side of all financial services companies, and payments process ...