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Campus Nation joins Loop TransFirst integrates ShopKeep

Campus Nation Network LLC and LoopPay Inc. entered a TransFirst, in alliance with ShopKeep POS, plans to
strategic alliance to market Campus Loop, a new digital wal- launch an integrated iPad POS system to merchants dur-
let product line targeting university campus communities ing the first quarter of 2014, after completion of a pilot
in North America. "We share a vision to have smartphones program currently in progress. System features include
act as a complete student wallet which will host transaction a customer database, inventory management, employee
payment cards and student IDs, thus eliminating the need timekeeping and payment processing in addition to
to carry traditional wallets," said Will Graylin, CEO of Loop. tools for tracking discounts and split tenders.

Forte empowers Franklin County
ACQUISITIONS
Texas-based Forte Payments Systems expanded its rela-
tionship with the Franklin County Collector of Revenue, EVO ventures into Spain, Poland
also in Texas, with the addition of its BillPayIt web-
based, omni-channel payment platform. As a result, the EVO Payments International LLC completed acquisi-
county office, which manages collection and distribution tion of controlling interest in Banco Popular's merchant
of taxes for over 64 taxing entities, can now offer taxpay- acquiring business in Spain, which will operate under
ers additional payment options. the name Popular Payments. Under a 10-year marketing
alliance included as part of the agreement, the bank will
Payelp, Inpay share world exclusively refer its merchant customers to the joint ven-
ture. Banco Popular operates over 2,000 branches in Spain
Through a dual partnership agreement, Payelp mer- and approximately 250 branches outside the nation.
chants will gain access to Inpay payment options in
54 countries concurrently with Inpay merchant access In a separate development, EVO entered an agreement to
to the over 300 localized payment options available acquire a 66 percent interest in PKO Bank Polski's eService
through Payelp, the companies stated. business in Poland. Pending regulatory approvals, the
more than $113.5 million deal is expected to close by the
end of 2013.

First Data gains Perka
First Data Corp. acquired mobile marketing and consum-
er loyalty platform provider Perka for an undisclosed
sum. As a First Data subsidiary, Perka will continue to
develop new features for its cloud-hosted service for the
small to midsize retail and restaurant business sectors.
Current features include merchant-validated transac-
tions, triggered offers, mobile messaging and customer
relationship data management, among others.

Mainsail set to hoist nCourt
San Francisco-based growth equity firm Mainsail
Partners acquired Kennesaw, Georgia-based nCourt, an
online payment solutions provider to over 2,000 local
U.S. government partners. The capital investment will
reportedly aid nCourt in further development of its plat-
form and expansion initiatives.

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