See this article in Trends.be and find out that First Data will start competing with Banksys this year for point of sale transactions.
See also this older ePaynews story: that outlines that Euronet Worldwide has won its first deal to provide SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area) compliant cross-border transaction processing in Central and Eastern Europe. The Leawood, Kansas-based processor has signed a multi-year contract with Austria's OMV Refining & Marketing, which operates a network of petrol stations in Central Europe.
So the signs of further competiton and consolidation in the processing market are all around.
