The auction of TransFirst, a payment processor backed by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, is heading toward the first round, sources say. Bids for TransFirst are due Oct. 1, several sources say.

TA Associates made it official. The private equity firm said Wednesday it acquired a majority stake in BluePay Processing. Financial terms of the deal, which closed Aug. 30, were not announced.

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Online sales and software development are two of the most dynamic categories in the payments processing market, and First Data's acquisition of BluePay will give it inroads into both. Processing ...