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CSG Forte Insights is a collection of industry news and perspectives to help navigate the payments landscape.

Press Release: NEC to Acquire CSG, Strengthening Its Position as a Global Leader in Digital Transformation

TOKYO, Japan and DENVER, Colorado – October 29, 2025 – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) (“NEC”) and CSG Systems International, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGS) (“CSG”) today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which NEC will acquire CSG for US$80.70 per share in cash, for a total enterprise value of approximately US$2.9 billion, or JPY438.5 […]

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CSG Forte Wins TSG Real Transaction Metrics Awards for Second Consecutive Year

Earns recognition for “Best Gateway Uptime” and “Lowest Minute Outage” in North America DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)– TSG (The Strawhecker Group) recognized CSG Forte, a leader in complete and customizable digital payments, as the payment gateway provider with the “Best Gateway Uptime” and “Lowest Minute Outage” in North America. TSG’s always-on Global Experience Monitoring platform benchmarks gateway performance by conducting 24/7/365 pings to […]

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CSG Accelerates Diversification Strategy with Accretive Acquisition of High Growth Payment Company iCG Pay

DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)– CSG® (NASDAQ: CSGS) today announced it has acquired iCheckGateway.com, LLC (“iCG Pay”), a North American ACH and credit card payment processing company. Management expects this acquisition to be accretive to CSG’s 2024 profitability. iCG Pay has a rapidly growing merchant customer base in high recurring revenue industry verticals including financial services, insurance, utilities and government. […]

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