{"id":3734719,"date":"2026-05-14T15:22:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T19:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/?p=3734719"},"modified":"2026-05-14T22:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:07:49","slug":"nab-buys-banked-speed-up-merchant-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/acquisitions\/2026\/nab-buys-banked-speed-up-merchant-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"NAB Buys Banked to Speed Up Merchant Payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Australia Bank (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nab.com.au\/\">NAB<\/a>) acquired FinTech company <a href=\"https:\/\/banked.com\/\">Banked<\/a> to help more businesses receive payments faster and at a lower cost.<\/p><div\r\n\tid=\"article-paywall-overlay\"\r\n\tclass=\"d-none\"\r\n>\r\n\t<div id=\"article-paywall-content\" class=\"my-4\">\r\n\t\t\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f2699550-o1\" lang=\"en-US\" dir=\"ltr\" data-wpcf7-id=\"2699550\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p 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