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Certegy aims to counter rivals with white label offering
Certegy is taking aim at competing buy now-pay later market players with its new product, as customer adoption of that BNPL financing option grows.
By Vaidik Trivedi • June 2, 2021 -
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Visa's results show rising consumer demand
The card giant's May performance released Tuesday underscores the economic recovery that economists have been predicting.
By Lynne Marek • June 2, 2021 -
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The digital evolution of payments is roiling the industry, forcing companies to rethink pricing schemes and revamp corporate strategies. Embedded payments, earned wage access, real-time systems and other innovations will transform the business.
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SpotOn raises $125M to keep up battle against Toast, Square
"We're always looking for companies to partner with or acquire," said SpotOn Co-CEO Zach Hyman. "It's always a question of build versus buy."
By Lynne Marek • June 1, 2021 -
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Sponsored by SplititHow BNPL can help reduce cart abandonment
The largest barrier to cart abandonment is the simplest: shoppers are worried about being able to afford the purchase.
June 1, 2021 -
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Sift acquires Chargeback to crack down on rising payments fraud
Sift is beefing up its ability to fight rising e-commerce fraud through its acquisition of software-as-a-service company Chargeback.
By Vaidik Trivedi • May 31, 2021 -
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PayPal invests $50M more in Black, Latinx funds
PayPal is placing the money with 11 Black and Latinx-led venture capital funds to "expand wealth creation opportunities," doubling up on an initial investment last year.
By Vaidik Trivedi • Updated June 3, 2021 -
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Paymentus raises $210M in IPO, eyes international expansion
The company aims to acquire other companies as it pursues expansion in the European, Asia-Pacific and LatAm markets.
By Vaidik Trivedi • May 26, 2021 -
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Fiserv, PayMyTuition partner to ease Chinese student tuition payments
The partnership will provide services for Chinese student tuition payments to educational institutions in Australia and Singapore and expand to other parts of the world.
By Vaidik Trivedi • May 26, 2021 -
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Sunbit raises $130M, doubles down on BNPL for auto-repairs, elective healthcare
Sunbit is offering buy now-pay later financing services in those categories partly because of their "stickiness" in customer relationships, Sunbit CEO Arad Levertov told Payments Dive.
By Vaidik Trivedi • May 25, 2021 -
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Square may soon offer small-business checking and savings accounts, app code shows
The code indicates the company will not charge monthly service fees, minimum balance fees or overdrafts on its checking account, and will offer a 0.5% interest rate on its savings account through 2021, Bloomberg reported.
By Dan Ennis • May 25, 2021 -
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ReCharge eyes European expansion, raises $227M in capital
The company, founded in 2014, provides e-commerce businesses the opportunity to add subscription-based payment options for recurring payments.
By Vaidik Trivedi • May 24, 2021 -
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Payments giant FIS makes another crypto move, expanding in Europe
"We’ll be well-positioned to handle (cryptocurrencies) across the whole ecosystem in the marketplace," FIS President Bruce Lowthers said at a recent industry conference.
By Lynne Marek • May 24, 2021 -
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Credit Rich offers millennials, marginalized communities more credit tools
"We created Credit Rich to provide people with the opportunity to take the burden [of debt] off them by helping them understand how the credit system works," said Angel Rich, CEO of Credit Rich parent WealthyLife.
By Vaidik Trivedi • May 21, 2021 -
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Square and Plaid partner to provide ACH payments to merchants
Square aims to draw larger merchants to its services with the new offering, while continuing to cater to smaller businesses growing into the middle market.
By Vaidik Trivedi • May 20, 2021 -
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Cedar to acquire OODA Health for $425M to digitize, simplify healthcare bill payments
The two companies join forces to digitize medical bill payment processes after the pandemic increased telemedicine use.
By Vaidik Trivedi • May 19, 2021 -
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Neobank Lance targets gig economy's income volatility
The New York City-based challenger divides a user's payments into sub-accounts for salary, tax withholdings, business expense balance and a savings account automatically.
By Anna Hrushka • May 19, 2021 -
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Point of sale tech upgrades to drive payments to $17.3 trillion by 2026, research says
As cash based transactions dwindle and technology upgrades payment methods, transactions processed by hardware point of sale are set to increase by 28% over the next five years, a Juniper report found.
By Vaidik Trivedi • May 18, 2021 -
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Marqeta IPO shares pop 13% on first day of trading
Marqeta, which counts payments technology company Square as its largest customer, raised $1.23 billion from the initial public offering.
By Lynne Marek • Updated June 10, 2021 -
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Stripe, PayPal drive payments acquisitions spree with 2 more deals
Stripe's acquisition of fraud prevention company Bouncer, and PayPal's deal to buy Happy Returns, are latest deals driving payments industry M&A.
By Lynne Marek • May 17, 2021 -
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PayPal acquires returns startup Happy Returns
After investing in the startup in 2019, the payments platform is now acquiring Happy Returns to better serve consumers throughout their transactions.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • May 14, 2021 -
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Rho Technologies taps Mastercard for new corporate credit card
Rho Technologies is partnering with Mastercard to offer a corporate credit card after teaming with Visa on prior cards.
By Vaidik Trivedi • May 13, 2021 -
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Cantaloupe expands with crypto, cashless payments partnerships
The company, formerly known as USA Technologies, has teamed up with crypto company Bakkt and manufacturer Castles Technology to upgrade its automated retail machines.
By Matt Thibault • May 12, 2021 -
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Affirm's 3Q results show increased BNPL demand for travel
As the U.S. economy opens up, Affirm is reporting an increase in customers using its BNPL payment option for travel and ticketing.
By Vaidik Trivedi • May 11, 2021 -
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Neobank Lili raises $55M as customer base expands
The fintech, which caters to freelancers and gig-economy workers, raised $55 million after such work expanded during the pandemic.
By Vaidik Trivedi • May 11, 2021 -
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NYDIG taps Bridgewater CFO for Bitcoin trading and holding operations
NYDIG have tapped John Dalby as their CFO after announcing their plans to help provide banks with account services for Bitcoin.
By Jane Thier • May 11, 2021
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