Technology: Page 43


  • A client pays contactless with her smartphone as people queue up to buy deep fried doughnut balls (oliebollen) on December 31, 2020 in The Hague, Netherlands.
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    P97, Visa partner on payment security

    The agreement aims to reduce friction for connected-car payments and enhance mobile payment acceptance at 60,000 convenience stores.

    By Jessica Loder • Feb. 13, 2023
  • Global Payments CEO Jeff Sloan
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    Retrieved from Global Payments Spokesperson Matt Cochran on September 10, 2021
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    Global Payments sells gaming unit for $415M

    Like the company’s $1 billion sale of its Netspend consumer unit, the divestiture reflects efforts to refine its portfolio, said Global Payments CEO Jeff Sloan.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Feb. 10, 2023
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    Trendline

    Cross-border payments targeted for upgrades

    When it comes to cross-border payments, businesses, non-profits and governments alike are determined to increase the speed of transactions and cut the cost.

    By Payments Dive staff
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    Fiserv’s new HQ approved for state tax credits

    The company is set to receive up to $7 million from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation for its new Milwaukee headquarters.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Feb. 10, 2023
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    PayPal CEO will retire at the end of 2023

    Dan Schulman said he plans to exit then, but will be flexible in the timing. He called 2023 a potentially “transformational year” for the digital payments company.

    By Feb. 9, 2023
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    Ingenico aims to make acquirers more competitive

    Ingenico is adding an in-store payments software service, and hinted that a large U.S.-based merchant acquirer will start using it soon.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Feb. 9, 2023
  • Affirm to acquire Returnly.
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    Affirm cuts 500 employees

    The buy now, pay later provider is eliminating jobs after its loss for the fourth quarter of last year ballooned over the same period in 2021.

    By Feb. 9, 2023
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    Federal Reserve. "FedNow Instant Payments". Retrieved from FRB Services.
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    Jack Henry touts FedNow launch

    In July, the company expects to become the first payments processor to launch the Federal Reserve’s new real-time service.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Feb. 8, 2023
  • A customer in front of a promotional sign for a scan and pay solution at a grocery store.
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    Instacart debuts Scan & Pay with NYC grocer

    This marks the retail debut of the Instacart technology, which is part of the company’s suite of in-store solutions for retailers.

    By Catherine Douglas Moran • Feb. 7, 2023
  • A sign is posted in front of an office at Google headquarters on February 02, 2023 in Mountain View, California
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    Google, Amex roll out anti-fraud tool

    Amex is the latest card company to tap a Google virtual card service aimed at increasing the security of online payments.

    By Feb. 7, 2023
  • Fiserv CEO Frank Bisignano
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    Fiserv discloses acquisitions

    Even as the payments and fintech giant cut employees and sold off business units, the company spent $1 billion on acquisitions last year.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Feb. 7, 2023
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    Photo Illustration: Instacart; Getty Images

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    Opinion

    Eliminating costly false declines online

    “False declines are especially problematic in an environment where demanding customers with high expectations are not afraid to take their business elsewhere,” writes an Experian executive.

    By Chris Ryan • Feb. 6, 2023
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    Lightspeed bets on bigger customers

    In pursuing profitable growth, point-of-sale software and payments provider Lightspeed Commerce is zeroing in on larger merchants as clients.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Feb. 6, 2023
  • Patrick and John Collison, Stripe co-founders
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    Stripe CFO exiting to handle ‘family matters’

    Dhivya Suryadevara will leave the digital payments startup in April, as Stripe executives weigh taking the company public.

    By Elizabeth Flood • Feb. 6, 2023
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    Merchants frustrated with fees, tech issues

    Inflation-weary business owners are less satisfied with their merchant service providers this year, a J.D. Power survey showed.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Feb. 3, 2023
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    Standard AI to acquire Skip Checkout

    The deal would create the first company to combine self-checkout and AI-powered autonomous checkout for retailers, according to the announcement.

    By Brett Dworski • Feb. 2, 2023
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    Checkout.com changes up leadership

    The company promoted Céline Dufétel to president and elevated Nirupam Sinha to CFO as it pursues U.S. expansion and battles Stripe.

    By Elizabeth Flood • Feb. 2, 2023
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    FIS sheds 2,600 employees: report

    Amid a strategic review of operations, the payments processor and fintech giant has dismissed 2,600 workers, Bloomberg reported.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Feb. 2, 2023
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    Is Affirm out as Amazon’s sole BNPL provider?

    An exclusivity provision between the two companies has lapsed as the buy now, pay later arena becomes more competitive.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Feb. 2, 2023
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    Euronet’s Dandelion takes on cross-border rivals

    The international network that grew out of Ria parent Euronet is extending its cross-border money movement pitch to banks and businesses.

    By Feb. 2, 2023
  • Person looks at mobile phone advertising buy now-pay later offer while online shopping
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    Zip pauses acquisitions

    The Australia-based buy now, pay later provider’s acquisitive days “are behind us, for now,” said CEO Larry Diamond.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Feb. 1, 2023
  • PayPal CEO Dan Schulman walking in front of trees
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    PayPal to cut 7% of its workforce

    The digital payments pioneer said it’s cutting 2,000 employees as the company seeks to adapt to a new, more competitive environment.

    By Jan. 31, 2023
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    Jack Henry earnings grab spotlight

    Customer appetite for Jack Henry's services is likely to attract analysts' attention in the upcoming earnings report.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Jan. 31, 2023
  • Marqeta CEO Simon Khalaf
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    Marqeta’s new CEO targets embedded finance

    Simon Khalaf, who takes the top job Tuesday, is counting on new embedded offerings to help expand the company’s services for corporate clients.

    By Jan. 31, 2023
  • Jason Gardner, Marqeta
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    Marqeta to buy Power Finance

    The virtual card company said it would pay $275 million to buy the New York fintech that allows companies to manage their credit card programs.

    By Jan. 30, 2023
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    Deep Dive

    Crypto may yet upend payments

    Nearly 2,000 crypto workers have been laid off in 2023, but the value of Bitcoin climbed enough in January for Goldman Sachs to take note.

    By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Jan. 30, 2023