Payments Processor

Square Expands Offline Payments to Entire Hardware Lineup
Square Expands Offline Payments to Entire Hardware Lineup
April 23, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

Square has expanded the availability of offline payments to every hardware device, in every country. The company has offered this no-connection-required solution for 10 years on some of...

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Can Convenience Turn Digital Bills Into Digital Payments?
Can Convenience Turn Digital Bills Into Digital Payments?
March 04, 2024  |  Earnings

The business-to-business (B2B) payments landscape has undergone two-plus decades of digitization and innovation. And the particularly rapid acceleration of that digitization over just the past...

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Marqeta’s Total Processing Volume Surges 33% as Firm Eyes Embedded Finance Opportunities
Marqeta’s Total Processing Volume Surges 33% as Firm Eyes Embedded Finance Opportunities
February 28, 2024  |  Earnings

Marqeta’s latest results spotlight continued traction in card issuance, and the company is targeting embedded finance opportunities in the year ahead. The company noted that...

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Report: Global Payments Aims to Acquire Takepayments
Report: Global Payments Aims to Acquire Takepayments
February 13, 2024  |  Acquisitions

Global Payments, a U.S.-based payment processing company, is reportedly nearing a deal to acquire Takepayments, a British payment services provider, in a move to expand its...

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Visa Completes Acquisition of Pismo, Expands Core Banking Offerings
Visa Completes Acquisition of Pismo, Expands Core Banking Offerings
January 16, 2024  |  VISA

Visa has completed its previously announced acquisition of Pismo. With the addition of this global cloud-native issuer processing and core banking platform, Visa and Pismo will together...

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Report: Worldline Could Be Private Equity Takeover Target
Report: Worldline Could Be Private Equity Takeover Target
November 26, 2023  |  Acquisitions

Worldline’s stock climbed last week amid reports that it could be a takeover target. As Seeking Alpha noted Friday (Nov. 24), the French payments firm rose 5% on...

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1 in 6 Main Street SMB Retailers Are Considering Switching Payment Processors
1 in 6 Main Street SMB Retailers Are Considering Switching Payment Processors
October 17, 2023  |  SMBs

The competition in the payment processor market is fierce because of the success of incumbent leaders, as the majority of Main Street small to midsized...

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Zebedee Games Platform Now Enables Bitcoin Transactions
Zebedee Games Platform Now Enables Bitcoin Transactions
May 15, 2023  |  API

Payments processor Zebedee says it has opened its API to all developers and digital platforms. “It’s a huge next step in moving money globally, through apps, games,...

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Netspend Sold Back to Founders at Rêv for $1 Billion
Netspend Sold Back to Founders at Rêv for $1 Billion
May 01, 2023  |  Acquisitions

Payments company Rêv Worldwide, in partnership with Searchlight Capital Partners, has completed its $1 billion purchase of Netspend from Global Payments. The all-cash transaction, announced...

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