Fiserv news and trends

Former J.P. Morgan Payments Head Takis Georgakopoulos to Join Fiserv
Personnel // June 20, 2024

Fiserv has announced that former J.P. Morgan Global Head of Payments Takis Georgakopoulos will join the company, effective Sept. 3. Georgakopoulos will serve as a senior advisor, executive vice president and a member of the management committee, Fiserv said in a Thursday (June 20) press...

Fiserv and Monex USA Collaborate on International Wire Transfers
Partnerships // June 05, 2024

Fiserv and Monex USA will work together to help financial institutions complete international wire transfers. The companies said in a Wednesday (June 5) press release that Monex USA, a partner in global payment, corporate foreign exchange (FX) and currency risk hedging services, plans to integrate...

Forward Raises $16 Million to Grow Payment Facilitation Platform
Investments // May 31, 2024

Forward plans to help more software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies add payments as a product after raising $16 million in seed financing. The company will use the new financing to meet the growing demand for this offering and to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to the risk functions...

Fiserv GM on the Pot of Gold at the End of the ISO Rainbow
Banking // May 31, 2024

As payments shift from traditional and manual workflows to automated, digital ones, everything will change. And that’s a good thing for global commerce. “Across the global landscape, three things are driving payments modernization,” Rossana Thomas, vice president and general manager of Enterprise Payments Platform at...

Interviews & Exclusives
Embedded Finance Emerges as Retail Conversion Solution

July 16, 2024
Embedded finance, as a concept, has been around for a while, but not in the technologically savvy, user-friendly form it takes in today’s iteration. Embedded finance has emerged as a key weapon in the retail quest for online and offline customer conversions. The technology that underpins today’s embedded financing applications is also familiar. But APIs […]

Fiserv GM on the Pot of Gold at the End of the ISO Rainbow

May 31, 2024
As payments shift from traditional and manual workflows to automated, digital ones, everything will change. And that’s a good thing for global commerce. “Across the global landscape, three things are...

New Technology Puts Financial Improvements on the Menu for Restaurants

May 13, 2024
Even as Main Street businesses outperform the rest of the economy, there’s a whole different set of rules for restaurants. For example, PYMNTS Intelligence found that over the last 12...

Connected Consumer Data Provides Solid Growth Strategy for Merchants

April 25, 2024
Businesses that use data strategically can unlock opportunities, fuel growth and reduce risk, Jeff Pomeroy, SVP and head of Omnicommerce at Carat from Fiserv, writes in the new PYMNTS eBook,...

Quick Reads
Former J.P. Morgan Payments Head Takis Georgakopoulos to Join Fiserv

June 20, 2024
Fiserv has announced that former J.P. Morgan Global Head of Payments Takis Georgakopoulos will join the company, effective Sept. 3. Georgakopoulos will serve as a senior advisor, executive vice president and a member of the management committee, Fiserv said in a Thursday (June 20) press release. “We are pleased to welcome Takis to the Fiserv […]

Fiserv and Monex USA Collaborate on International Wire Transfers

June 05, 2024
Fiserv and Monex USA will work together to help financial institutions complete international wire transfers. The companies said in a Wednesday (June 5) press release that Monex USA, a partner...

Forward Raises $16 Million to Grow Payment Facilitation Platform

May 31, 2024
Forward plans to help more software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies add payments as a product after raising $16 million in seed financing. The company will use the new financing to meet the...

Square: Restaurant Worker Pay Jumps 66% in 7 Years

May 14, 2024
Labor costs continue to weigh on restaurants, according to a new report by Square. The point-of-sale payments company’s Quarterly Restaurant Report, released Tuesday (May 14) notes that average hourly earnings for...