Payments Provider news and trends

The Clearing House Appoints Truist’s Sal Karakaplan as Chief Strategy Officer
Personnel // December 11, 2023

U.S. payments network operator The Clearing House (TCH) is onboarding a new chief strategy officer (CSO). Sal Karakaplan will be joining the company, bringing over 25 years of experience in banking and payments to his new role, TCH said in a Monday (Dec. 11) news release. Karakaplan served as...

PayPal’s New CEO: Data, AI, Scale Bring Merchants and Consumers Together in ‘Tight Flywheel’ 
Earnings // November 01, 2023

In his first quarterly earnings conference call as PayPal’s new CEO, Alex Chriss laid out for investors and analysts a number of initiatives aimed at gaining “ubiquity both online and in person.” Those efforts, he detailed on the call, will focus on leveraging what he...

Sabre Partners With CellPoint Digital on Travel Industry Payment Solutions
Travel Payments // October 24, 2023

Sabre, a software and technology provider in the global travel industry, has partnered with CellPoint Digital, a payment solutions provider for the airline industry. Under the agreement, Sabre customers will now have access to CellPoint Digital’s suite of payment services, allowing airlines, agencies and hotels using...

WooCommerce and Veem Partner to Expand Global Commercial Payments
Commercial Payments // October 12, 2023

Open-source eCommerce platform WooCommerce has announced a partnership with Veem, a global payments provider, in a Thursday (Oct. 12) press release. This collaboration aims to extend business-to-business (B2B) payment capabilities to merchants using the WooCommerce platform. The partnership brings Veem’s B2B extension to the WooCommerce...

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Report: Global Payments Aims to Acquire Takepayments

February 13, 2024
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 business abroad. The transaction is expected to value Takepayments at over $250 million, although the details of the deal are still being worked out, Reuters reported Tuesday (Feb. 13), citing unnamed sources. […]

The Clearing House Appoints Truist’s Sal Karakaplan as Chief Strategy Officer

December 11, 2023
U.S. payments network operator The Clearing House (TCH) is onboarding a new chief strategy officer (CSO). Sal Karakaplan will be joining the company, bringing over 25 years of experience in banking and payments...

Sabre Partners With CellPoint Digital on Travel Industry Payment Solutions

October 24, 2023
Sabre, a software and technology provider in the global travel industry, has partnered with CellPoint Digital, a payment solutions provider for the airline industry. Under the agreement, Sabre customers will now...

WooCommerce and Veem Partner to Expand Global Commercial Payments

October 12, 2023
Open-source eCommerce platform WooCommerce has announced a partnership with Veem, a global payments provider, in a Thursday (Oct. 12) press release. This collaboration aims to extend business-to-business (B2B) payment capabilities...