Worldnet news and trends

Today in FinTech: Stripe Connect Assists Freelancers; Fed Master Accounts Help FinTechs
Technology // April 22, 2022

In today’s FinTech news, freelancers and creators are getting paid faster with Stripe Connect, while the Federal Reserve is opening up master accounts to more companies, including FinTechs. Plus, Payroc WorldAccess acquires Worldnet. Stripe Connect Launches Crypto Payouts to Help Freelancers Get Paid Stripe Connect...

Payroc Acquires Payments Platform Provider Worldnet
Acquisitions // April 22, 2022

Global payments company Payroc WorldAccess has acquired Worldnet, which provides payment solutions for independent software vendors (ISVs). Payroc announced the purchase in a news release Friday (April 22), saying that incorporating Worldnet’s technology into its platform gives Payroc a stronger hold in the ISV and...

Deep Dive: How Buy Online, Pickup In Store Helps Retailers Compete Against Delivery Giants
Automated Retail // August 28, 2019

Retailers seeking to provide rapid deliveries face an ever-moving target as consumers’ definition of speed evolves. Customers who were once content to wait three to five business days for packages have become accustomed to Amazon Prime’s free two-day delivery and expect to find such conveniences...

How Remotely Adjustable Interactive Kiosks Are Powering Sales
Automated Retail // August 27, 2019

Gone are the days of kiosks as simply new ways to distribute products. Today, they help retailers enable virtual “try-ons,” and promotions that drive more in-store sales. But kiosks become wasted investments if operators cannot keep their functions relevant to customers’ needs, which change even...

Interviews & Exclusives
Are Retailers Better Positioned to Scale Embedded Payments Than Banks?

August 16, 2022
Embedded payments are high on the list of hot topics in 2022, and as part of the broader embedded finance trend now building, expect to see more of it in more places. Calling embedded payments “the first wave of embedded finance” in a conversation with PYMNTS, Worldnet CEO John Clarke noted that the idea has […]

Retail Automation: Big Bang Or Slow Build?

August 09, 2019
Kiosks. Intelligent cabinets. Cashless stores. Retailers must embrace automation, as Tim Moran, senior vice president of product and marketing at Worldnet, tells PYMNTS. But certain verticals need finesse rather than a...

Are Smart Cabinets Retail’s Amazon Go Counterpunch?

July 11, 2019
Automated retail is bifurcated between in-store, brick and mortar efforts as seen with Amazon Go and on the opposite end of the spectrum, cabinets. Worldnet CEO and Co-Founder Will Byrne...

Looking Toward Unattended Retail’s ‘Bright Future’ At The Kiosk

May 20, 2019
Vending machines and unattended retail are increasingly going digital.  Worldnet CEO Will Byrne tells PYMNTS why the future for kiosk payments remains ‘very bright’ as  intelligent retail leverages AI and...

Quick Reads
Payroc Acquires Payments Platform Provider Worldnet

April 22, 2022
Global payments company Payroc WorldAccess has acquired Worldnet, which provides payment solutions for independent software vendors (ISVs). Payroc announced the purchase in a news release Friday (April 22), saying that incorporating Worldnet’s technology into its platform gives Payroc a stronger hold in the ISV and embedded payments sector. “Our joint offerings and capabilities will drive […]

Worldnet, POSDATA Team On EMV Payments

March 20, 2019
Worldnet Payments announced Tuesday (March 19) that it has entered into a strategic agreement with POSDATA to deliver fully integrated and pre-certified EMV payments solutions. In a press release, the...

ID TECH And Worldnet Partner To Bring EMV Chip Card Acceptance To Cloud Merchants

October 27, 2016
ID TECH, the payment peripheral technology firm, announced Wednesday (Oct. 26) it is working with Worldnet, a leading provider of enterprise-grade omnichannel payment solutions, to provide EMV chip card acceptance...