Payment Services news and trends

Payroll Data Firm ResNav Names Payscale’s Alex Hart CEO
Personnel // March 04, 2025

Payroll data management firm ResNav Solutions has named a new chief executive. ResNav has chosen Alex Hart, most recently CEO of compensation software firm Payscale, as its new CEO, the company announced in a Tuesday (March 4) press release. He replaces founder Dan Shaughnessy, who will remain as a board...

Zomato to Acquire Paytm’s Entertainment Ticketing Business
Partnerships // August 21, 2024

Indian food delivery and quick commerce company Zomato intends to expand its efforts in the business of helping Indian consumers discover and purchase tickets for movies, sports and events. The company plans to do so by acquiring the entertainment ticketing business of Paytm, an Indian...

Micropayment, Tink Partner on Pay-by-Bank in Europe
Payment Methods // March 20, 2024

Berlin-based payment processor Micropayment is partnering with Tink, a payment services and data enrichment platform, to enable Europe-based merchants to offer pay-by-bank at checkout. Micropayments works with merchants across industries, including fundraising and nonprofit, digital services, gaming and entertainment, according to a Wednesday (March 20) news release. The...

Worldline Gets FCA Greenlight to Expand in UK
Payment Methods // November 28, 2023

Payments services firm Worldline has gotten approval to expand its presence in Great Britain. The company announced Tuesday (Nov. 28) that it had gotten a payment institution authorization from the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).  “The licensing confirms Worldline’s ambitions to further reinforce its presence in the U.K. and...

Interviews & Exclusives
Airlines Turn to Orchestration as Consumer Payments Preferences Multiply

March 22, 2023
As talk in payments circles turns more and more to localization and alternative payment methods (APMs), smart routing and payments orchestration is stepping up as a solution to the soft declines and complex billing issues that attend air travel, especially international. To that end, London-based FinTech CellPoint recently announced its latest airline deal, this time with Icelandair, […]

The Key To Open Banking? More Bank Participation

June 06, 2019
It’s not just technology that moves the world. Culture plays a huge role — as well as the sparks that often come from the tension when cultures clash. That promises...

Computers Die, Databases Can’t — So Banks, What’s The Plan?

March 19, 2019
One cannot run a mainframe in the cloud. No one will ever beat the speed of light. Oh, yeah — and no one wants to lose their data to sloppiness, inefficiency...

Braintree Marks Five Years With PayPal, Talks Of Next-Phase Mobile Transformation

December 07, 2018
The past is prologue, right? What has happened before sets the stage. Some famous English writer in the olden days wrote something along those lines. In the case of mobile...

Quick Reads
GoodLeap Introduces Payments Product for Contractors

June 03, 2025
GoodLeap has introduced a comprehensive payments product for contractors. The new GoodLeap Payments includes a variety of payments methods as well as refund and dispute resolution management, transaction reporting and QuickBooks integration, the company said in a Tuesday (June 3) press release. This product is designed to help contractors solve the current fragmentation of payments that hurts their business growth and frustrates […]

Payroll Data Firm ResNav Names Payscale’s Alex Hart CEO

March 04, 2025
Payroll data management firm ResNav Solutions has named a new chief executive. ResNav has chosen Alex Hart, most recently CEO of compensation software firm Payscale, as its new CEO, the company announced in a Tuesday...

Zomato to Acquire Paytm’s Entertainment Ticketing Business

August 21, 2024
Indian food delivery and quick commerce company Zomato intends to expand its efforts in the business of helping Indian consumers discover and purchase tickets for movies, sports and events. The...

Micropayment, Tink Partner on Pay-by-Bank in Europe

March 20, 2024
Berlin-based payment processor Micropayment is partnering with Tink, a payment services and data enrichment platform, to enable Europe-based merchants to offer pay-by-bank at checkout. Micropayments works with merchants across industries, including fundraising and...