Payment Technology news and trends

Recent Funding Rounds Signal PayFac’s Rising Star
Payments Innovation // December 05, 2024

Platforms are rapidly forging their own ecosystems — matching supply and demand, buyers and sellers, sometimes on a global scope. In other cases, they serve specific verticals — for example, hair salons or restaurant delivery — to offer a one-stop shop for a variety of...

How to Ride the B2B Payments Innovation Wave
B2B Payments // July 02, 2024

B2B payments power trillions of dollars in annual payments flows. Much of those flows are handled via checks and other traditional processes that are riddled with pain points, redundancies and sunk time and costs. All these factors can lead to longer DSO (days sales outstanding),...

Opus Technologies Launches Payment Integration Framework for Financial Institutions
Payments Innovation // May 21, 2024

Opus Technologies has launched a payment integration framework designed for financial institutions. The new Paysemble helps financial institutions simplify technology adoption, migration and integration and ensure seamless operations, the company said in a Tuesday (May 21) press release. “Customers today expect a seamless and intuitive payment experience,” Opus CEO Praveen...

Solving the Buy-Build-Partner Equation For Cross-Border Payments
Cross-border Payments // April 15, 2024

It’s a big world, but ongoing cross-border payments advances are helping make it smaller.  That’s because, with the recent news that HighRadius has launched a B2B payments platform designed to improve payment processes across more than 100 payment methods globally, innovative solutions for cross-border payments are top of mind...

Interviews & Exclusives
Arculus, Mastercard and Truist Explore Fraud and the Economy’s Three S’s

February 06, 2025
Instant gratification rules today’s theater of commerce, and businesses shouldn’t be letting fraud get in the way by slowing down transactions. From seamless tap-to-pay interactions at local coffee shops to online checkouts that rival the brevity of a haiku, immediacy has worked to position itself as the defining KPI of both payments and the customer […]

Recent Funding Rounds Signal PayFac’s Rising Star

December 05, 2024
Platforms are rapidly forging their own ecosystems — matching supply and demand, buyers and sellers, sometimes on a global scope. In other cases, they serve specific verticals — for example,...

How to Ride the B2B Payments Innovation Wave

July 02, 2024
B2B payments power trillions of dollars in annual payments flows. Much of those flows are handled via checks and other traditional processes that are riddled with pain points, redundancies and...

CFO Investments Target ePayables, Real-Time Payments in 2023

March 23, 2023
Businesses have long been phasing out manual processes in favor of digital systems that improve efficiency, deepen relationships with suppliers and better serve customers. The trend gained new focus during...

Quick Reads
Opus Technologies Launches Payment Integration Framework for Financial Institutions

May 21, 2024
Opus Technologies has launched a payment integration framework designed for financial institutions. The new Paysemble helps financial institutions simplify technology adoption, migration and integration and ensure seamless operations, the company said in a Tuesday (May 21) press release. “Customers today expect a seamless and intuitive payment experience,” Opus CEO Praveen TM said in the release. “This puts pressure on financial […]

Global Payments Denies Report of Acquisition Talks with Shift4

December 14, 2023
Global Payments, a payments company based in Atlanta, was reportedly considering an acquisition of Shift4 Payments, a provider of an end-to-end commerce solutions headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The company has...

Motive Partners Reportedly Working to Acquire Payments Tech Platform ACI Worldwide

March 16, 2023
Private equity firm Motive Partners is reportedly working to acquire payments technology platform ACI Worldwide. Motive Partners has been seeking financing for a potential deal for weeks and is in...

Visa Renews New York Fashion Week Sponsorship

September 06, 2019
Expanding its footprint in fashion, Visa has announced its renewed sponsorship of New York Fashion Week: The Shows (NYFW) as its official payment technology partner. The company is leveraging NYFW as an opportunity to...