Payment Technology news and trends

Global Payments Denies Report of Acquisition Talks with Shift4
Acquisitions // 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 since denied the reports. The company reportedly was working with an adviser to assess the...

Yedpay and Mastercard Introduce ‘One Touch’ Payment Solution
Real-Time Payments // November 10, 2023

Yedpay, a Hong Kong-based payment technology company, has partnered with Mastercard to provide a new payment tool for real-time cash flow.  Through their collaboration, they aim to use “One Touch” payment technology to optimize the sequence of cash flow from collection to payment to settlement for...

PYMNTS Intelligence: Fixing the Tech Industry’s B2B Payments Experience
B2B Payments // August 08, 2023

When it comes to digital technology, business-to-business (B2B) payments are well-known latecomers to the party, with advances in consumer payments far outpacing those of their business counterparts. The lack of modern B2B payments technology is perhaps nowhere more obvious or at odds than in the...

CFO Investments Target ePayables, Real-Time Payments in 2023
Payments Innovation // 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 the pandemic when businesses throughout the United States economy needed to upgrade their payment platforms...

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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 the pandemic when businesses throughout the United States economy needed to upgrade their payment platforms rapidly. Businesses have been relying predominantly on payment methods like […]

Failure to Localize Payments Could Cost Online Merchants 60% of Sales in APAC

February 27, 2023
Businesses worldwide are facing significant headwinds in 2023, with inflation still a global concern and rising interest rates leading to fears of recession. Many companies hope to compensate for these...

Retailers Prioritize Payments Choice at Checkout in 2023

January 17, 2023
For merchants, offering a broad range of payment methods must be a 2023 priority. “We’re living through a fairly tumultuous economic climate at the moment,” Paul Fletcher, head of payments at...

EMV’s Delay Has Been The Convenience Store’s Innovation Gain

October 01, 2019
EMV seems to be that payments issue that just won’t go away, but not in the U.S., where at least one vital and robust sector of commerce has yet to...

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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 since denied the reports. The company reportedly was working with an adviser to assess the feasibility of a potential deal with Shift4, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Dec. […]

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...

Israeli PayTech Firms Team With Visa’s Tel Aviv Innovation Center

September 04, 2019
Tel Aviv’s new Visa Innovation Center is teaming up with three Israeli payment technology startups to offer more payment solutions, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Sept. 4). Visa Innovation Center Head...