The British Treasury plans to give the Bank of England a new “secondary objective” to support innovation in payments technology and digital currencies, including stablecoins, Reuters reported Wednesday (Aug. 26). The proposed objective aims to ensure that regulation keeps up with changes in technology, and...
Southern California-based East West Bank can now refer its business and commercial banking clients who are seeking in-store and online payment solutions to Worldpay. The bank and the payments technology and solutions company have formed a long-term agreement that gives East West Bank customers access...
Stax Payments has appointed Paysafe and FIS veteran Kevin Wall as chief financial officer, saying he will spearhead the payment technology provider’s next chapter of strategic expansion. Announcing the appointment in a Wednesday (June 11) press release emailed to PYMNTS, Stax highlighted Wall’s experience leading...
Payments tech firm Worldpay says it now offers domestic acquiring capabilities in Colombia. It’s part of an ongoing expansion into Latin America, with Worldpay supporting some of the largest merchants in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, the Cincinnati-based company said in a Wednesday (May 21) news...
November 12, 2024
The restaurant industry is experiencing a technological transformation that’s reshaping the dining experience. At the center of it are ongoing innovations in payments and convenience — not the least of which is pay-at-the-table technology. “The demand for a better customer experience and increased customer security, [along with staff shortages], are the main drivers that are […]
October 25, 2024
Although the technology has come a long way in a short period of time, it’s not like an organization can hit a switch and migrate to the cloud. Not yet,...
May 27, 2024
Businesses, particularly global ones, exist and transact across fragmented payment ecosystems. Just ask any organization about their cross-border growth plans and how it’s going from a payments perspective: the absence...
February 15, 2024
The software publishing industry is undergoing significant changes as key players seek to enhance customer engagement and tap new revenue streams through the embedded finance ecosystem. This ecosystem includes payment facilitators...
September 03, 2026
ACI Worldwide has agreed to acquire Cranium Ventures, a privately held developer of cloud-native card payment switching technology, as it seeks to expand its card-processing capabilities. The Omaha, Nebraska, payments technology company said Tuesday (Sept. 1) in a press release that it will incorporate Cranium’s microservices-based switching framework, SYNAP, into ACI Connetic for Cards. ACI […]
August 26, 2026
The British Treasury plans to give the Bank of England a new “secondary objective” to support innovation in payments technology and digital currencies, including stablecoins, Reuters reported Wednesday (Aug. 26)....
October 08, 2025
Southern California-based East West Bank can now refer its business and commercial banking clients who are seeking in-store and online payment solutions to Worldpay. The bank and the payments technology...
June 11, 2025
Stax Payments has appointed Paysafe and FIS veteran Kevin Wall as chief financial officer, saying he will spearhead the payment technology provider’s next chapter of strategic expansion. Announcing the appointment...
