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Affirm, Sezzle buy now-pay later options arrive at Target
As the holiday season nears, the big retailer has tapped BNPL providers Sezzle and Affirm to give consumers more payment choices. The BNPL players are building their US profiles by gathering in more partners.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Oct. 8, 2021 -
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Payment tech lifts construction venture funding
New venture funding for Built Technologies, which provides finance and payment tech for the construction industry, contributed to contech firms attracting $2.1 billion this year, a Construction Dive analysis has found.
By Sebastian Obando • Oct. 8, 2021 -
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TrendlinePayments players eye digital B2B opportunity
Companies offering digital payments services envision billions of dollars in U.S. business payments flow ripe for transitioning to the electronic realm.
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Rich payment startups target B2B market
Veem and Melio are among the fintechs bulging with new capital and taking aim at the small and mid-sized end of the trillion-dollar business-to-business payments market.
By Lynne Marek • Oct. 4, 2021 -
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Fiserv to create New Jersey corporate tech hub
The Wisconsin-based payments giant will invest $105 million in the new Berkeley Heights corporate campus where it expects to employ about 3,000 workers.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 30, 2021 -
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NovoPayment sets sights on US market
NovoPayment expects to land its first venture investment soon, just as it's extending its Latin American-focused financial services software business into the U.S.
By Lynne Marek • Sept. 8, 2021 -
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How Square's Afterpay purchase advances its small-business banking goals
Square is "going to turn to all their small-business users and they're going to say, 'We're helping you with accounts receivable and now we can help you with accounts payable,'" says one analyst.
By Anna Hrushka • Aug. 18, 2021 -
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Paymentus agrees to acquire Payveris for $152M
With the acquisition, Paymentus will expand its bill payment network and increase annual net revenue about 25 percent.
By Lynne Marek • Aug. 11, 2021 -
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Synctera partners with Mastercard, Marqeta
Synctera’s new partners will help community banks work with fintechs on new debit card-issuing programs.
By Wendy Cole • Aug. 6, 2021 -
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Klarna acquires Apprl to boost retail marketing
By absorbing Apprl, Klarna will be better able to help retailers create social shopping content and track related sales.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Aug. 2, 2021 -
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Fiserv, Goldman strike pact on cross-border payments
Fiserv and Goldman Sachs have agreed to team up on offering cross-border payments in the first phase of a broader payments tie.
By Lynne Marek • July 27, 2021 -
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Rapyd buys Valitor in $100M deal
Rapyd tapped its venture capital hoard for the acquisition of Volitar, an Icelandic company that will become its European hub.
By Lynne Marek • July 2, 2021 -
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Automating invoices becomes a hot payments play
When the COVID-19 pandemic shifted work to employees' homes, businesses realized they needed a different solution for their check-cutting operations.
By Lynne Marek • July 1, 2021 -
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PayPal to increase merchant fees in August
The company said it's planning to raise some U.S. transaction fees despite a crowd of competitors angling to lure merchants and consumers to alternative payment services. At the same time, it said it would cut a handful of other fees.
By Lynne Marek • June 20, 2021 -
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Goldman Sachs taps Visa for cross-border payment upgrade
The global investment bank is aiming to streamline and enhance cross-border payments for its clients by signing on for Visa's cross-border programs.
By Lynne Marek • June 7, 2021 -
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Mastercard invests in fledgling fintech Synctera
San Francisco-based Synctera, only six months old, draws $33 million from a pack of investors as it takes on the role of matchmaker between small banks and fintechs.
By Lynne Marek • June 3, 2021 -
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SpotOn raises $125M to keep up battle against Toast, Square
"We're always looking for companies to partner with or acquire," said SpotOn Co-CEO Zach Hyman. "It's always a question of build versus buy."
By Lynne Marek • June 1, 2021 -
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Parthenon Capital, Tiger Global fuel payments sector 'boom'
Competition among firms to invest in payment industry companies is driving up fundraising amounts and valuations.
By Lynne Marek • May 28, 2021 -
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Visa expands reach of fintech partnership program
The card network behemoth is doing its part to help banks connect with fintechs that it believes can help bring more business to all the companies moving money through the system.
By Lynne Marek • May 26, 2021 -
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Deep DiveFintechs attack cross-border business payments as banks and legacy players rush to innovate
Nonbank fintechs are gaining ground, mainly with small company customers, but target larger ones for cross-border business, even as competition gives way to symbiotic 'coopetition' with larger bank incumbents.
By Suman Bhattacharyya • May 25, 2021 -
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Square may soon offer small-business checking and savings accounts, app code shows
The code indicates the company will not charge monthly service fees, minimum balance fees or overdrafts on its checking account, and will offer a 0.5% interest rate on its savings account through 2021, Bloomberg reported.
By Dan Ennis • May 25, 2021 -
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Payments giant FIS makes another crypto move, expanding in Europe
"We’ll be well-positioned to handle (cryptocurrencies) across the whole ecosystem in the marketplace," FIS President Bruce Lowthers said at a recent industry conference.
By Lynne Marek • May 24, 2021 -
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Square and Plaid partner to provide ACH payments to merchants
Square aims to draw larger merchants to its services with the new offering, while continuing to cater to smaller businesses growing into the middle market.
By Vaidik Trivedi • May 20, 2021 -
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Cedar to acquire OODA Health for $425M to digitize, simplify healthcare bill payments
The two companies join forces to digitize medical bill payment processes after the pandemic increased telemedicine use.
By Vaidik Trivedi • May 19, 2021 -
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Green Dot doubles down on tax refund processing
The fintech will bulk up its tax refund processing services with the acquisition of Republic Bank's tax refund processing unit for $165 million.
By Lynne Marek • May 18, 2021 -
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Marqeta IPO shares pop 13% on first day of trading
Marqeta, which counts payments technology company Square as its largest customer, raised $1.23 billion from the initial public offering.
By Lynne Marek • Updated June 10, 2021
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