Posts Tagged ‘iZettle’
Visa Launches Campaign with PFs and Other Partners to Help Small Business Recovery
Visa announced a new campaign this week to help 50 million small and micro businesses globally, including eight million in Europe, recover from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MorePayU India Aims for Full-Service Financial Status; Alipay Expands into Europe: News Roundup
PaymentFacilitator’s News Roundup is a curated mix of the past week’s news and articles from around the web, including company announcements, global payments news, and other coverage and analysis of topics relevant to payment facilitators.
Read MorePayPal Leads PPRO Investment
Cross-border e-payments specialist PPRO announced an investment this week from PayPal. The leading payments provider led the $50 million funding round with participation from Citi Ventures and HPE Growth Capital.
Read MorePayPal Targets $3 Billion Annually in M&A; Acquisitions in Global Payments Space Skyrocket: News Roundup
PaymentFacilitator’s News Roundup is a curated mix of the past week’s news and articles from around the web, including company announcements, global payments news, and other coverage and analysis of topics relevant to payment facilitators.
Read MorePayPal Buying Binge Supports Marketplace Payments with Hyperwallet Acquisition
PayPal is still on a buying binge, with two more companies added to its slate of acquisitions last week. The first was Hyperwallet, which the company said improves its ability to serve ecommerce platforms and marketplaces, a global market it called a “tremendous opportunity.”
Read MorePayPal Steps Up Square Challenge with iZettle Acquisition
Deep pockets, multichannel expertise and access to markets are all coming together to make PayPal and iZettle look very much like a formidable global competitor to Square. This acquisition is the latest in a string of deals in which key players are combining expertise and market coverage to adapt to a rapidly evolving payments environment.
In this space, expansion and growth often come down to the question: Who can serve small businesses best?
Read MorePF iZettle Targets Small Businesses with New Ecommerce Platform
Financial technology company and payment facilitator iZettle has launched iZettle E-commerce – the company’s all-in-one and on-the-go ecommerce platform targeting small businesses in Europe and Latin America.
Read More“Match Made in Heaven”: PF Partnership Enables Parishioner Payments
The Church of England is going cashless with the help of PFs iZettle and SumUp.
The church announced this week that a partnership with the two companies would enable churches across England to accept cashless payments for events, church and hall bookings, and one-off donations.
Read MoreMaybank Uses QR codes to Facilitate Cashless Payments; PayU Nigeria Launches PayU Receive: News Roundup
Maybank uses QR codes to facilitate cashless payments while iSalonSoftware partners with Cardstream to offer SalonPay. Go-Jek attempts to level the playing field with Uber and Grab and PayU Nigeria launches PayU Receive.
Here’s your weekly news roundup!
Read MoreEnabling Cross-Border and Omnichannel Commerce: News Roundup
Much of the news over the past week has focused on enabling merchants to be everywhere. Several companies, including Wirecard and iZettle, have launched products to allow selling across borders using preferred local payments methods or unifying the consumer experience across mobile, e-commerce and the physical point of sale.
We also have news from Mastercard and an acquisition for Blackbaud in this week’s roundup.
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