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Stripe Versus Square: Is Competition Coming?

The historically online payments brand, Stripe, is now going brick-and-mortar with their newest product, Terminal. And Square, who largely dominates the offline storefront space, would seem to be the most likely competitor.

Apple Trumps PayPal and Square; Stripe is Justified: 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.

Stripe Targets the Middle Man With Stripe Issuing

With so many online apps touting convenience as a benefit driver, one merely has to unlock their home screen to have their favorite restaurant deliver food right to their doorstep. And this is just the type of business model that Stripe is targeting with Stripe Issuing.

Stripe Strengthens Support of Japan’s Small Businesses with JCB

Stripe and Japan-based payments brand JCB recently announced that they had signed a memorandum of understanding enabling Stripe merchants to accept the JCB brand.

Stripe Helps Microsoft Bring Payments to Outlook

Amid all the announcements from Microsoft’s developer conference this week came a bit of payments integration news. Leading online payments provider Stripe is among the partners helping the company introduce payments within its ubiquitous Outlook email client.

Stripe Introduces Stripe Billing; Mastercard Foregoes Customer Signature: News Roundup

Stripe introduces Stripe Billing to target the recurring business model specifically while Mastercard forgoes the customer signature on in-store purchases at US and Canadian merchant locations. And in other news, PayPal leads the rankings for mobile wallets while QR code adoption faces challenges in Europe and North America.

Square’s Cash App Enables Direct Deposit; Stripe acquires POS Startup Company Index: News Roundup

Global brand Square moves one step closer to offering full-fledged banking services while Stripe acquires POS startup Index. And in other news, Mastercard completes its acquisition of Oltio and EverCompliant secures investment from American Express.

WeTravel on a Trek to Easier Payments for Travel Businesses

For organizers of group travel, payments platforms that were built for selling products just don’t always cut it. Seeing the opportunity to turn manual processes into something much simpler, the founders of WeTravel have created an online payments system that serves the specific needs of travel organizers and small and medium-sized B2B travel companies.

Payment Facilitators Thrive as India Continues its Push Toward Cashless

Indian ecommerce and e-payments payment facilitator Paytm is again adding new services while Razorpay is aiming to gain traction in the ever-growing Indian commerce marketplace. And eMarketer recently touted India as “the fastest growing proximity mobile payment market in the world.”

Stripe Expands Onboarding Options for Marketplaces

Online payments provider Stripe is expanding the use of its Express accounts to allow marketplaces to onboard businesses quickly and easily.