{"id":5099,"date":"2021-02-10T18:04:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T18:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paymentfacilitator.com\/?p=5099"},"modified":"2023-02-13T09:29:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T16:29:40","slug":"paypal-shuts-down-its-domestic-payments-in-india-small-businesses-optimistic-about-2021-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/news\/paypal-shuts-down-its-domestic-payments-in-india-small-businesses-optimistic-about-2021-news-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"PayPal Shuts Down Its Domestic Payments in India; Small Businesses Optimistic About 2021: News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>PaymentFacilitator\u2019s News Roundup is a curated mix of the past week\u2019s news and articles from around the web, including company announcements, global payments news, and other coverage and analysis of topics relevant to payment facilitators.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>PF Quarterly Earnings<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Total payment volume for PayPal grew 31% during its fiscal year 2020 to $936 billion, performance the company described as the strongest in its history.<\/strong> It added 72.7 million net new active accounts during the time period, it said. \u201cPayPal delivered record performance in 2020 as businesses of all sizes have digitized in the wake of the pandemic. In this historic year, we released more products than ever before and have dramatically scaled our acceptance worldwide, giving our 377 million consumer and merchant accounts even more reasons to use our platform,\u201d Dan Schulman, president and CEO, said. From PayPal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>USA Technologies saw revenue of $38.3 million during the second quarter of its fiscal year 2021, an increase of 3.8% over the previous quarter.<\/strong>&nbsp; Active customers \u2013 those that have communicated with the company through at least one device during the last 12 months \u2013 grew from 16,489 at the end of the second quarter of FY 2020 to 18,304 during the past quarter. \u201cMany existing and potential new customers are seeing the value of being on our platform as a service, from our cashless devices to logistics software,\u201d said Sean Feeney, chief executive officer. From USA Technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Investments in India<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Indian PF Razorpay reported a three-fold increase in its payment volume over the past 12 months. <\/strong>Thousands of small and medium-sized businesses went online for the first time, the company said. Many of these were from smaller cities. The company said its goal is to enable digital payments for 5 million more new businesses over the next 12 months. From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/companies\/razorpay-posts-3-fold-growth-in-payment-volume-eyes-5-mn-new-businesses-121020402178_1.html\">Business Standard<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Payments giant PayPal plans to shut down its domestic payment services in India on April 1.<\/strong> The company will focus its India business on facilitating international payments for Indian businesses instead. Last year, it processed $1.4 billion in international sales there, it said. From <a href=\"https:\/\/yourstory.com\/2021\/02\/paypal-shut-domestic-payment-services-india\">YourStory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Industry News<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Square: <a href=\"https:\/\/squareup.com\/us\/en\/press\/survey-findings-small-business-outlook-and-financial-habits\">After a Trying Year, 82% of Small Businesses Aim for Financial Stability as Optimism Abounds for 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flywire: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flywire.com\/news\/flywire-expands-digital-education-payments-business-in-latin-america\">Flywire Expands Digital Education Payments Business in Latin America<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AffiniPay AffiniPay Acquires ClientPay: Affirms Position as the Leading Professional Service Payments Company for Large Law Firms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credorax: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/il\/news-releases\/credorax-partners-with-payrexx-to-provide-quick-onboarding-and-smart-acquiring-services-streamline-payment-processes-across-europe-873147501.html\">Credorax Partners with Payrexx to Provide Quick Onboarding and Smart Acquiring Services, Streamline Payment Processes Across Europe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health Payment Systems: <a href=\"https:\/\/info.hps.md\/news\/sv-health-investors-as-new-lead-investor\">Health Payment Systems, Inc. Welcomes SV Health Investors as New Lead Investor<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nextech: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextech.com\/press-releases\/nextech-partners-with-stripe\">Nextech Partners with Stripe to Deliver Integrated Payments to Specialty Medical Practices<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Global Payments: Global Payments and Google Form Strategic Partnership to Reimagine Digital Payments<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Worldline: <a href=\"https:\/\/worldline.com\/en\/home\/pressroom\/press-releases\/2021\/pr-2021_02_04_01.html\">Aria Systems Expands Partnership with Worldline to Offer Additional Payment Processing Options and Recurring Payment Capabilities for Online Businesses Around the World<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PAR Technology: DAVO Joins Brink POS\u00ae Integration Ecosystem<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Financial Innovation Now: FIN Encourages CFPB to Empower Consumers with Technology and Data<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Celerant Technology: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/celerant_technology_and_the_goodwill_national_cooperative_purchasing_program_ncpp_team_up_to_offer_modern_point_of_sale_to_goodwill\/prweb17706561.htm\">Celerant Technology\u00ae and the Goodwill National Cooperative Purchasing Program (NCPP) Team up to Offer Modern Point of Sale to Goodwill<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ordrslip: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/ordrslip-partners-with-doordash-to-offer-restaurants-on-demand-delivery-301222410.html\">Ordrslip Partners With DoorDash To Offer Restaurants On-Demand Delivery<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atlantic-Pacific Processing Systems: Atlantic-Pacific Processing Systems Announces New Acquiring Infrastructure Platform Enhancements<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PaymentFacilitator\u2019s News Roundup is a curated mix of the past week\u2019s news and articles from around the web, including company announcements, global payments news, and other coverage and analysis of topics relevant to payment facilitators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1014],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5099"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9165,"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099\/revisions\/9165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}