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ETA Names New CEO, Software Industry Association Executive Jodie Kelley

The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA), a global trade association for the payments technology industry, has named a new CEO. Jodie L. Kelley will assume the role in September.

JP Morgan Chase Funds Software Provider FreshBooks, Deepening Integrated Payments Investment

Merchant services giant JP Morgan Chase is again placing its bets on integrated payments, this time with a strategic investment in accounting software provider FreshBooks.

Envysion Partners with PF Toast: Improved Loss Prevention for Restaurants

Managed video solutions leader Envysion is enhancing their brand, taking an integrated offering to market alongside restaurant POS solutions provider and PF Toast.

Klarna Talks the Price of Progress in the U.S.; BlueSnap Partners with Chargebacks911: 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.

Payment Facilitator vs ISO. What’s the Difference?

Before payment facilitators began enabling smaller merchants to accept payments, acquiring banks relied on another business model to work directly with SMBs: the independent sales organization, or ISO.

Fintech Leaders Call Fed’s Real-Time Payments System “the Generation’s True Payment Milestone”

An organization representing leading fintech companies including Square and Stripe celebrated news from the Federal Reserve this week, as the Fed outlined its plans to invest in real-time payments infrastructure.

Square in Agreement with DoorDash to Sell Caviar

Payments innovator Square has entered into a definitive agreement with door-to-door delivery technology platform DoorDash. So what is Square definitively doing here? They’re selling their food-ordering business, Caviar.

Q2 Earnings: Square, Shopify, PayPal and Blackbaud

As we come to the halfway point for the year, momentum for fintechs is still going strong and cashless continues to dominate the marketplace. The recent trend towards mergers and acquisitions in our thriving ecosystem has paved the way for some impressive growth numbers, while the digital buzz continues to prime the marketplace for innovation and IPOs. Here is the Q2 earnings report.

Two Big Acquisitions Close, Ushering in an Era of Even Bigger Payment Processors

The lineup of processing giants at the top of the payments industry has been reduced by two this week.

PFs RealPage, Toast Beef Up Vertical Solutions with Acquisitions

payment facilitator RealPage announced this week that it has acquired SimpleBills, which provides utility management services within the student housing market. This acquisition follows closely on the announcement by PF Toast last week that it had acquired a restaurant HR software company.