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Square Uplevels EMV; SBI Drives Cashless: 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.

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.

Q2 Earnings Show Strong Momentum for Major PFs: PayPal, Square, Shopify and Blackbaud

Second quarter for this year has seen lots of acquisitions and partnerships for some of the major PF brands, as well as strong momentum to kick off the back half of the year. And while the payments ecosystem continues to evolve at a rapid pace, these publicly traded PFs seem to be thriving.

Square Continues to Perform, Has “Many Different Ways to Win”

Ahead of its quarterly earnings report next week, leading payments company Square is popping up a lot in the investment press.

PayPal 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?

Square Edges into Banking Business; Grab Partners with MayBank: News Roundup

Square’s Cash app is edging them into the banking business while Grab partners with Malaysia’s MayBank to launch its mobile wallet. And in other news, payment facilitator PayMate acquires Z2P Technologies and Vietnam strives for peak growth potential in its move towards a cashless society.

To Lend or Not to Lend? That is The Question

As the payments ecosystem continues to evolve and the payment facilitator model continues to hold its own in both profit and demand, a long-time customer offering once considered banks’ domain keeps making its way into the payments arena: Lending.

Square Boosts Omnichannel Capabilities, Expands Globally with Weebly Acquisition

Square announced plans last week to acquire Weebly, a technology company that enables businesses to build web sites and online stores.

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.

2017 Q4 Earnings Show Growth for Square, Shopify and Several PFs

Many companies have now released fourth quarter earnings for 2017 and everyone from Square and Shopify to Blackbaud and RealPage are reporting growth both quarterly and annually. The payment facilitator model, again, proves to be a lucrative business opportunity and with the continuous growth and momentum that digital technology brings to the payments ecosystem, 2018 is expected to follow suit.