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PaymentsNEXT: Payments industry news, perspectives & insight
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This week’s payments industry news features an in-depth look at PayPal’s acquisition of mobile payments provider iZettle, research on the impact of real-time payments on merchants and our usual Friday global payments news roundup. Just in time for your weekend reading.
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PayPal acquisition of iZettle shakes up payments world
PayPal just moved the meter in the payments world with its acquisition of mobile payments provider iZettle for $2.2 billion in an all cash deal. iZettle, the Swedish payments fintech, had planned to raise $227 million on the Stockholm Nasdaq exchange in an IPO valuing the company at around $1.1 billion. Read more… |
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Payments research: 77% of merchants say real-time payments to replace cards
A new ACI Worldwide/Ovum payments research survey says 77% of merchants expect real-time payments to replace card payments in the near future. The report also offers other valuable insights into merchants and payments preferences and challenges. Most important to payments providers, 65% of merchants are interested in receiving real-time payments compared with 57% in the previous year’s survey. Read more…
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Global payments news roundup – May 18, 2018
Our Friday global payments news roundup includes a useful collection of strategic payments news you can use about iZettle, PayPal, Barclaycard, ACI Worldwide/Ovum, Amazon, Square, Walmart, FNB, Apple Pay and Nuggets. Read more… |
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