Friday , April 19, 2024

Acquiring

Is Shift4 Seeking a Buyer? News Reports Say So, But the Company Stays Mum

Shift4 Payments Inc. went public in June 2020 after more than two decades as a privately held processor, but now its senior management may be looking for greater returns via an acquisition by an outside company. Both the processing giant Fiserv Inc. and a Spain-based reservations-processing company called Amadeus could …

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Card Issuers Rank Highest in BNPL Satisfaction, J.D. Power Finds

Credit card issuers claimed the top three spots in J.D. Power’s second annual buy now, pay later satisfaction study, with American Express Co.’s Plan It topping the list. JPMorgan Chase’s My Chase Plan and Citibank’s Citi Flex Pay rounded out the top three. American Express’s Plan It, which it launched …

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Qu Lands GoTo Foods POS Deal And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/29/24

Hospitality point-of-sale specialist Qu Inc. announced GoTo Foods, owner of brands Auntie Anne’s, Cinnabon, Carvel, Jamba, McAlister’s Deli, Moe’s Southwest Grill, and Schlotzsky’s, will use the Qu POS platform across these brands. GoTo Foods said it has more than 6,700 global locations. Payments platform ACI Worldwide Inc. reported December-quarter revenue of $476.6 million, up …

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Play Ball! Shift4 Lands Yankee Stadium; Sound Payments Adds Boarding And Deployment Services

With 29 days until Major League Baseball’s opening day on March 28, the New York Yankees have selected Shift4 Payments Inc. as the team’s concessions and retail sales point-of-sale system provider. Announced Wednesday, the deal will see Shift4 payment technology deployed at Yankee Stadium and at the George M. Steinbrenner …

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Mastercard’s Issuer Benefits And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/28/24

Mastercard Inc. launched its Open Banking for Account Opening program, aimed at U.S. issuers of consumer and small-business debit cards and issuers of consumer prepaid cards. The program aims to verify account ownership, reduce account abandonment, and cut non-sufficient funds returns. Brivo, a provider of technology for building access, has added …

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With Appetize and Finaro on Board, Shift4 Plots Expansion in the U.S. and Europe

Having closed on two key acquisitions, the big processor Shift4 Payments Inc. is looking to expand its business in Canada and Europe and build on its new beachhead in sports arenas, top management said early Tuesday. With its $100-million deal last fall to acquire Appetize Technologies Inc. from SpotOn Transact …

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Par Revenue up 10% And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/27/24

Payments-technology provider Par Technology Corp. posted fourth-quarter 2023 revenue of $107.7 million, a 10.2% increase from $97.2 million in the corresponding 2022 quarter. It had a quarterly loss of $18.6 million, up from a loss of $13.5 million the year prior. For all of 2023, Par had $415.8 million in revenue, a …

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Post Worldpay, FIS Looks to Share Buybacks And Growth in Digital Payments

Having completed on Feb. 1 a 55% spin-off of its massive Worldpay processing operation, FIS Inc. is now looking to concentrate on priorities including digital banking, real-time payments, and share buybacks, the company’s top executives said early Monday. Nor is the big Jacksonville, Fla.-based processor ignoring its potential gains from …

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Visa and GSMA In Education Tie-up And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/26/2024

Visa Inc. and the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation launched Digital Finance for All, a five-year program aimed at increasing access to digital finance for some 20 million persons in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. RevSpring Inc. launched a new scoring model for its Engage IQ service that evaluates the quality of …

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Block’s Dorsey: Cash App Is Your New Bank, And Square May Enlist ISOs

Block Inc. posted double-digit increases in net income for its December quarter and for 2023, but its co-founder and chief executive let it be known late Thursday the company has work to do. “Across the board, we’ve been going through an exercise in how we work so we can move …

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