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August, 2021

  • 23 August

    PayPal Expands Its Cryptocurrency Strategy Outside the U.S. With a Thrust Into the U.K.

    As part of its strategy to be a leader in digital currencies, PayPal Holdings Inc. on Monday announced it will enable users in the United Kingdom to buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrency through their PayPal wallets. The move marks the first expansion of PayPal support for cryptocurrency outside the United …

  • 20 August

    E-Commerce Loses Some Momentum As Sales Slowed Down in the Latest Quarter

    The boom in e-commerce, which was touched off more than a year ago by the coronavirus pandemic, may be showing signs of losing steam. U.S. e-commerce sales in the second quarter totaled $222.5 billion, up 9.1% from the same quarter a year ago, according to numbers released Thursday by the …

  • 10 August

    Paymentus Acquires Payveris To Build Out It Bill-Pay Platform

    Paymentus Holdings Inc., a provider of cloud-based bill-payment technology, announced Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Payveris LLC, a digital money-movement platform, in a deal valued at $152.2 million. Paymentus will pay 56% of the purchase price in cash and the remainder in Paymentus Class A common stock. The acquisition …

  • 6 August

    Paya Looks to M&A, ISVs, And ACH for Growth As It Reports a Strong First Quarter

    Paya Holdings Inc. hasn’t let up on its search for growth via acquisitions as it plays to its strengths in integrated payments and automated clearing house processing.  The Reston, Va.-based company reported early Friday a record-high $10.7 billion in payment volume for the first quarter, a number that doesn’t include …

  • 2 August

    Square Is Set to Become an Overnight Force In BNPL With Its Afterpay Acquisition

    Square Inc.’s acquisition of Afterpay Ltd. is expected to give Square a ready-made product in the hotly competitive buy now, pay later market that it can quickly plug into its consumer and merchant applications to make it an immediate force in BNPL.  Square on Sunday announced it was acquiring Afterpay, …

July, 2021

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