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- Some 41% of Americans think their finances will stay the same in the next 12 months, while 38% say their situation will get better, according to a survey by Discover Personal Loans, a unit of Discover Financial Services. But 20% expect to be worse off. The survey, conducted by Morning Consult, polled 1,500 adults in mid-March.
- Shift4 Payments Inc. said it is further extending a previously tendered, $2.5 billion all-cash offer to acquire Global Blue Group Holding AG, originally announced Feb. 16. The move follows an extension Shift4 announced in mid-April.
- The cross-border payments platform dLocal said it has expanded an agreement with PayPal Holdings Inc. to offer payment processing and local payment methods to businesses in more than 40 new markets.
- Corporate-payments provider Corpay and TPG Capital, an asset-management firm, have agreed to acquire AvidXchange Holdings Inc., a payments-software developer, in a deal valued at $2.2 billion. TPG will hold a majority stake, with Corpay assuming a minority interest.
- Marqeta Inc. said it will issue the Perpay Credit Card from Perpay Inc., a service that helps employees build credit by managing withdrawals from their paychecks.
- HSBC Holdings plc has launched HSBC TradePay for Import Duties, a financing platform aimed at simplifying payment of import duties for U.S. clients.
- Green Dot Corp. has agreed to add tap to transfer capability to Samsung Wallet, an app from Samsung Electronics. Tap to transfer allows wallet users to move funds to other wallets or contactless debit cards.
- Payments provider Electronic Merchant Systems has rolled out a tap-to-pay on iPhone capability, working with mobile-payments provider Paysley.
- Michael Lyons has been officially named chief executive of Fiserv Inc. upon the confirmation of Frank Bisignano as commissioner of the Social Security Administration. Bisignano had served as Fiserv’s CEO since 2020.
- Aurora Payments named Derek Dean chief executive, succeeding long-time CEO Brian Goudie, who becomes executive chairman.
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