Cloud Based news and trends

API-Based Microservices Use Speed, Access and Ease to Cut in Front of Legacy Checkout Tech
API // July 27, 2022

Legacy tech has gotten a drubbing throughout the pandemic — and rightly so, many would argue, as merchants and their payments partners seek to create new experiences that were not technologically possible before, while managing high levels of risk that ride along. Merchants particularly are...

Digital Banking Software Provider Alkami Taps Goldman Sachs For IPO Prep, Report Says
Business // February 23, 2021

U.S.-based banking software company Alkami Technology is planning an initial public offering (IPO) that could be valued at $3 million, Reuters reported on Monday (Feb. 22). Alkami has also chosen Goldman Sachs to lead the preparations for the IPO. The company, based in Plano, Texas,...

Item-Tracking App Tile Claims Apple iOS Changes Make It ‘More Difficult’ For Users
Apple // May 31, 2020

Cloud-based finding platform Tile is accusing Apple of tweaking its latest operating systems by changing the default settings, according to a report in The Financial Times (FT) on Sunday (May 31). Tile said that it believes Apple turned off the “always allow” default setting —...

F5 Adds To Portfolio With $1B Shape Security Acquisition
Partnerships / Acquisitions // December 20, 2019

To add protection from targeted fraud, automated attacks and botnets to its portfolio of application services, F5 will acquire fraud and abuse prevention company Shape Security. The two companies announced a deal in which F5 will buy all of Shape’s issued and outstanding shares for a...

Interviews & Exclusives
Quicken’s Thirty-Nine Year Journey to the Cloud

September 28, 2022
Personal finance, no surprise, is top of mind as individuals and households grapple with soaring interest rates, skyrocketing inflation, and losses in the bond and equity markets. As Quicken CEO Eric Dunn told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, banks have fallen short of the mark when it comes to giving consumers a holistic view of their finances […]

API-Based Microservices Use Speed, Access and Ease to Cut in Front of Legacy Checkout Tech

July 27, 2022
Legacy tech has gotten a drubbing throughout the pandemic — and rightly so, many would argue, as merchants and their payments partners seek to create new experiences that were not...

Tradeshift’s Business Commerce Boost Via Buy (and the Cloud)

March 14, 2017
Tradeshift, the cloud based business network that brings buyers and suppliers together, is buying IBX Business Network from Capgemini.  Here’s what the deal means as a global source to pay...

Quick Reads
Digital Banking Software Provider Alkami Taps Goldman Sachs For IPO Prep, Report Says

February 23, 2021
U.S.-based banking software company Alkami Technology is planning an initial public offering (IPO) that could be valued at $3 million, Reuters reported on Monday (Feb. 22). Alkami has also chosen Goldman Sachs to lead the preparations for the IPO. The company, based in Plano, Texas, supplies cloud-based platforms that banks can use to provide digital […]

Item-Tracking App Tile Claims Apple iOS Changes Make It ‘More Difficult’ For Users

May 31, 2020
Cloud-based finding platform Tile is accusing Apple of tweaking its latest operating systems by changing the default settings, according to a report in The Financial Times (FT) on Sunday (May...

F5 Adds To Portfolio With $1B Shape Security Acquisition

December 20, 2019
To add protection from targeted fraud, automated attacks and botnets to its portfolio of application services, F5 will acquire fraud and abuse prevention company Shape Security. The two companies announced a...

NCR To Buy Payment Processing Firm JetPay

October 22, 2018
NCR is expanding further into payments. The U.S.-based firm said Monday (Oct. 22) that it will buy Pennsylvania-based JetPay, “a provider of end-to-end payment processing and human capital management solutions,”...