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December 11, 2020
The Weekender
Today In Payments: Cybersecurity Firm FireEye Hacked By Nation-State; PayPal’s iZettle Intros QR Codes At...
News // December 09, 2020

In today’s top news, cybersecurity firm FireEye announced that it had been hacked by a suspected nation-state, and PayPal’s iZettle added QR code payments to its POS app in the U.K. Plus, Robinhood is in talks to go public. Cybersecurity Firm FireEye Hacked By Suspected...

Today In Payments Around The World: iZettle Debuts QR Codes At POS For British Merchants;...
International // December 09, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, PayPal has unveiled quick-response (QR) codes in iZettle’s point-of-sale program, while Ireland’s TransferMate recently announced that it secured its first two payment licenses in South America. Plus, the United Kingdom government is moving to regulate Big Tech...

PayPal’s iZettle Introduces QR Codes At POS For UK Merchants
Payment Methods // December 09, 2020

PayPal has introduced QR code payments in iZettle’s point-of-sale app to advance secure, contactless transactions in the U.K. amid COVID-19 restrictions. “Small businesses need access to commerce tools that help them sell securely and meet their customers wherever they are — in-store, online and in-between,”...

Visa, PayPal Expand Global Real-Time Payments Partnership
Global Payments // September 10, 2020

As the pandemic fuels digital payments, Visa and PayPal have expanded ways for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and consumers to move money quickly, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. The global partnership will boost sending or receiving funds through PayPal, Venmo or...

Interviews & Exclusives
PayPal’s de Geer: Why PayPal’s Fast-Tracking Innovation To Future-Proof SMBs

July 13, 2020
Although immensely disruptive and, in many cases, devastating to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the pandemic has revealed just how resilient the SMB community really is. As entrepreneurs race to digitize, develop new revenue streams, and find workarounds to what could have otherwise been crushing roadblocks to their business, FinTech partners have become critical allies […]

PayPal’s Ready On iZettle Buy And Taking SMBs Multi-Channel

May 24, 2018
The omnicommerce headlines, PayPal COO Bill Ready noted in a recent conversation with Karen Webster, tend to be dominated by the big players and the technologies they are using to follow the consumer across...

iZettle Makes Invoicing mPOSsible

June 26, 2017
iZettle is announcing today that it has added two more arrows into its SMB quiver: local mobile payment solutions and invoicing. We talked to iZettle Co-Founder and CEO Jacob de Geer about these new services...

iZettle Uses Acquisition To Set Up One-Stop POS Shop

September 07, 2016
Hardware is out. Software is in. Jacob de Geer, CEO and cofounder of iZettle, joined Karen Webster to share how the company’s acquisition of intelligentpos recasts the options that SMBs...

Quick Reads
PayPal’s iZettle Introduces QR Codes At POS For UK Merchants

December 09, 2020
PayPal has introduced QR code payments in iZettle’s point-of-sale app to advance secure, contactless transactions in the U.K. amid COVID-19 restrictions. “Small businesses need access to commerce tools that help them sell securely and meet their customers wherever they are — in-store, online and in-between,” Jacob de Geer, vice president of small business products and […]

Visa, PayPal Expand Global Real-Time Payments Partnership

September 10, 2020
As the pandemic fuels digital payments, Visa and PayPal have expanded ways for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and consumers to move money quickly, according to a press release emailed...

PayPal Launches iZettle Food & Drink In The UK

September 03, 2020
PayPal has launched its iZettle Food & Drink app, the point of sale (POS) platform for iOS to support food and drinks service in the U.K. The app was crafted...

PayPal’s iZettle Acquisition Draws Fine From UK Regulator

September 24, 2019
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the U.K. has levied a fine against PayPal for breaking rules regarding marketing in the country when it acquired iZettle for $2.2 billion,...