Payments Acceptance news and trends

PayU Vet Mario Shiliashki Picked to Lead myPOS
Personnel // April 24, 2024

Small-business-focused payments/card solutions company myPOS has named Mario Shiliashki as its new CEO. Shiliashki, the company announced Wednesday (April 24) in a news release provided to PYMNTS, “brings a global view of payments, having worked across four continents for companies such as PayPal, Mastercard and...

Report: Ant Group Plans $200 Million Purchase of MultiSafepay
Acquisitions // January 07, 2024

China’s Ant Group is reportedly preparing to purchase Dutch payments firm MultiSafepay. The deal, worth about $200 million, comes as Ant Group — which owns Alipay — is making an ongoing expansion into the Western payments sector, Reuters reported Friday (Jan. 5), citing sources familiar with the matter....

New Report Finds Embedded Payments Now Table Stakes for Software Companies
Payments As A Service // November 06, 2023

  Improving customer experience has become a market trend across industries. Companies strive to improve payments and cater their businesses to customer bases that value easy buying experiences enabled by the latest technologies. In doing so, businesses also strive to find ways to access markets...

Clover Sales Grow 26% as Fiserv’s Merchants Embrace Business ‘Operating Systems’
Earnings // October 24, 2023

Fiserv reported third-quarter results Tuesday (Oct. 24) that showed a continued embrace of P2P payments and Clover’s point of sale and software solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). In the Payments and Network segment, Fiserv presentation materials revealed that the company logged 44% growth...

Interviews & Exclusives
Authorization Optimization Boosts Merchant Checkout Conversion

December 12, 2022
Holiday shopping makes or breaks merchants — who must be ready to offer a myriad of payment options. As PYMNTS research has found, consumers have been opting to use debit cards more than they have in the past, while credit card use has waned just a bit. Apple Pay, Venmo and buy now, pay later […]

Quick Reads
Mastercard Expands Start Path Program to Boost Payment Acceptance

May 02, 2024
Mastercard has welcomed six startups to its Start Path program focused on improving payment acceptance. “The ability to accept electronic payments has been critical to shaping the future of commerce and spurring the secular shift to digital — unlocking new use cases and enhancing expectations for speed, simplicity and safety,” the company said in a […]

PayU Vet Mario Shiliashki Picked to Lead myPOS

April 24, 2024
Small-business-focused payments/card solutions company myPOS has named Mario Shiliashki as its new CEO. Shiliashki, the company announced Wednesday (April 24) in a news release provided to PYMNTS, “brings a global...

Report: Ant Group Plans $200 Million Purchase of MultiSafepay

January 07, 2024
China’s Ant Group is reportedly preparing to purchase Dutch payments firm MultiSafepay. The deal, worth about $200 million, comes as Ant Group — which owns Alipay — is making an ongoing expansion into...