Payments Acceptance news and trends

Mastercard Expands Start Path Program to Boost Payment Acceptance
Mastercard // 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...

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...

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
Crypto.com and Ingenico Team on Crypto Payments for Merchants

November 05, 2024
Payments acceptance provider Ingenico has launched a partnership with Crypto.com. The new collaboration will bring cryptocurrency payments and merchant services to users of the Ingenico platform, the two companies announced Tuesday (Nov. 5), letting merchants around the world accept crypto payments. “Through this collaboration, Ingenico merchants can now accept crypto payments and receive funds settlement […]

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...

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...