Platform As A Service news and trends

Motive Partners Reportedly Working to Acquire Payments Tech Platform ACI Worldwide
Acquisitions // March 16, 2023

Private equity firm Motive Partners is reportedly working to acquire payments technology platform ACI Worldwide. Motive Partners has been seeking financing for a potential deal for weeks and is in talks with ACI Worldwide, Bloomberg reported Thursday (March 16), citing unnamed sources. No deal has...

In The Digital Shift, B2B Sellers (And Their Tech) Must Embrace Flexibility
B2B Payments // January 04, 2021

The digital migration of sales operations presents massive opportunities in efficiency and cost savings for B2B sellers like manufacturers and wholesalers, but the motivations for making the online shift haven’t always been about driving the overall optimization of the enterprise. According to Boris Lokschin, co-founder...

Boulevard Taps Ex-Chase Exec To Lead Payments Division
Personnel // January 15, 2020

Boulevard, a provider of back-office management software for the spa and salon industry, appointed Biju Nair as the company’s new vice president of payments, the company announced Wednesday (Jan. 15). The move follows the appointment of former MINDBODY Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Greg Wookey as Boulevard’s...

Data Enablers: Episerver Takes Digital Experiences Cross-Channel
data enablers // April 13, 2017

What happens when digital commerce, digital content and marketing come together on a single platform? Unique digital experiences that can help businesses to respond to customer behavior and deliver real-time, relevant content and recommendations. That’s the premise of Episerver, a cloud-based platform as a service...

Interviews & Exclusives
Real-Time Payments Pave Way for Further Adoption of Platform-as-a-Service Models

September 12, 2023
Steve Cook, chief technology officer at Form3, said in an interview with PYMNTS that the Platform-as-a-Service model is seeing a tailwind from the rise of instant payments. He noted that the United States may be in “a bit of a transformation at the moment,” as real-time payments grab headlines, and the FedNow® Service has debuted […]

Data Enablers: Episerver Takes Digital Experiences Cross-Channel

April 13, 2017
What happens when digital commerce, digital content and marketing come together on a single platform? Unique digital experiences that can help businesses to respond to customer behavior and deliver real-time,...

Quick Reads
Motive Partners Reportedly Working to Acquire Payments Tech Platform ACI Worldwide

March 16, 2023
Private equity firm Motive Partners is reportedly working to acquire payments technology platform ACI Worldwide. Motive Partners has been seeking financing for a potential deal for weeks and is in talks with ACI Worldwide, Bloomberg reported Thursday (March 16), citing unnamed sources. No deal has been finalized, the discussions could fall through, and ACI could […]

Boulevard Taps Ex-Chase Exec To Lead Payments Division

January 15, 2020
Boulevard, a provider of back-office management software for the spa and salon industry, appointed Biju Nair as the company’s new vice president of payments, the company announced Wednesday (Jan. 15)....