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Shift4 Acquires Majority Stake in Vectron, Completes Purchase of Revel
Acquisitions // June 14, 2024

Shift4 has acquired a majority stake in Vectron Systems, a supplier of point-of-sale (POS) systems to the restaurant and hospitality verticals in Europe. This acquisition is expected to provide Shift4, a provider of integrated payments and commerce technology, with a customer footprint across Europe, a...

Pipe Aims $100 Million at Embedding Working Capital Solutions Into Business Software
SMBs // June 11, 2024

The most valuable solution is the one that is there when you need it. And for America’s millions of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), they mostly share one common problem: access to capital. Karen Webster sat down with Luke Voiles, CEO at Pipe, and Thomas Welch,...

Merchants in Italy Can Now Process Payments Using iPhones
Point of Sale // May 29, 2024

Payment service providers Nexi, Adyen and Stripe are enabling merchants in Italy to process payments using their iPhones. Nexi already offered business owners this option through the NexiSoftPOS application, Reuters said in a Wednesday (May 29) report. However, the app only worked on Android operating...

Lightspeed CEO Points to B2B Sales as Next Engine of Small Merchant Growth
Point of Sale // May 18, 2024

Profit is the applause a business gets from its customers. So the saying, originally from business author Ken Blanchard, goes. Blanchard’s quip highlights the fact that to successfully navigate marketplace challenges and capture new opportunities, businesses increasingly need to focus on creating scalable solutions for...

Interviews & Exclusives
Pipe Aims $100 Million at Embedding Working Capital Solutions Into Business Software

June 11, 2024
The most valuable solution is the one that is there when you need it. And for America’s millions of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), they mostly share one common problem: access to capital. Karen Webster sat down with Luke Voiles, CEO at Pipe, and Thomas Welch, partner at Victory Park Capital, to take a closer look at […]

Lightspeed CEO Points to B2B Sales as Next Engine of Small Merchant Growth

May 18, 2024
Profit is the applause a business gets from its customers. So the saying, originally from business author Ken Blanchard, goes. Blanchard’s quip highlights the fact that to successfully navigate marketplace...

Biometrics May Be Online Retail’s Ticket to More Sales

November 24, 2023
Retailers are leveraging innovative solutions, such as biometrics, to enhance convenience, security and personalized services in their day-to-day business. Biometrics systems are gaining popularity as an authentication method for more...

The Challenge of Establishing Trust in the Age of Anonymous Commerce

November 15, 2023
“Trust, in the digital age,” Doriel Abrahams, head of risk in the U.S. at Forter, told PYMNTS, “is a lot different than it used to be.” Gone are the days...

Quick Reads
Shift4 Acquires Majority Stake in Vectron, Completes Purchase of Revel

June 14, 2024
Shift4 has acquired a majority stake in Vectron Systems, a supplier of point-of-sale (POS) systems to the restaurant and hospitality verticals in Europe. This acquisition is expected to provide Shift4, a provider of integrated payments and commerce technology, with a customer footprint across Europe, a distribution network of about 300 POS resellers, and the opportunity […]

Merchants in Italy Can Now Process Payments Using iPhones

May 29, 2024
Payment service providers Nexi, Adyen and Stripe are enabling merchants in Italy to process payments using their iPhones. Nexi already offered business owners this option through the NexiSoftPOS application, Reuters...

Epos Now Considers Sale of Minority Stake

May 01, 2024
British payments group Epos Now is running a private placement process to sell a minority stake in the business and bring on a strategic partner “for the next stage of...

Toast Debuts Restaurant Marketing Tools as Diners Show Caution

May 01, 2024
Restaurant technology platform Toast has debuted digital storefront and marketing tools. Toast’s Digital Storefront Suite offers website and online ordering capabilities, while its Marketing Suite combines marketing tools and automation...