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John Stewart

Starting as an editor on Bank Network News at Faulkner & Gray, John ultimately played a key role in starting, editing, and publishing many of F&G's flagship publications, including Credit Card Management, Card Technology, Card Marketing, and Collections & Credit Risk. Before co-founding Boland Hill Media, John was a group publisher at Thomson Media responsible for a $10 million division embracing magazines, newsletters, and Web sites.

Worldpay Is Doing Well, But It’s Not a ‘Growth Driver’ for FIS, Execs Say

Top executives at FIS Inc. early Tuesday reported accelerating revenue in 2024 and see that momentum carrying into the new year, but the energy appears to be coming from financial technologies apart from the big Worldpay merchant-processing platform. “Worldpay has not been a growth driver in 2024, and won’t be …

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Paysafe’s Shares Climb As Wall Street Buzzes With Takeover Talk

Paysafe Ltd., one of the world’s largest payments processors, has developed a highly sophisticated stake in online gaming, but lately the odds may favor a change in ownership for the publicly held London-based company, according to industry speculation. News emerged late Thursday that the company’s current valuation–$1.4 billion, down from …

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Fiserv Gets Set for a New CEO As Bisignano Trumpets a Strong Quarter

President Donald Trump may have tapped Frank Bisignano to run the Social Security Administration, but for the time being he remains very much in charge of the big processor Fiserv Inc. Early on Wednesday, he reported a robust 2024 in which the company recorded 16% growth in organic revenue—growth apart …

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PayPal Looks to Growth And Points to a ‘Best in Class Checkout Experience’

PayPal Holdings Inc. reported encouraging growth early Tuesday but left some analysts questioning how long that expansion can continue as the company concentrates on its branded growth initiatives. “Branded checkout is our number-one priority,” chief executive Alex Chriss told equity analysts on a call to discuss the company’s fourth-quarter earnings. “We’re …

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Mastercard Addresses the Fate of Cap One’s Debit Cards

The pending $35.3-billion merger of Capital One and Discover has concentrated minds in the payments industry for nearly a year, but perhaps nowhere so much as at Mastercard Inc. That became apparent early Thursday as equity analysts quizzed the card network’s top brass about the combination’s potential impact on Mastercard, …

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Codego Launches Gateway Software While KuCoin Looks to Recover From Its Legal Woes

The fintech Codego Ltd. has launched its Cryptogateway software, which enables merchants in 33 countries to accept cross-border in-person and e-commerce transactions in cryptocurrency and receive the funds in fiat money in an IBAN account. IBAN accounts are typically used to hold funds arising from cross-border transactions. The new service, which works …

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A Japan Deal Expands Nuvei’s Asia Footprint, While Nayax Embeds Payments for Self-Service Devices

Canada-based processor Nuvei Corp. announced early Monday it has closed on its acquisition of Paywiser Japan Ltd., a deal that will expand Nuvei’s position in the Asia-Pacific market. The deal, which includes Paywiser’s acquiring license, will connect Nuvei to merchants in Japan through direct acquiring capabilities. It also includes links …

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AmEx Closes Out 2024 On a High Note As Growth Proves Steady

Top executives at American Express Co. early Friday celebrated the final quarter of what they said was a year to remember. “We delivered record revenue, record net income, and new records in many categories,” including all-time-high cardholder spending, AmEx chief executive Steve Squeri told equity analysts during a conference call …

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Fiserv Finds a Successor As CEO Bisignano Prepares to Leave

Fiserv Inc. early Thursday announced Michael P. Lyons will take over as chief executive at Fiserv Inc., replacing Frank Bisginano. Lyons, who is also taking on the office of president at the Milwaukee-based company, arrives from PNC Financial Services Group, a Fiserv client, where he was president and a key …

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Is 2025 Going to Be the Year of the Stablecoin?

As 2025 begins to unfold, some experts and network providers are beginning to think the year could see a breakthrough for stablecoins, the digital currency generated by a blockchain but with a value tied to a national currency, such as the dollar. That link allows users to deploy digital dollars, …

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