Thursday , September 19, 2024

Competitive Strategies

Stripe Grows Its Portfolio of BNPL Providers by Partnering With Klarna

With consumers eagerly embracing buy now, pay later payment options, Stripe Inc. on Tuesday announced it is partnering with BNPL powerhouse Klarna AB. The deal will enable Stripe merchants to offer Klarna BNPL loans to consumers in the United States and 19 countries throughout Europe. The deal also adds to …

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Microsoft Signs up With FIS’s Worldpay for Online Processing Beyond Latin America

Microsoft Corp. will significantly expand its processing arrangement with the big Worldpay unit of FIS Inc. to include the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific under a new agreement announced Tuesday. The agreement will support credit and debit card transactions Microsoft receives on online properties, including Xbox, Microsoft Advertising, and Microsoft Azure, …

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A Bread Partnership Adds More Long-Term Financing Power to Sezzle’s BNPL Arsenal

As part of its strategy to become a full-service payments provider and serve a wider consumer base, buy now, pay later provider Sezzle Inc. on Monday announced a partnership with Alliance Data Systems Corp. to offer Alliance Data’s Bread installment-loan service to Sezzle merchants. The partnership builds on a deal …

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The CFPB’s Order Asking for Payments Data From Six Big Tech Companies Stokes Controversy

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau order handed down Thursday that asks Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Square Inc., and PayPal Holdings Inc. to turn over information about their payments products, plans, and practices has industry observers lining up on both sides of the …

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AmEx Posts a Strong Quarter As Its CEO Signals Caution on BNPL, Crypto, And Acquisitions

American Express Co. reported strong results Friday morning for its third quarter as its top executive said the company hasn’t exhausted its interest in acquisitions, though he added the New York City-based payments company is cool to the prospects for cryptocurrency as a medium of exchange. Chief executive Stephen Squeri …

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Klarna Acquires Inspirock and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/22/21

International payments provider Klarna Bank AB acquired Inspirock, an online trip planner used by 25 million customers annually. Terms were not disclosed.In related news, Klarna said it is working with software-as-a-service platform provider Wix.com Inc. to enable Wix’s e-commerce merchants in 17 countries to accept payments through Klarna.Processor Lightspeed Commerce Inc. expanded its Lightspeed Capital program …

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Veem Partners With Q2 Holdings to Make Digital B2B Payments More Accessible

As part of its strategy to remove friction from the accounts-payable and accounts-receivable process for small and medium-size businesses, payment-technology provider Veem Inc. on Thursday announced a partnership with Q2 Holdings, Inc., a provider of digital banking and lending solutions. Under the terms of the deal, Veem will make its …

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Stripe Strikes Again In Executing Its Strategy to Expand Beyond Online Payments Acceptance

Building on its strategy of expanding beyond payments acceptance, Stripe Inc. on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Recko Inc., a provider of payments-reconciliation software for Internet businesses. Terms were not disclosed. The deal follows the debut of new applications this year intended to carry out this strategy, such as Stripe …

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How Consumers’ Growing Adoption of BNPL Is Getting the Ad Dollars Flowing

The heady times for buy now, pay later just keep on rolling. Now, with 44% of consumers saying they have used BNPL options to make a purchase, according to personal-finance company Credit Karma LLC, providers of the point-of-sale financing have opened the ad-spending spigot.  A new report from MediaRadar, a …

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Intuit Expands Its Payments Reach to Small Businesses And Takes Aim At Square

Sensing an opportunity to expand the reach of its financial services to more small businesses, Intuit Inc. on Tuesday introduced Money by QuickBooks, a mobile app intended to make it easier for small sellers to accept payment, manage their cash flow, and pay bills. Intuit launched the app in response …

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