“With just days to go until Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Stripe has expanded its in-person payments service Terminal to Ireland, France, Germany, the UK and the Netherlands. This European expansion comes two years after Stripe Terminal was made generally available in the US, letting online businesses extend their Stripe capability to accept in-person payments.”

“Addressing the growing needs of restaurants for cost-effective delivery options, Fiserv, Inc. , (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, introduces Clover® Online Ordering with Delivery, which provides flexible food delivery services with direct menu management, order and payment processing and reporting through the Clover platform.”

“The first fruits of GoDaddy Inc.’s acquisition six months ago of payments-technology provider Poynt Inc. emerged Tuesday with the announcement of GoDaddy Payments, a service aimed at unifying payments capabilities for GoDaddy’s base of e-commerce clients. To start with, GoDaddy Payments will focus on e-commerce transactions for clients using GoDaddy Websites + Marketing and Managed WordPress WooCommerce services. Later in the year, the service will add card-present transactions, the company says, building on strengths 8-year-old Poynt started out with when it began releasing its line of point-of-sale terminals. GoDaddy indicated in December that half of its clients also operate physical stores.”

“Wix (Nasdaq: WIX ), a leading global SaaS platform to create, manage, and grow an online presence, today announced the launch of Wix POS solutions for Wix business owners to accept secure in-person payments of goods and services in store, online and on the go, allowing them to manage all sales, inventory and data directly from the Wix platform…Wix POS offers a cohesive end-to-end omnichannel solution, unifying the online and offline, directly from the Wix platform. It is the latest in a series of enhancements to Wix’s eCommerce platform, further advancing Wix’s vision to provide business owners with a full operating system to create, manage and grow their business.”

“Lightspeed (NYSE: LSPD ) (TSX: LSPD), a leading provider of cloud-based, omnichannel commerce platforms, today announced the initial availability of Lightspeed Payments for hospitality merchants in the United Kingdom and Europe. Lightspeed’s integrated payments experience gives small and medium-sized businesses in the hospitality industry access to key functionalities made crucial by the global pandemic, including mobile and contactless payments, ahead of anticipated economic reopenings.”

“WorldLine , the European market leader in payment and transaction services, and Amadis today announced the completion of its multi-country payment solution rollout with Subway ® restaurants. Together WorldLine, Amadis and Subway executed a payments solution to streamline its global payment infrastructure and provide secure, cost-effective and optimized operations for Franchisees.”

“GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), the company that empowers everyday entrepreneurs, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Poynt. Under the terms of the agreement, GoDaddy will pay $320 million in cash at closing and $45 million in deferred cash payments subject to certain performance and employment conditions over three years. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021, subject to the satisfaction of regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.”

“As the winter ski season gets underway, Square announced that its commerce platform now powers payments, e-commerce, and point of sale at nearly a dozen renowned ski resorts across the U.S. and Canada in partnership with POWDR, an adventure lifestyle company on a mission to deliver memorable experiences, enhance people’s lives and have fun doing it.”

“ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time digital payment software and solutions, today announced that EFT Corporation, one of Africa’s leading payment solution providers, is utilizing the ACI Enterprise Payments Platform to expand its payments offerings and better serve its customers across Africa.”

“Healthcare technology leader Modernizing Medicine® today announced general availability of the integrated payment processing platform of its subsidiary Modernizing Medicine Retail Solutions, known as modmed® Pay, as part of its patient engagement solutions.”