“Airwallex, a leading global fintech platform, announced the launch of its Airwallex Online Payments App on Shopify. The Airwallex Online Payments App is a payment gateway plugin that merchants can integrate on their online store to accept payments from their global customers. This new app is offered through Airwallex’s payment acceptance solution that covers a wide range of payment methods. These payment methods include Visa, MasterCard and UnionPay bank cards, and 30+ other local payment methods across the Asia-Pacific and Europe, such as GrabPay in Southeast Asia, WeChat Pay in APAC, and Bancontact and Sofort in Europe.”

“Olo (NYSE: OLO), a leading on-demand commerce platform powering the restaurant industry’s digital transformation, today announced commercial availability of Olo Pay, a comprehensive payment platform that enables Olo’s network of restaurant brands to jointly reach 85 million connected consumers. Olo Pay is an easy-to-launch payment solution that provides everything restaurants need to drive sales, reduce fraud, and simplify day-to-day payment processes.”

“Buy It Mobility (BIM) Networks Inc., a leading digital payments infrastructure platform, today announced the launch of its “BuyPass” product, which will enable merchants to access and leverage branded payment alternatives much more easily… BuyPass gives retailers the ability to get their pay-by-bank (ACH) and merchant-branded payments programs up and running more seamlessly by dramatically reducing their integration lift and enabling faster speed to market…With this new solution, as an extension of their strategic partnership, BIM will leverage Discover’s established network and virtual card solution to help facilitate merchant-branded ACH transactions.”

“Audi Field today announced the venue has partnered with Shift4 (NYSE:FOUR), the leader in integrated payments and commerce technology, to bring the company’s suite of next-generation mobile payments and customer engagement solutions to enhance the fan experience at D.C. United matches and all other entertainment offerings at the downtown Washington, D.C. stadium.”

“Israel’s most valuable private technology company is in talks to buy a U.S.-based business to establish a foothold in the world’s biggest economy ahead of an initial public offering. Breaking into the U.S. is part of plans by payments startup Rapyd , last valued at $10 billion in August, to increase its attractiveness to American investors for a potential listing in two to three years, according to Chief Executive Officer Arik Shtilman.”

“Weave (NYSE: WEAVE), the all-in-one customer communication platform for small business, today announced the company has surpassed $1 billion in payments processed through Weave Payments. With recent enhancements to its payments offerings, this milestone is significant as Weave continues on its mission of becoming an essential software for small businesses.”

“Spreedly, the provider of the leading Payment Orchestration platform, announced today that Worldline, the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry and #4 player worldwide, has joined the Spreedly Payment Service Provider Program.”

“LianLian Global, a leading cross-border payment service provider (PSP), has successfully obtained money transmitter licenses in all 50 US states. This complete coverage increases LianLian Global’s value to US customers as a PSP. It also boosts the value to platforms, banks, and marketplaces who depend on a partner that can execute flawlessly and protect their business from compliance headaches and risky/expensive middlemen. So no matter where an ecommerce seller is based in the 50 states, it can now work with LianLian Global to manage funds globally with a multicurrency wallet, pay suppliers and collect from overseas marketplaces.”

“Dwolla , a fintech providing sophisticated account-to-account payment solutions for innovative businesses, announced a partnership with Infinicept to provide software companies with the maximum flexibility and benefit in payment processing…Infinicept and Dwolla are both neutral providers that supply maximum flexibility to software companies looking for a payment service provider. This partnership makes account-based payments more seamless, easier to integrate into existing systems and decreases the development overhead required to implement and manage a payments program. Infinicept adds sophisticated account-to-account payments to its toolbox while Dwolla adds a payment operations provider to its partner ecosystem, increasing the payment options for businesses and their customers.”

“London-based global payments service provider SumUp today announces the launch of a new Business Account solution for SumUp merchants in the UK, and almost a dozen European markets. The Business Account from SumUp is central to the evolution of the company’s core package, as it looks to expand its merchant offering. Upon launch, the solution will enable over 130,000 merchants to get paid into their business account.”

“Payments provider Dwolla has simplified the process for using its application programming interface, saying it cuts down on thousands of lines of code. The Drop-In Components help developers with or without technical experience integrate into Dwolla payments platforms , while following U.S. information verification regulations. U.S. regulations require that payments companies collect certain information to verify the accounts they create, including accounts on the Dwolla platform. Collecting information about “beneficial owners,” or those who control 25% or more of a company, is required. Dwolla’s customers can add or remove beneficial owners through a user-interface that ensures information like social security numbers or birth dates do not enter the server.”

“Payments service providers are building an array of financial services to compete with financial institutions (FIs). Lending, bank account products, issuing, and other services that have been FIs’ bread and butter are being challenged in a bid to add more revenue opportunities and engender greater loyalty. These payment disruptors, such as Square, Stripe, and Shopify, are using their existing relationships with small businesses to attract clients away from FIs and persuading them to use their own financial offerings. Two trends are powering service providers’ pushes into financial services: one from their own industry and another from banks and fintechs.”

“Paya (Nasdaq: PAYA), a leading integrated payments and commerce solutions provider, announced today this it has released enhanced e-invoicing capabilities for Sage 100, as well as Cloud EMV acceptance for Sage Intacct. The new features further automate collection and reconciliation of card and ACH payments, and provide plug-and-play, cloud-based EMV point of sale terminals to accept EMV, magstripe, and contactless payments. Customers using the latest release of Sage 100 can leverage Paya’s enhanced customer portal and e-invoicing capabilities to reduce days-sales-outstanding (DSO) through invoice and self-service automation.”

“Viva Wallet, the Pan-European Neobank with a presence in 23 countries, and  PrestaShop,  one of the leading open-source e-commerce platforms, announced a new collaboration that will allow thousands of online merchants across Europe and the UK to accept fully localized payments in a few clicks, through the new Viva Wallet module.”

“Spreedly, the provider of a secure, agnostic, and flexible platform that welcomes all payments participants, today announced the creation of a new partnership program built for gateways and other Payment Service Providers (PSPs).   The Partnership Program was created to further support a vision for a diversified and inclusive payments ecosystem — one offering connectivity and flexibility for all players, including payment service providers globally.”

“PayU, the fintech and e-payments business of Prosus, today announces its partnership with Silverflow, the cloud-based payments processing startup, to offer Payment Service Providers (PSPs) globally a new card acquiring process. By combining Silverflow’s direct connection to the card networks with PayU’s expansive acquiring capabilities, the move will revolutionise processing and settlement within the card acquiring process and drive innovation across the wider payments industry.”

“Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, today announced the launch of its first ever Data as a Service (DaaS) platform for payments, Ingenico Insight. The state-of-the-art solution features the latest in machine learning (ML) and data science capabilities for payments combined with an intuitive and tailored user experience. Ingenico is part of Worldline since October of 2020 and offers merchants smart, trusted and secure solutions to empower commerce.”

“Payrix, the acknowledged leader in embedded fintech, today announced its official launch into Australia and New Zealand – as it completed the acquisition of Brisbane-based payment service provider, IntegraPay. The company’s expansion efforts will remove barriers, boost revenue and accelerate money movement for a network of growing software-as-a-service (SaaS) clients with operations overseas.”

“NMI , a leading payments enablement technology company, today announced the launch of ChipDNA Cloud, an API that simplifies EMV and contactless payments integration for independent software vendors (ISVs), independent sales organizations (ISOs) and merchants. ChipDNA Cloud, the newest addition to the ChipDNA payments technology stack, is designed to serve industries that require seamless card present payments, including healthcare, dental, retail and more.”

“Montreal-based Nuvei, which supplies payment technology to the retail, travel, gaming and other sectors, is among a cluster of firms benefiting from the shift to e-commerce during pandemic lockdowns. The deal raised $700 million, making it the biggest tech offering in the history of the Toronto Stock Exchange , the exchange said in a statement .”

“Nuvei Technologies Corp. , a seller of payment technology to merchants and software vendors, is preparing to file for an initial public offering in the U.S. and Canada next month, according to people familiar with the matter. Montreal-based Nuvei was valued at $2 billion in December, when shareholders Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec and private equity firm Novacap Investments Inc. helped it raise $270 million in equity.”

“As demand for digital payments surges, Finix, which provides payments infrastructure to vertically-focused software companies, reported a 4.5x increase in payments volume from Q2 2019 to Q2 2020. Finix also recently launched Flex, a new product that kick-starts more companies on the path to owning their payments.”

“GoCardless , the leading fintech for recurring payments, today announced that it has been included in three new G2 Grid Reports released this week. Based on the positive reviews it received from verified users, who compared GoCardless to similar SaaS-based payment processing offerings, GoCardless is positioned as a Leader in the Summer 2020 G2 Grid reports for Payment Processing and Subscription Revenue Management software. GoCardless is also positioned as a High Performer in a third G2 Grid Report for Enterprise Payment software solutions.”