Paysafe, which also operates as a payment facilitator, announced that it has agreed to acquire Houston-based processor Merchants’ Choice Payment Solutions (MCPS) for $470 million.
GlobalOnePay Launches Payment Facilitator Platform
GlobalOnePay has launched an ecommerce platform that enables payment processing for payment facilitators, marketplaces, SaaS companies and ISVs.
Acting Comptroller Defends Fintech Charter
Noreika, a Trump administration appointee, defended the OCC’s right to establish the charter championed by his predecessor, Obama appointee Thomas Curry, despite states’ claims to the contrary.
Stripe Acquisition, PayPal Partners: News Roundup
Leading payment facilitator Stripe announced that it is acquiring Payable to help make tax reporting easier for platforms and marketplaces
Paytm Delists 85,000 Sellers in Cautionary Tale for New Marketplaces
The move is a result of revising its onboarding process to better catch fraudulent sellers. The delisted merchants did not meet the new standards.
QR Code Use Expanding with New Global Specification
China’s payment network UnionPay, a member of EMVCo, led the working group that developed the specification, the company said in a press release, calling it “the first globally interoperable technical solution for QR code payment.”
Streamlining of State Regulatory System Continues, Slowly
The road to that system is long, but the good news is, baby steps down the path are continuing.
European e-Commerce, Contactless Transactions in London: News Roundup
Leading payment facilitator Shopify announced that it would enable checkout directly on its merchants’ domains, rather than redirecting customers to checkout.shopify.com for purchase completion. The company said that the capability would be free for all merchants and would be activated automatically.
Visa to Invest in Klarna
The move comes at a time when Klarna – which has 60 million consumer and 70,000 retailer customers – has said it is looking to expand its product offerings and challenge the financial services status quo on a larger scale.
U.K.: Contactless Payments Reach Halfway Point
A survey from Barclaycard says that British consumers now use contactless payments for more than half (51%) of their transactions under the limit of 30£.