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Can Payment Facilitators Claim Processing Fees as Top-Line Revenue?
For many startups, the way revenue is claimed is an issue with important implications. Top-line or gross revenue is a factor that investors often use to determine a company’s valuation. Maximizing that number has a tangible impact.
Welcome to the New Payment Facilitator Site!
We have some new things to tell you about. When PaymentFacilitator.com launched nearly six years ago, the payments industry was a very different place. The idea of embedding payments into other business solutions – making it way easier for small businesses to accept digital payments – was pretty new and not well-known. A lot of…
Who’s Who in a Payments Transaction?
Whether you’re in person or online, using a card account to pay for goods and services is deceptively simple. You input your account details into the yoga studio’s form and usually within seconds, your pass is paid for. The only thing standing between you and unlimited tree poses is your level of motivation. But for…
We’re Getting Ready to Launch a New Payment Facilitator Web Site
The team at Payment Facilitator has been working on something we’re excited about, and now we’re finally able to tell you about it: we’re in the process of revamping our web site.
Lightspeed to Acquire Ecwid and NuORDER
Commerce platform Lightspeed said this week that it plans to acquire two companies, Ecwid and NuORDER. The acquisitions will help its merchant customers sell online and manage their supply chains.
Phreesia Reports 45% Revenue Growth; Court Gives a Win to OCC Fintech Charter: News Roundup
PaymentFacilitator’s News Roundup is a curated mix of the past week’s news and articles from around the web, including company announcements, global payments news, and other coverage and analysis of topics relevant to payment facilitators.
Google Continues Ecommerce Focus with Square, Shopify Partnerships
Tech giant Google is continuing a flurry of ecommerce-related deals, most recently announcing partnerships with both Square and Shopify.
Stripe Introduces Payment Links, Enabling Quick and Easy Online Payment Acceptance
Stripe has launched what it’s calling Payment Links, a way for businesses to quickly create a payment page and share a link to it with their customers.
Paytm Planning IPO; Adyen Expanding to UAE: News Roundup
PaymentFacilitator’s News Roundup is a curated mix of the past week’s news and articles from around the web, including company announcements, global payments news, and other coverage and analysis of topics relevant to payment facilitators.
SpotOn Raises $125 Million; FortisPay Acquiring EpicPay: News Roundup
PaymentFacilitator’s News Roundup is a curated mix of the past week’s news and articles from around the web, including company announcements, global payments news, and other coverage and analysis of topics relevant to payment facilitators.
Square and Plaid Partner for ACH Payments
Plaid recently announced that it is working with Square to help U.S. businesses process ACH payments – debiting payment directly from customers’ bank accounts – without having to hold sensitive bank information.
State Regulators Seek Comments on Proposal for Uniform Nationwide MSB License Requirements
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors is asking for public comment on new proposed nationwide licensing requirements for money service businesses, including money transmitters.