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Paya | July 14, 2021

Paya, a leading supplier of integrated payments and commerce solutions, has established a strategic alliance with RECUR360, a cloud-based software and automation solution provider that provides recurring payment, invoicing, and collection capabilities across a variety of B2B sectors. RECUR360 will provide its clients greater capabilities and support for integrated card and ACH transactions as a result of the agreement, while also expanding into new, underserved areas such as wholesalers, distrib...

Investing.com | April 08, 2020

U.S. stocks are set to open mostly higher Wednesday, with markets still searching for direction after Tuesday’s volatile session as investors struggle to gauge the spread of coronavirus across the country. At 7:15 AM ET (1115 GMT), futures for the S&P 500 traded 21 points, or 0.8%, higher, futures for the Nasdaq up 82 points, or 1.0%. The Dow futures contract rose 191 points, or 0.8%. A wave of late selling hit stocks Tuesday as an early rally ran out of steam. The Dow fell 0.1%, or 26...

Credit Sesame | June 19, 2020

Credit and loans company, Credit Sesame, has announced its acquisition of Canadian challenger bank, Stack. The two firms had been in partnership since the 2019 design of Sesame Cash, a no-fee digital banking service “to help consumers grow their cash and credit together” which launched in March. That service saw more than 200,000 sign up in less than a month, and demand “continues to surge”, according to Credit Sesame. All Stac...

Libra, Shopify | February 21, 2020

After shedding several high-profile members, the Facebook-led digital currency project Libra has signed up online commerce giant Shopify.Shopify becomes the first new Libra Association member in four months, stemming a tide in the opposite direction which has seen Mastercard, Visa, eBay, Stripe, Vodafone, Mercado Paygo, and booking.com all bail on the project. Explaining its decision to sign on to the stablecoin initiative, Shopify says: "As online commerce becomes increasingly borderless, ...