1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (515+ words) Merchant data is giving platforms another way to offer working capital without sending restaurants to outside lenders. Repeat borrowing suggests embedded financing is becoming part of restaurant operations rather than a source of emergency funding. As platforms expand the services…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (945+ words) Alternative underwriting that looks at payment behavior and cash flow could open dental care to patients that a single credit score would turn away. Presenting financing at the point of care keeps patients from stripping down treatment plans to hit…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (446+ words) By purchasing Worldline’s Bambora North America business, Shift4 adds more than 140,000 merchants to its platform, the company said in a Monday (March 2) news release. “This deal brings a substantial gateway portfolio and payments volume onto Shift4’s platform,” said Shift4 CEO Taylor Lauber....

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (299+ words) Mastercard launched a portfolio of fleet management solutions in the Asia-Pacific region. Mastercard Fleet: Next Gen is designed for fleets of all sizes and brings together payments, data and controls, the company said in a Wednesday (Feb. 4) press release. The…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (377+ words) PAR Technology aims to continue its efforts to combine previously disjointed foodservice technology solutions by acquiring identity resolution and shopper intelligence platform Bridg, a division of Cardlytics. The global foodservice technology provider agreed to acquire Bridg for $27.5 million or up…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (168+ words) The collaboration combines Finexio’s Payments-as-a-Service infrastructure with RipplePoint’s long-standing hospitality expense analytics system. The companies said the joint solution is designed to help operators reduce costs by 30% to 60% while shifting AP from a labor-intensive cost center to a profit generator....