Michael Moeser is an Austin, Texas-based senior content strategist for Arizent. He has over 25 years of payments and consulting industry experience working in executive roles at Visa, Capital One, McKinsey, Javelin Strategy, and Ondot Systems. He has an MBA in Entrepreneurship from DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business and a BBA in Finance from University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.
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Payment processors and fintechs are rapidly consolidating in a series of M&A deals, and Canadian payments company Nuvei is making its bet via a $889 million deal to acquire SafeCharge.
May 22 -
Mastercard is making a niche play in the hot point of sale financing market, teaming with Dividio and lastminute.com to offer installment loans at checkout.
May 21 -
A year after trying to save faltering payday lender Wonga, Balderton Capital is investing in the other side of the model by leading a $19 million Series A funding round in Wagestream, a U.K. startup that provides flexible payroll technology to avoid payday loans.
May 20 -
While the European Union positions itself as one common, homogeneous market, the reality is that the European e-commerce market is very diverse with both leaders and laggards.
May 20 -
Amazon led a Series G funding round worth £475 million (about US$575 million) with three other investors for London-based food delivery company Deliveroo.
May 17 -
American Express has agreed to acquire Resy, a restaurant reservation booking and management platform.
May 15 -
As new stadiums are being launched across a variety of sports around the globe with the latest entertainment options, older stadiums are using technology and premium culinary offerings to stay competitive and keep their fans engaged.
May 15 -
Petal's getting aggressive with its incentive marketing by approaching consumers with limited credit histories, and it's betting artificial intelligence can handle the higher risk.
May 14 -
Germans' devotion to cash is waning, as payments cards edged out cash for total transaction value in German retail sales in 2018.
May 10 -
Dutch bank holding company ING Group and its venture capital arm, ING Ventures, joined three other VC groups to fund a €14 million (about US$ 15.75 million) Series B investment round for the Czech-based mobile credit payment app Twisto.
May 9
