Payments cost-cutting could fuel M&A: investor
Payments Dive
MAY 31, 2023
Payments companies cutting staff and revamping cost structures could make them a more attractive target for acquirers, a QED Investors partner said.
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Payments Dive
MAY 31, 2023
Payments companies cutting staff and revamping cost structures could make them a more attractive target for acquirers, a QED Investors partner said.
Stax
MARCH 18, 2025
Cost structure All payment gateway providers charge transaction fees. Understanding the costs involved helps you choose the right solution based on your businesss budget. Ideally, you want instant or same-day fund settlement. Also, evaluate the providers dispute and chargeback resolution speed.
Fintech Review
MAY 8, 2025
Businesses can route transactions dynamically based on geography, payment method preferences, cost structures, or success rates. Payment Orchestration Payrails acts as a central control layer across multiple payment service providers (PSPs), acquirers, alternative payment methods (APMs), and fraud tools.
Fintech Finance
DECEMBER 2, 2024
“Not only will we meet and exceed these expectations by expanding our relationship with Atleos, but we will also be able to streamline processes, enhance compliance and benefit from a more predictable cost structure.”
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Fintech Finance
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
These cards enhance the partner payment experience, and offer a simpler cost structure as well as more card product and currency flexibility. Holiday Extras is excited to use Checkout.com’s travel card proposition, which leverages virtual card technology as part of the Mastercard Wholesale Program, to pay their hotel partners.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 14, 2016
The cost structure has been weighted down by Citi’s taking on of the Costco co-branded credit card portfolio. But the consumer banking division could hardly have been seen as a bright spot, as net income in that segment slipped year over year by 25 percent.
Clearly Payments
JANUARY 16, 2024
These fees are non-negotiable and serve as a fundamental component of the cost structure for merchants. Here are key strategies that merchants can consider to reduce their interchange fees: Switch to a Lower Cost Payment Processor: Establishing a strong relationship with payment processors can be pivotal.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
If I were to issue a million [physical] cards or provision a million cards on a phone, my cost structure is very different. When it comes to innovation in the credit space — including acquisition, provisioning and engagement in particular, Wain says mobile technology is a game-changer that must be seen as the new normal. “If
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PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
Omnichannel has changed the field some but also very much changed cost structures. Online-only retailers are leading that growth, though it is notable that Amazon tends to mess with those averages some given its gigantic year-over-year figures.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 2, 2019
. “The changes we announced today are being made from a position of strength and this is the first step in a larger plan that will not only reduce our structural cost base but allow us to expand the WU Platform to new customers, clients and global brands.”.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 22, 2019
The policy change allows us to align more closely to our cost structure, to the policies of our payments partners and to industry practice. “We believe that this policy change is in line with industry practice,” the spokesperson added. “We We know businesses depend on us, and the decision to update our policy was not made lightly.
Fintech Finance
AUGUST 22, 2024
Nick Thomson, CEO and co-founder of Revenew, commented: “As a team of deep platform and payments experts, we know that the primary things that hold platform businesses back are uncertainty and lack of cost structure visibility and understanding when building out their unit economics.
Paystand
MARCH 12, 2024
By analyzing financial data, you gain insights into revenue trends, cost structures, and profit margins. Your ability to ensure accuracy is crucial for regulatory compliance and building trust among investors, creditors, and other stakeholders. This allows you to identify areas for improvement and capitalize on growth opportunities.
The Finance Weekly
APRIL 27, 2022
Efficiency Initiatives: Improve processes and ultimately save time and have a competitive cost structure. Sales Opportunities: Formulate a strategy to drive committed growth where accountabilities are marked. Reorganization : Ensure the appropriate span of control and layers are set in place to enable effective decision making.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 27, 2016
“Very high fulfillment costs, free shipping and returns and the challenging issues of refurbishing and getting returned product into a re-saleable state and location can add a substantial two percentage points or more to a retailer’s cost structure.
Payment Savvy
MARCH 22, 2023
Understanding the break-even point helps businesses set realistic sales targets, assess the viability of their operations, and evaluate the impact of changes in cost structures or pricing strategies. This information can help businesses identify areas for cost reduction and optimize their production processes.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 5, 2016
Nordstrom was one of the first brick-and-mortar shops to offer free shipping and free returns, though, these days, it looks like it is working hard to tighten up its eCommerce operations and cost structure. The souped-up requirements come following Nordstrom’s closure of Trunk Club’s large Chicago-based fulfillment center.
Stax
APRIL 17, 2025
Budget considerations POS systems vary when it comes to cost. Its vital to evaluate the upfront and ongoing costs to choose one that matches your budget. Heres a breakdown of cost structures to expect: Upfront pricing – Mostly adopted by traditional POS system providers.
Clearly Payments
MAY 16, 2024
Predictability : For businesses with very consistent transaction types, tiered pricing can provide a predictable cost structure. Cost-Effectiveness : For merchants predominantly processing low-risk transactions, tiered pricing can be cost-effective, particularly if the majority of their transactions qualify for the lower rate tiers.
The Finance Weekly
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Differentiating Between Variable, Fixed, and Semi-Variable Costs Every business has a cost structure made up of fixed, variable, and semi-variable expenses. In short, having a firm grip on variable expenses directly influences your financial outcomes and overall organizational health.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 6, 2020
A bid to cap the ways larger tech firms scale vertically hearkens back to the mega-mergers of old, when, say, manufacturing and industrial companies sought to control the various means of production to keep out competitors and lock in an efficient cost structure.
PYMNTS
MAY 6, 2020
“COVID-19 is causing issues both for the cost structure of running an educational system, and on the families who are looking to send their kids off to study,” Massaro said, adding that schools must prepare for an array of scenarios based on possible student enrollment declines or a rise in students unable to make tuition payments.
PYMNTS
MAY 6, 2020
“COVID-19 is causing issues both for the cost structure of running an educational system, and on the families who are looking to send their kids off to study,” Massaro said, adding that schools must prepare for an array of scenarios based on possible student enrollment declines or a rise in students unable to make tuition payments.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 29, 2020
"We're leveling the playing field by bringing the same modern crime detection and reporting capabilities afforded to larger institutions to mid-sized banks in a package that suits their unique requirements and cost structures.". First Horizon Bank Adopts NCR Technology.
PYMNTS
MAY 12, 2020
COVID-19 is causing issues both for the cost structure of running an educational system, and on the families who are looking to send their kids off to study,” said Flywire CEO Mike Massaro. It is their current classes.”.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 18, 2017
Banks and merchants might have the same cost structure, but with technology, there will be new businesses they can explore. “With all these new technologies in place, there will be more business they’ll be able to pick up, and there will be repurposing of jobs to help that new business grow,” Lam said.
PYMNTS
MARCH 19, 2020
We have a highly variable cost structure, a global footprint, multiple business lines that give us some diversity and case studies for how quickly our businesses (are) likely to rebound after a shock like this. We have ample liquidity.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Cost discipline across the firm’s entire cost structure, from locations and equipment to corporate expenses, is key, she told Webster: “I think COVID has forced all businesses to be really focused on maintaining cost discipline.”.
The Fintech Times
JUNE 26, 2024
For GenAI in fintech, given their “digital-first” cost structures are heavily weighted toward areas where the technology is delivering huge gains—coding, customer support, and digital marketing—the impact is likely to be even more pronounced in the near term.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 18, 2021
An Ulta representative said per a published report that the “decisions were made thoughtfully with a focus on resetting our corporate cost structure to operate more effectively and efficiently in the short-term as well as optimizing our enterprise capabilities to thrive in the long-term.”.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 1, 2020
The executive said the company has engaged in “direct action” to put its business on an even keel, such as decreasing its cost structure, improving its financial flexibility and “investing where it matters most to our customers.”. SG&A expenses fell roughly $31 million or 3.5 percent in contrast to the prior year period.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
The impact to those companies is immediate; when seats are empty on flights: The same cost structure must be spread out over fewer revenue producing seats. Air traffic control costs, we note, don’t go away. According to IATA, there’s a sharp recovery in the cards, which has been likened to a “V shape.”
EBizCharge
MAY 1, 2025
By leveraging this advanced processing, companies can improve their cost structure significantly. Evaluating each processors costs and fees before implantation is crucial for keeping costs down.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
That option comes as Lyft and Uber might have to shoulder as much as $400 million in increased costs tied to the reclassification of workers — and that, per Khosrowshahi’s own estimate, the company may have to raise its prices by about 25 percent to as much as 100 percent.
Nanonets
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Effective management of variable costs can help maintain or improve profit margins, which, in turn, enhances net profitability. Striking the right balance between these cost categories and optimizing overall cost structures is pivotal for businesses seeking to maximize their net profitability.
PYMNTS
JULY 6, 2020
Flywire CEO Mike Massaro said in a recent PYMNTS interview , “COVID-19 is causing issues both for the cost structure of running an educational system, and on the families who are looking to send their kids off to study.”.
PYMNTS
MARCH 9, 2020
Founder and CEO Devin Wirt said the strength of the platform comes from its highly-customizable cost structure, allowing for variables in who pays. The app can then serve up a roster of available services in those categories that are also within TFLiving’s price range.
The Payments Association
MARCH 18, 2025
The ability to integrate diverse data sources for real-time fraud detection and transaction monitoring will become a key differentiator in an open data economydirectly impacting cost structures and risk models for payments providers.
The Paypers
JANUARY 8, 2019
(The Paypers) US-based supply chain management company McKesson has teamed with Genpact to advance McKesson’s finance operating model and cost structure vision.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 31, 2018
In what was described by eBay as an effort to improve customer experience and offer sellers a more competitive cost structure, eBay announced news on Wednesday (Jan. 31) that it will intermediate payments through a multi-year implementation that may last through mid-2020.
PYMNTS
MAY 4, 2016
To start, retailers need to reexamine the cost structures of their physical stores and infrastructure and become more efficient omnichannel operators to staunch the losses from extremely high online fulfillment costs.”.
Fintech Finance
JANUARY 17, 2024
.” Before implementing CellPoint Digital’s Payment Orchestration solution, one of Virgin Atlantic’s key challenges was managing an expanding array of individual acquirers and payment method providers in different markets, each with its own implementation process and cost structure.
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