For years, merchant services centered on moving money from cardholder to business. The current earnings season gives proof that business has become far broader, encompassing everything from payments to back-office efficiency. Across quarterly updates from Block, PayPal, Shopify and Fiserv, executives described merchants grappling with rising operating complexity, fragmented sales channels and pressure to […] The post Earnings Reveal New Race to Control the Merchant Stack appeared first on PYMNTS.com.
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