Monotype Acquires Olapic for $130 Million

| Daniela Forte

Font and technology specialists Monotype announced it would acquire visual marketing platform Olapic for $130 million. See what this means for for both companies and what it allows for Monotype going forward.

For U.S. Merchants, Brexit is Much Ado About Nothing

| Tim Parry

U.S.-based merchants should not need to worry about selling to U.K. customers in a post-Brexit world.
Although U.K. voters chose to leave the European Union on June 24, and the decision had a major negative impact on the world’s financial markets, at least one U.K. businessman says it’s steady-as-she-goes for cross-border ecommerce.

Global Ecommerce Payment Market Will Grow 16% By 2020

| MCM Staff

Cross-border solutions are expected to take center stage over the next four years, and a report shows the global ecommerce payment market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 16.42% by 2020, according to the latest edition of the PYMNTS.com X-Border Payments Optimization Tracker.

Rio 2016 – How to Win the Payment Olympics

| Oren Levy

Although the jury is still out as to whether the Summer Olympics in Brazil will serve as a vital lifeline or a costly folly, there is one aspect that inspires universal agreement: Olympic participants, hundreds of thousands of visiting fans, and even native Brazilians need to feel secure and comfortable when making purchases in a country well known for its credit card cloning activities. Here are several examples of how to win in the payment Olympics.