In honor of International Women's Day coming up March 8, 2021, Paysafe kicked off the month with a virtual roundtable with female leaders that explored gender equality in the modern workplace. Given that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found women accounted for most job losses in December 2020, with net losses of about 156,000 jobs, while men lost only about 16,000, the topic was ripe for examination.

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The Electronic Transactions Association launched ETA CONNECTS on Feb. 25, 2021, a digital conference series featuring multiple perspectives from across the payments value chain. Billed as a must-attend event for executives looking to stay ahead of the curve, the series opened with "Future of Payments, Reshaping the Payments Landscape Through Continued Innovation."

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Payments technology firm NMI divulged on Feb. 23, 2021, that it had acquired USAePay for an undisclosed sum, creating a new merchant acquiring powerhouse. Based on 2020 tallies, the newly combined company handled in excess of 1.5 billion payment transactions valued at over $100 billion, NMI stated.

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