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Shift4 Wants to Own the Moment Before You Tap 'Pay'
The Pennsylvania payments company built its edge by hiding complexity behind the checkout. Now a global acquisition spree is testing whether one platform can follow customers from dinner to the ballpark to a tax-free shopping counter abroad.
Arta
Arta is a New York-based commerce technology company that helps the art, luxury, and collectibles market ship, insure, and track high-value and oversized items. Through an API, hosted checkout tools, and a Shopify app, Arta turns a traditionally manual, quote-by-quote logistics process into instant, automated fulfillment - covering everything from parcel to white-glove service across 65+ countries. Its customers include Sotheby's, Bonhams, Phillips, David Zwirner, Artsy, and 1stDibs.
Global Payments
Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) is an Atlanta-based payment technology company that helps businesses accept and process payments across in-store, online and mobile channels. After acquiring Worldpay and divesting its issuer-processing business in January 2026, it became a pure-play merchant solutions company serving more than 6 million merchant locations across 175+ countries, handling roughly 94 billion transactions and $3.7 trillion in annual payment volume.