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I have a WP: COI as an employee of Shift4 Payments. I’d like to provide excerpts of citations, mostly independent analyst reports from major banks’ research divisions, that are behind paywalls.
1. In paragraph one of the section “Intro”, for the sentence beginning “Shift4Payments is a payment processing company publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange and based in Allentown, Pennsylvania.”, the cited report from Morgan Stanley reads, in part:
Shift4 has laid the groundwork to be a meaningful merchant acquirer in the market:Shift4 is a conglomerate of a number of key gateway providers, POS providers, and payment processing ISOs that have specialized in the hospitality vertical for 20-35 years (please see About Shift4 Payments (FOUR) for a detailed corporate history). Nearly 90% of the volumes that go through its platform run through its gateway-only offering. Shift4 sees an opportunity to up-sell its large gateway merchant base, comprising of 55K merchants and over $200B in normalized volumes, to its higher revenue and greater gross profit end-to-end business.
2. In paragraph one of the section “Services”, for the sentence beginning “Shift4 Payments provides point-of-sale software solutions to merchants, connecting credit card and digital payments into the merchant’s accounting software.”, the cited report from Morgan Stanley reads, in part:
Shift4 is a conglomerate of a number of key gateway providers, POS providers, and payment processing ISOs that have specialized in the hospitality vertical for 20-35 years(please see About Shift4 Payments (FOUR) for a detailed corporate history). Nearly 90% of the volumes that go through its platform run through its gateway-only offering.
3. In paragraph one of the section “Services”, for the sentence beginning “Shift4 works primarily in the restaurant, hospitality, retail and e-commerce industries”, the cited report from Morgan Stanley reads, in part:
Shift4 operates primarily in the hospitality vertical, including hotels and restaurants. It plans to continue expanding into adjacent verticals like retail, spa, parking lots and eCommerce.
4. In paragraph one of the section “Intro”, for the sentence beginning “The company, founded in 1999 by the then 16-year old Jared Issacman”, the cited report from Credit Suisse reads, in part:
Shift4 Payments as it exists today, is a rebranded name of a company initially formed in 1999 as United Bank Card Inc. Jared Isaacman, at the age of 16, founded the company in his parents’ basement in New Jersey, alongside his father, Donald Isaacman (current President) and his friend Brendan Lauber (current CTO).
5. In paragraph one of the section “Intro”, for the sentence beginning “Shift4 specializes in commerce solutions such as mobile payment software and hardware.”, the cited report from Credit Suisse reads, in part:
In addition to the 350+ ISV partners and ~7,000 VARs, Shift4 has a number of owned solutions as well. There are three major types of solutions they provide: 1) POS software (four restaurant-focused platforms, and a mobile POS solution); 2) Business Intelligence software (Lighthouse); and 3) a developer marketplace (for third-party applications).
6. In paragraph one of the section “History”, for the sentence beginning “As an alternative, Isaacman’s new company cut the set-up time to one day, gave merchants free credit card readers and only required merchants sign a two-page document.”, the cited report from Credit Suisse reads, in part:
In 2004, the company launched its free terminal program, at the time a differentiated offering that provided for free hardware to merchants who signed up for payments processing.
7. In paragraph two of the section “History”, for the sentence beginning “ The company rebranded once again in 2017 as Lighthouse Network, with Harbortouch becoming a subsidiary.”, the cited report from Credit Suisse reads, in part:
In 2017 the company was rebranded again as Lighthouse Network, with Harbortouch as an operating subsidiary. Also in 2017, the company was active in capital markets, doing multiple acquisitions, most notably adding to its suite of owned software platforms in the restaurant and hospitality space by acquiring Restaurant Manager, POSitouch, and Future POS.
8. In paragraph three of the section “History”, for the sentence beginning “In 2017, the company - then operating as the Lighthouse Network - acquired payment gateway provider Shift4 Corp and rebranded itself as Shift4Payments.”, the cited report from Credit Suisse reads, in part:
Towards the end of 2017, the company acquired independent gateway provider and inventor of payment data tokenization Shift4 Corporation, then in early 2018 Lighthouse Network was rebranded for a fourth time as Shift4 Payments. Merchant Link, another gateway provider,
9. In paragraph one of the section “Intro, for the sentence beginning “When the company went public in 2020, Isaacman was still the CEO.”, the cited report from Citibank reads, in part:
The current CEO Jared Isaacman founded the predecessor company in 1999.
10. In paragraph two of the section “History, for the sentence beginning “In 2012, United Bank Card rebranded as Harbortouch following the success of its point-of-service and payment technology utilized by small restaurants.”, the cited report from Citibank reads, in part:
2008 - Harbortouch POS established Integrated POS & payment technology at disruptive price point to small restaurants; 2012 - Company rebrand: Harbortouch Following the success of the POS, United Bank Card rebranded as Harbortouch
11. In paragraph three of the section “History”, for the sentence beginning “Between 2014 and 2017, the company expanded by acquiring multiple payment processing and point-of-service companies, including Merchant Services Inc (the same company Issacman worked for as a teen), Restaurant Manager, POSitouch, Future POS and CurvePay”, the cited report from Citibank reads, in part:
2014 - Acquisition of Merchant Services Inc. (MSI) Merchant Services is a a payment processing ISO based in NJ; 2017 - Acquisition of multiple POS companies Restaurant Manager, POSitouch, and Future POS; 2017 - Acquisition of CurvePay CurvePay is a payments ISO primarily focused on taxis across the U.S.; 2017 - Acquisition of Shift4 Corporation (added over $60 bil of annual processing volume). Shift4 Corporation is an independent North American payment gateway and provides payment tokenization. The acquisition adds 300+ unique software integrations that supports ISVs and merchants
12. In paragraph four of the section “History”, for the sentence beginning “Shift4Payments went public on the NYSE in June 2020, raising $345 million through its IPO.”, the cited report from Citibank reads, in part:
Gross proceeds from the IPO were $345 million (15 million shares of Class A common stock at $23).
13. In paragraph one of the section “Services”, for the sentence beginning “ In 2019, the company processed approximately 3.5 billion transactions.”, the cited report from Goldman Sachs reads, in part:
Through organic growth and M&A, Shift4 has combined integrated payments and gateway solutions into a single payments platform, which in 2019 processed over 3.5bn transactions representing over $200bn in payment volume.
Please let me know if you need any additional excerpts. Paul.jonah.paul ( talk) 19:14, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
The article for Draft: Shift4 Payments was previously rejected after three submissions at AfC, the last one 16 months ago. The company has since gone public on the NYSE and is receiving substantial new press and independent analysis. Should the subject, with new sourcing, be approved as a Wikipedia article even though an older version of the draft was previously rejected when the company was private? Paul.jonah.paul ( talk) 22:54, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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At the direction of User: Eternal Shadow, in a discussion on the Help page for AfC, I started an RfC on this Talk page about whether to approve the Draft: Shift4 Payments for the main space, since it had been rejected thrice before but has since gone public on the NYSE. I have a disclosed COI, which is why I put this draft through AfC. I think the unanimous consensus is that the company is now notable because it went public and has much more press. I also made extensive revisions to the draft as instructed by editors in the RfC. The discussion is right above here -- it’s called “Request for Comments re: Draft: Shift4 Payments.”
Could an admin confirm the consensus and if you agree, please bring the article to the main space? It isn’t a contentious discussion, but I haven’t been able to get anyone to act on this since September 1, when the last RfC comment appeared. None of the participants in the discussion have responded to requests to conclude the RfC. And I can’t get the attention of the AfC Help desk. Thank you very much. Paul.jonah.paul ( talk) 18:41, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
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I work for Shift4, the subject of this article. Following instructions on the Contact Us page, [12], I’d request that independent editors please review these suggested changes, which I believe improve the article consistent with Wikipedia Policy. I won’t edit the article myself because of the conflict of interest.
1. Please replace the logo in the info box with the “Shift4” logo found at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shift4_Logo_2021.png
Why? The company now has a new logo, as seen on their website [13] and in their latest press release [14]
2. Please replace all mentions of “Shift4 Payments” with “Shift4”
Why? As part of the same rebranding, the company is now known only as “Shift4”
Thank you for your consideration.
Paul.jonah.paul ( talk) 22:52, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
![]() | This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered. |
I work for Shift4, the subject of this article. Following instructions on the Contact Us page, [15], I’d request that independent editors please review these suggested changes, which I believe improve the article consistent with Wikipedia Policy. I won’t edit the article myself because of the conflict of interest.
1. Please update the Number of Employees in the infobox. The source that is currently cited
[16] has been updated to reflect the number as "1,753." If an additional source is required, please refer to this recent article
[17], in which a Shift4 spokesperson says that the number of employees is "about 1,700."
Why? This reflects the accurate size of the company.
2. Please change the Company Name in the infobox from “Shift4 Payments, Inc.” to Shift4, Inc.”
Why? This is consistent with the rest of the article, which uses the accurate name of the company.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Paul.jonah.paul (
talk)
00:25, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
![]() | Part of an edit requested by an editor with a conflict of interest has been implemented. |
I work for Shift4, the owner of the subject of this article. Following instructions on the Contact Us page, Wikipedia:Contact_us/Article_subjects, I’d request that independent editors please review these suggested changes, which I believe improve the article consistent with Wikipedia Policy. I won’t edit the article myself because of the conflict of interest.
1. Add mention of acquisition of The Giving Block: References can be found here: [18] [19]
Why? These updates allow the article to accurately reflect the current organization and size of the company.
2. Add mention of acquisition of
Finaro: References can be found here:
[20]
[21]
Why? These updates allow the article to accurately reflect the current organization and size of the company.
3. If possible and considered noteworthy, please add some content and references to the section that mentions VenueNext for stadiums and arenas. These could include
T-Mobile Arena
[22]
[23],
United Center
[24]
[25],
Audi Field
[26], and
United Soccer League
[27]
Why? These updates expand on the VenueNext acquisition, which is already referenced in the article.
Thank you very much for your consideration.
Paul.jonah.paul (
talk)
23:36, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
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I have a WP: COI as an employee of Shift4 Payments. I’d like to provide excerpts of citations, mostly independent analyst reports from major banks’ research divisions, that are behind paywalls.
1. In paragraph one of the section “Intro”, for the sentence beginning “Shift4Payments is a payment processing company publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange and based in Allentown, Pennsylvania.”, the cited report from Morgan Stanley reads, in part:
Shift4 has laid the groundwork to be a meaningful merchant acquirer in the market:Shift4 is a conglomerate of a number of key gateway providers, POS providers, and payment processing ISOs that have specialized in the hospitality vertical for 20-35 years (please see About Shift4 Payments (FOUR) for a detailed corporate history). Nearly 90% of the volumes that go through its platform run through its gateway-only offering. Shift4 sees an opportunity to up-sell its large gateway merchant base, comprising of 55K merchants and over $200B in normalized volumes, to its higher revenue and greater gross profit end-to-end business.
2. In paragraph one of the section “Services”, for the sentence beginning “Shift4 Payments provides point-of-sale software solutions to merchants, connecting credit card and digital payments into the merchant’s accounting software.”, the cited report from Morgan Stanley reads, in part:
Shift4 is a conglomerate of a number of key gateway providers, POS providers, and payment processing ISOs that have specialized in the hospitality vertical for 20-35 years(please see About Shift4 Payments (FOUR) for a detailed corporate history). Nearly 90% of the volumes that go through its platform run through its gateway-only offering.
3. In paragraph one of the section “Services”, for the sentence beginning “Shift4 works primarily in the restaurant, hospitality, retail and e-commerce industries”, the cited report from Morgan Stanley reads, in part:
Shift4 operates primarily in the hospitality vertical, including hotels and restaurants. It plans to continue expanding into adjacent verticals like retail, spa, parking lots and eCommerce.
4. In paragraph one of the section “Intro”, for the sentence beginning “The company, founded in 1999 by the then 16-year old Jared Issacman”, the cited report from Credit Suisse reads, in part:
Shift4 Payments as it exists today, is a rebranded name of a company initially formed in 1999 as United Bank Card Inc. Jared Isaacman, at the age of 16, founded the company in his parents’ basement in New Jersey, alongside his father, Donald Isaacman (current President) and his friend Brendan Lauber (current CTO).
5. In paragraph one of the section “Intro”, for the sentence beginning “Shift4 specializes in commerce solutions such as mobile payment software and hardware.”, the cited report from Credit Suisse reads, in part:
In addition to the 350+ ISV partners and ~7,000 VARs, Shift4 has a number of owned solutions as well. There are three major types of solutions they provide: 1) POS software (four restaurant-focused platforms, and a mobile POS solution); 2) Business Intelligence software (Lighthouse); and 3) a developer marketplace (for third-party applications).
6. In paragraph one of the section “History”, for the sentence beginning “As an alternative, Isaacman’s new company cut the set-up time to one day, gave merchants free credit card readers and only required merchants sign a two-page document.”, the cited report from Credit Suisse reads, in part:
In 2004, the company launched its free terminal program, at the time a differentiated offering that provided for free hardware to merchants who signed up for payments processing.
7. In paragraph two of the section “History”, for the sentence beginning “ The company rebranded once again in 2017 as Lighthouse Network, with Harbortouch becoming a subsidiary.”, the cited report from Credit Suisse reads, in part:
In 2017 the company was rebranded again as Lighthouse Network, with Harbortouch as an operating subsidiary. Also in 2017, the company was active in capital markets, doing multiple acquisitions, most notably adding to its suite of owned software platforms in the restaurant and hospitality space by acquiring Restaurant Manager, POSitouch, and Future POS.
8. In paragraph three of the section “History”, for the sentence beginning “In 2017, the company - then operating as the Lighthouse Network - acquired payment gateway provider Shift4 Corp and rebranded itself as Shift4Payments.”, the cited report from Credit Suisse reads, in part:
Towards the end of 2017, the company acquired independent gateway provider and inventor of payment data tokenization Shift4 Corporation, then in early 2018 Lighthouse Network was rebranded for a fourth time as Shift4 Payments. Merchant Link, another gateway provider,
9. In paragraph one of the section “Intro, for the sentence beginning “When the company went public in 2020, Isaacman was still the CEO.”, the cited report from Citibank reads, in part:
The current CEO Jared Isaacman founded the predecessor company in 1999.
10. In paragraph two of the section “History, for the sentence beginning “In 2012, United Bank Card rebranded as Harbortouch following the success of its point-of-service and payment technology utilized by small restaurants.”, the cited report from Citibank reads, in part:
2008 - Harbortouch POS established Integrated POS & payment technology at disruptive price point to small restaurants; 2012 - Company rebrand: Harbortouch Following the success of the POS, United Bank Card rebranded as Harbortouch
11. In paragraph three of the section “History”, for the sentence beginning “Between 2014 and 2017, the company expanded by acquiring multiple payment processing and point-of-service companies, including Merchant Services Inc (the same company Issacman worked for as a teen), Restaurant Manager, POSitouch, Future POS and CurvePay”, the cited report from Citibank reads, in part:
2014 - Acquisition of Merchant Services Inc. (MSI) Merchant Services is a a payment processing ISO based in NJ; 2017 - Acquisition of multiple POS companies Restaurant Manager, POSitouch, and Future POS; 2017 - Acquisition of CurvePay CurvePay is a payments ISO primarily focused on taxis across the U.S.; 2017 - Acquisition of Shift4 Corporation (added over $60 bil of annual processing volume). Shift4 Corporation is an independent North American payment gateway and provides payment tokenization. The acquisition adds 300+ unique software integrations that supports ISVs and merchants
12. In paragraph four of the section “History”, for the sentence beginning “Shift4Payments went public on the NYSE in June 2020, raising $345 million through its IPO.”, the cited report from Citibank reads, in part:
Gross proceeds from the IPO were $345 million (15 million shares of Class A common stock at $23).
13. In paragraph one of the section “Services”, for the sentence beginning “ In 2019, the company processed approximately 3.5 billion transactions.”, the cited report from Goldman Sachs reads, in part:
Through organic growth and M&A, Shift4 has combined integrated payments and gateway solutions into a single payments platform, which in 2019 processed over 3.5bn transactions representing over $200bn in payment volume.
Please let me know if you need any additional excerpts. Paul.jonah.paul ( talk) 19:14, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
The article for Draft: Shift4 Payments was previously rejected after three submissions at AfC, the last one 16 months ago. The company has since gone public on the NYSE and is receiving substantial new press and independent analysis. Should the subject, with new sourcing, be approved as a Wikipedia article even though an older version of the draft was previously rejected when the company was private? Paul.jonah.paul ( talk) 22:54, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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At the direction of User: Eternal Shadow, in a discussion on the Help page for AfC, I started an RfC on this Talk page about whether to approve the Draft: Shift4 Payments for the main space, since it had been rejected thrice before but has since gone public on the NYSE. I have a disclosed COI, which is why I put this draft through AfC. I think the unanimous consensus is that the company is now notable because it went public and has much more press. I also made extensive revisions to the draft as instructed by editors in the RfC. The discussion is right above here -- it’s called “Request for Comments re: Draft: Shift4 Payments.”
Could an admin confirm the consensus and if you agree, please bring the article to the main space? It isn’t a contentious discussion, but I haven’t been able to get anyone to act on this since September 1, when the last RfC comment appeared. None of the participants in the discussion have responded to requests to conclude the RfC. And I can’t get the attention of the AfC Help desk. Thank you very much. Paul.jonah.paul ( talk) 18:41, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
![]() | This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered. |
I work for Shift4, the subject of this article. Following instructions on the Contact Us page, [12], I’d request that independent editors please review these suggested changes, which I believe improve the article consistent with Wikipedia Policy. I won’t edit the article myself because of the conflict of interest.
1. Please replace the logo in the info box with the “Shift4” logo found at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shift4_Logo_2021.png
Why? The company now has a new logo, as seen on their website [13] and in their latest press release [14]
2. Please replace all mentions of “Shift4 Payments” with “Shift4”
Why? As part of the same rebranding, the company is now known only as “Shift4”
Thank you for your consideration.
Paul.jonah.paul ( talk) 22:52, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
![]() | This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered. |
I work for Shift4, the subject of this article. Following instructions on the Contact Us page, [15], I’d request that independent editors please review these suggested changes, which I believe improve the article consistent with Wikipedia Policy. I won’t edit the article myself because of the conflict of interest.
1. Please update the Number of Employees in the infobox. The source that is currently cited
[16] has been updated to reflect the number as "1,753." If an additional source is required, please refer to this recent article
[17], in which a Shift4 spokesperson says that the number of employees is "about 1,700."
Why? This reflects the accurate size of the company.
2. Please change the Company Name in the infobox from “Shift4 Payments, Inc.” to Shift4, Inc.”
Why? This is consistent with the rest of the article, which uses the accurate name of the company.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Paul.jonah.paul (
talk)
00:25, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
![]() | Part of an edit requested by an editor with a conflict of interest has been implemented. |
I work for Shift4, the owner of the subject of this article. Following instructions on the Contact Us page, Wikipedia:Contact_us/Article_subjects, I’d request that independent editors please review these suggested changes, which I believe improve the article consistent with Wikipedia Policy. I won’t edit the article myself because of the conflict of interest.
1. Add mention of acquisition of The Giving Block: References can be found here: [18] [19]
Why? These updates allow the article to accurately reflect the current organization and size of the company.
2. Add mention of acquisition of
Finaro: References can be found here:
[20]
[21]
Why? These updates allow the article to accurately reflect the current organization and size of the company.
3. If possible and considered noteworthy, please add some content and references to the section that mentions VenueNext for stadiums and arenas. These could include
T-Mobile Arena
[22]
[23],
United Center
[24]
[25],
Audi Field
[26], and
United Soccer League
[27]
Why? These updates expand on the VenueNext acquisition, which is already referenced in the article.
Thank you very much for your consideration.
Paul.jonah.paul (
talk)
23:36, 24 March 2022 (UTC)