Shift4 Payments (FOUR)

Overall impact
D (31)

Commentary

Shift4 Payments is a below-average overall performer. With a 'D' rating of 31.3 for overall impact (bottom 25% of all companies), Shift4 Payments ranks 60th out of 62 industry peers, behind PayPoint Romania, Global-e Online, Block, Inc. and 56 others, and ahead of Planet Payment and Octane (Financial Software). On top material causes for Shift4 Payments's industry (Financial Services), Shift4 Payments performs poorly in Reduced Inequality (0.0 score), Technology Innovation (25.2), Free, Secure Flow of Information (0.0) and 9 other causes where it received a 'D' or 'F' score. Shift4 Payments did not receive an 'A' rating on any cause.
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Company
Founded
1998
Employees
6,300
Sector
Financials
Industry
Financial Services
Sub-industry
Transaction & Payment Processing Services
SASB industry
Consumer Finance
Headquarters
Pa, United States
Share classes
FOUR
Description
Shift4 Payments, Inc. engages in the provision of software and payment processing solutions in the United States and internationally. The company offers payments platform, which provides omni channel card acceptance; and processing solutions across multiple payment types, including credit, debit, contactless card, Europay, MasterCard and Visa, QR Pay, and mobile wallets, as well as alternative payment methods, such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, Alipay, and WeChat Pay. It provides technology solutions, such as SkyTab POS, which provides purpose-built POS workstations; SkyTab Mobile, which provides pay-at-the-table, order-at-the-table, delivery, customer feedback, and email marketing solutions; SkyTab Venue, which provides mobile ordering, countertop POS, self-service kiosk, and digital wallet solutions; Lighthouse, a cloud-based suite of business intelligence tools that includes customer engagement, social media management, online reputation management, scheduling and product pricing, as well as extensive reporting and analytics; The Giving Block, a cryptocurrency donation marketplace; Shift4Shop, an ecommerce platform that creates a webstore and tools to manage product catalog, order fulfillment and inventory management, search engine optimization, and secure hosting; and Marketplace that enables integrations into third-party applications, as well as loyalty and inventory management. In addition, the company provides merchant operations and support services, including underwriting, onboarding, and activation; training; risk management; and support. It also provides software partner operations and support services, including software integrations and compliance management; partner support; and partner services. The company distributes its products through independent software vendors, internal sales and support network, enterprises, and value-added resellers. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Center Valley, Pennsylvania.
Material causes
Ethos considers the following causes material for Shift4 Payments, based on its industry sub-industry Transaction & Payment Processing Services. Learn more about material causes in our methodology overview.

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