Lightspeed CEO on Helping Smaller Merchants Succeed

Dax Dasilva, CEO at POS system company Lightspeed, discusses the need for businesses to strike a balance between growth and profitability. — Read on www.pymnts.com/news/point-of-sale/2024/lightspeed-ceo-on-helping-smaller-merchants-challenge-industry-goliaths/

Single-tap passkeys are coming to Android 15 – The Verge

In a developer session, Google announced Android 15 will get a series of convenient passkey updates — and that passkeys will arrive on Wear OS 5. — Read on www.theverge.com/2024/5/17/24158963/gboard-passkeys-android-15-wear-os-5

Bitcoin Payment Processor IBEX Pay to Suspend Services in US

Visa is integrating identity solutions with payments for a consumer’s digital commerce hub. Visa's Mark Nelsen breaks it down for PYMNTS. — Read on www.pymnts.com/visa/2024/visa-recasts-digital-wallet-landscape-at-intersection-of-identity-and-payments/

Paystack’s 2023 payment report and user obsession with bank transfer

Today our hosts discuss: Tanzania's unlicenced loan apps. Nigeria's San Francisco startup house, and Paystack's 2023 report. — Read on techpoint.africa/2024/05/16/techpoint-africa-podcast-224/

Booksy launches Tap to Pay On iPhone – ThePaypers

Booksy has enabled Tap to Pay On iPhone for its users, augmenting in-person transactions by turning smartphones into POS terminals. — Read on thepaypers.com/mobile-payments/booksy-launches-tap-to-pay-on-iphone--1268131

93% of Truck Drivers Want Instant Payments

PYMNTS Intelligence data shows that truckers — and the companies that pay them — have many sound reasons to embrace instant payments. — Read on www.pymnts.com/news/faster-payments/2024/93percent-truck-drivers-want-instant-payments/

French payments app Lydia launches mobile bank

French mobile payments app Lydia has launched a new challenger bank proposition with plans to invest €100 million in the new venture and hire 400 people over the next three…

Mews acquires HS3 Hotelsoftware | Travolution

Deal expected to drive ‘significant market penetration’ in Germany — Read on www.travolution.com/news/technology/mews-acquires-hs3-hotelsoftware/

Stripe Organizations: A new way to power the world’s most complex businesses

Streamline team and role management from a centralized dashboard, search for customer and payment information across accounts, and run unified reports across your entire business with Stripe Organizations. — Read…

Wirex chooses OpenPayd to launch embedded accounts across UK and EEA

Today, leading embedded finance and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform, OpenPayd announces its partnership with Wirex, a prominent Web3 money app, to provide named virtual IBANs to its customers across the UK…