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Lightspeed CEO Points to B2B Sales as Next Engine of Small Merchant Growth
Point of Sale // May 18, 2024

Profit is the applause a business gets from its customers. So the saying, originally from business author Ken Blanchard, goes. Blanchard’s quip highlights the fact that to successfully navigate marketplace challenges and capture new opportunities, businesses increasingly need to focus on creating scalable solutions for...

Restaurant POS System Provider Lightspeed Considering Going Private
Business // March 25, 2024

Lightspeed, which provides point-of-sale (POS) systems to restaurants, is reportedly considering going private. The firm went public five years ago but Dax Dasilva, interim CEO and founder of Lightspeed, wonders if going private would be a better option, Bloomberg reported Monday (March 25), citing an...

Marqo Raises $12.5 Million to Help Businesses Build Generative AI Applications
Investments // February 13, 2024

Marqo has raised $12.5 million in a Series A funding round to advance the adoption of its search platform that helps businesses build generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications that are more relevant and up to date. The company’s vector search platform unlocks the value of...

Lightspeed Gross Payments Volume Jumps 69% With Unified Payments Initiative
Earnings // February 08, 2024

Digital commerce firm Lightspeed continues to see success from its unified payments platform. The combined point-of-sale (POS) and payments platform, which debuted last year, helped increase the company’s gross payments volume (GPV) by 69% this year, management said during an earnings call Thursday (Feb. 8).  Revenues were up 27%...

Interviews & Exclusives
Lightspeed CEO Points to B2B Sales as Next Engine of Small Merchant Growth

May 18, 2024
Profit is the applause a business gets from its customers. So the saying, originally from business author Ken Blanchard, goes. Blanchard’s quip highlights the fact that to successfully navigate marketplace challenges and capture new opportunities, businesses increasingly need to focus on creating scalable solutions for their customers’ top needs. And against the current dynamic operating […]

The SMB Loyalty Scene In Australia Will Never Be The Same – And That’s A...

July 29, 2021
Small businesses worldwide were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, and Australia was no exception. Derailed by physical location closures and the trepidations of consumers, shopkeepers and entrepreneurs nationwide were forced...

Quick Reads
NuORDER Teams With Spreedly on Payments Vaulting

May 23, 2024
Open payments platform Spreedly has launched a partnership with B2B commerce company NuORDER by Lightspeed. The partnership is designed to leverage “advanced payments vaulting solutions” to secure customer data during wholesale transactions, according to a Wednesday (May 22) blog post. NuORDER’s B2B platform powers wholesale buying and selling, letting brands create a wholesale website where retail buyers can […]

Restaurant POS System Provider Lightspeed Considering Going Private

March 25, 2024
Lightspeed, which provides point-of-sale (POS) systems to restaurants, is reportedly considering going private. The firm went public five years ago but Dax Dasilva, interim CEO and founder of Lightspeed, wonders...

Marqo Raises $12.5 Million to Help Businesses Build Generative AI Applications

February 13, 2024
Marqo has raised $12.5 million in a Series A funding round to advance the adoption of its search platform that helps businesses build generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications that are...

Lightspeed Gross Payments Volume Jumps 69% With Unified Payments Initiative

February 08, 2024
Digital commerce firm Lightspeed continues to see success from its unified payments platform. The combined point-of-sale (POS) and payments platform, which debuted last year, helped increase the company’s gross payments volume (GPV) by 69%...