Lightspeed Commerce news and trends

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%...

Lightspeed Commerce Expands POS and Payment Platform for Retail, Hospitality
POS Innovation // January 25, 2024

Lightspeed Commerce has unveiled a range of new features and updates aimed at simplifying and expanding operations for businesses in the retail and hospitality industries. These new solutions join the company’s point-of-sale (POS) and payments platform that serves retail, hospitality and golf businesses in more than...

Lightspeed and Linnworks Partner to Cut eCommerce Costs
Partnerships // January 16, 2024

Payments platform Lightspeed Commerce teamed with eCommerce inventory and order management firm Linnworks. The collaboration lets Linnworks offer its first-ever global point-of-sale integration, according to a Tuesday (Jan. 16) press release. Linnworks customers can connect to Lightspeed Retail and tap into “payment options, smart functionalities...

End-to-End Payment Digitization Empowers Restaurants to Take on Labor, Supply Chain Challenges
ResTech // January 31, 2022

In today’s restaurant technology (ResTech) industry, the point-of-sale (POS) system is so much more than the name implies. Providers have been competing for years to expand the capabilities of their systems, leveraging payment processing as a way into a suite of connected digital experiences that...

Quick Reads
Spreedly Appoints Lightspeed Commerce Veteran Peter Dougherty as President

March 05, 2024
Payments orchestration platform provider Spreedly has appointed Lightspeed Commerce veteran Peter Dougherty as president. In his new role, Dougherty will oversee marketing, sales, partnerships, customer success and support, and other go-to-market (GTM) functions, Spreedly said in a Tuesday (March 5) press release emailed to PYMNTS. “As the industry is in the early stages of adopting payments orchestration, Peter is uniquely positioned […]

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%...

Lightspeed Commerce Expands POS and Payment Platform for Retail, Hospitality

January 25, 2024
Lightspeed Commerce has unveiled a range of new features and updates aimed at simplifying and expanding operations for businesses in the retail and hospitality industries. These new solutions join the company’s...

Lightspeed and Linnworks Partner to Cut eCommerce Costs

January 16, 2024
Payments platform Lightspeed Commerce teamed with eCommerce inventory and order management firm Linnworks. The collaboration lets Linnworks offer its first-ever global point-of-sale integration, according to a Tuesday (Jan. 16) press...