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Meep and LISNR Partner on Contactless Authentications for Transit Operators
Transportation // March 06, 2023

Meep and LISNR have partnered on contactless authentications for bus, train and transit operators. This collaboration adds LISNR’s proximity verification technology to Meep’s mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) mobile app and platform capabilities, the companies said in a Monday (March 6) press release. “LISNR’s technology enhances the mobility...

Paga Teams With LISNR on No-Contact Payments in Africa
Partnerships / Acquisitions // November 17, 2021

Nigerian payments platform Paga Group has joined forces with proximity verification firm LISNR to enable contactless ultrasonic authentication and contactless payments across Africa, according to a Tuesday (Nov. 16) press release issued by LISNR.  The joint effort is LISNR’s first major collaboration within the FinTech...

Visa Invests In LISNR To Boost Mobile Payments Growth
Mobile Commerce // November 05, 2019

Ultrasonic data firm LISNR is getting a strategic investment from Visa to speed up expansion of its mobile payments, LISNR announced in a press release on Tuesday (Nov. 5). LISNR uses ultrasound technology to provide a solution that lets merchants and payment providers accept mobile...

How Donuts, Delivery And Sound Could Change C-Store Retail
Retail // November 05, 2019

Convenience stores are not only a staple of consumer life — they also operate under often bad reputations, as places where the coffee is supposed to be stale and the food unhealthy. But things are changing fast in this corner of retail. LISNR is one company...

Interviews & Exclusives
EMV’s Delay Has Been The Convenience Store’s Innovation Gain

October 01, 2019
EMV seems to be that payments issue that just won’t go away, but not in the U.S., where at least one vital and robust sector of commerce has yet to adopt the global security standard en masse. We are talking about gas stations and convenience stores, with their EMV liability shift pushed back to Oct. […]

Why It’s Time To Break Mobile Commerce Stereotypes

August 19, 2019
Don’t count out older consumers when it comes to mobile commerce – that’s one trend going forward into the 2020s that is important as the population continues to age. That...

How Merchants Turn Showrooming Into A Sale

August 13, 2019
It can be challenging to recall the fear brick-and-mortar retailers had of mobile commerce seven to 10 years ago. Those merchants often viewed consumers walking aisles with mobile phones as...

Why Retailers Need Better Payments To Boost Mobile App Appeal

August 06, 2019
The best is yet to come. As long as checkout and payments are part of the plan. In one sense, that describes the situation for mobile commerce — specifically, retail apps...

Quick Reads
Crunchfish and LISNR Team on Offline Merchants Payments in APAC

September 05, 2023
Crunchfish, a Swedish company specializing in digital cash platforms, has joined forces with LISNR, a data-over-audio technology solutions provider, to enable offline payments for merchants and banks in the Asia Pacific region. The joint solution is fully available offline, enabling effortless recognition of consumers at the point of entry, LISNR noted in a Tuesday (Sept. […]

Meep and LISNR Partner on Contactless Authentications for Transit Operators

March 06, 2023
Meep and LISNR have partnered on contactless authentications for bus, train and transit operators. This collaboration adds LISNR’s proximity verification technology to Meep’s mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) mobile app and platform capabilities,...

Paga Teams With LISNR on No-Contact Payments in Africa

November 17, 2021
Nigerian payments platform Paga Group has joined forces with proximity verification firm LISNR to enable contactless ultrasonic authentication and contactless payments across Africa, according to a Tuesday (Nov. 16) press...

Visa Invests In LISNR To Boost Mobile Payments Growth

November 05, 2019
Ultrasonic data firm LISNR is getting a strategic investment from Visa to speed up expansion of its mobile payments, LISNR announced in a press release on Tuesday (Nov. 5). LISNR...