Podium news and trends

Podium Unveils Card Reader For ‘Frictionless’ Payments
Payment Methods // April 05, 2021

Podium, the communication/payments platform for local businesses, has launched a new point-of-sale (POS) device to give customers new ways to collect and manage payments. Podium Card Readers, the Utah company’s first physical products, are designed to drive repeat business and allow frictionless text and in-store...

Merchants Embrace Text To Buy As ‘Conversational Commerce’ Alternative
Retail // November 11, 2020

The great digital shift is powering independent retailers — the ones that make up the Main Street economy — to modernize their interactions with consumers, trading the phone and mail order catalog for the text. In an interview with PYMNTS, Chase Petrey, vice president and...

Podium Lands $125M To Expand Contactless Payments Over Messaging
Investments // April 07, 2020

Customer messaging and relationship startup Podium has notched $125 million in a Series C funding round led by YC Continuity, the company announced on Tuesday (April 7). Other investors included Sapphire Ventures, Alkeon Capital, Recruit Co., Ltd., IVP, Accel, Summit Partners and GV. Podium has...

Text Me Maybe: Why Texting Could Be SMBs’ Top Tool For Customer Service
Mobile // May 08, 2018

Omnichannel may be the word of the year for many businesses, but for a vast swath of small, independent players, just expanding beyond the single channel of their local storefront remains a struggle. In some cases, the dream is so distant that these busy, tight-for-time...

Interviews & Exclusives
Merchants Embrace Text To Buy As ‘Conversational Commerce’ Alternative

November 11, 2020
The great digital shift is powering independent retailers — the ones that make up the Main Street economy — to modernize their interactions with consumers, trading the phone and mail order catalog for the text. In an interview with PYMNTS, Chase Petrey, vice president and general manager of payments at customer messaging and interaction management […]

Quick Reads
Podium Unveils Card Reader For ‘Frictionless’ Payments

April 05, 2021
Podium, the communication/payments platform for local businesses, has launched a new point-of-sale (POS) device to give customers new ways to collect and manage payments. Podium Card Readers, the Utah company’s first physical products, are designed to drive repeat business and allow frictionless text and in-store payments, Podium said in a news release on Monday (April […]

Podium Lands $125M To Expand Contactless Payments Over Messaging

April 07, 2020
Customer messaging and relationship startup Podium has notched $125 million in a Series C funding round led by YC Continuity, the company announced on Tuesday (April 7). Other investors included...