Scooters

How Lime Is Using Payments To Win The Global Scooter Race

How Lime Is Using Payments To Win The Global Scooter Race
How Lime Is Using Payments To Win The Global Scooter Race
March 27, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Trust keeps the sharing economy afloat. It’s what makes sellers feel comfortable with lending their personal properties to buyers whom they have never met. It’s...

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Uber Expands ‘Ride Pass’ Monthly Subscription
Uber Expands ‘Ride Pass’ Monthly Subscription
March 26, 2019  |  Ridesharing

Ride-hailing company Uber is expanding its Ride Pass program, a subscription service that lets riders pay a monthly fee for discounted rides on all Uber...

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As Sharing Services Face Backlash, Payments Takes A Bigger Role
As Sharing Services Face Backlash, Payments Takes A Bigger Role
March 25, 2019  |  Connected Economy

Here’s some advice for your next, or first, trip to New Orleans (home of the PYMNTS Bureau of Crawfish): If you happen to be staying...

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Bike And Scooter Businesses Take A Beating
Bike And Scooter Businesses Take A Beating
March 08, 2019  |  Connected Economy

The sharing of bicycles and scooters is a model that has over the last year or two has moved further into the mainstream of consumer...

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When Will Profits Hitch A Ride With Uber And Lyft?
When Will Profits Hitch A Ride With Uber And Lyft?
February 18, 2019  |  Ridesharing

The world of ridesharing — one that has expanded into such areas as food delivery and last-mile transportation needs via scooters — is about to get...

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Lime Raises $310M For Micromobility Expansion
Lime Raises $310M For Micromobility Expansion
February 06, 2019  |  Investments

Lime, an on-demand electric scooter and bicycle startup, said on Wednesday (Feb. 6) that it had raised $310 in a Series D round of financing....

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How Payments And Commerce Will Drive Transportation Changes In 2019
How Payments And Commerce Will Drive Transportation Changes In 2019
December 26, 2018  |  Connected Economy

The coming year will bring not only advances in the connected vehicle ecosystem — changes that will directly involve payments and commerce — but further...

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Bird, Lime Seek Capital At Lower Valuations As Investor Interest Wanes
Bird, Lime Seek Capital At Lower Valuations As Investor Interest Wanes
December 10, 2018  |  Startups

Bird and Lime, the two electric scooter sharing startups, have been reducing the amount they are seeking to raise from investors amid rising competition and...

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