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Checkout.com Parent Company Reduces Losses by Cutting Expenses
Business // January 02, 2025

U.K.-based Checkout Ltd., the parent company of Checkout.com, reduced its loss from operating activities from $138 million in 2022 to $8 million in 2023. This improvement was driven by a decrease in expenses, as its total revenue declined year over year, the company said in its annual...

Bolt CEO Says Shopper Identity Will Redefine Retail
eCommerce // May 21, 2024

It was former GE chairman and management guru Jack Welch who once said: “You can’t grow long-term if you can’t eat short-term. Anybody can manage short. Anybody can manage long. Balancing those two things is what management is.” The FinTech category over the past year...

Bolt Technology Hiring Managers for eScooter Rentals Launch in US
Transportation // May 07, 2024

Estonian company Bolt Technology OU is reportedly looking to hire managers to launch eScooter rentals in several cities in the United States. The firm posted job listings on LinkedIn last week seeking general managers and operations managers for such a venture in Los Angeles; Seattle; Austin, Texas; and...

Bolt and Checkout.com Team for Frictionless Commerce
Retail // March 18, 2024

Checkout technology company Bolt has launched a partnership with payments solutions provider Checkout.com. The collaboration makes Bolt Checkout.com’s “exclusive one-click checkout provider” with Checkout.com becoming “Bolt’s preferred payment partner,” the companies said in a Monday (March 18) press release. “By integrating Bolt’s industry-leading checkout technology with Checkout.com’s enterprise-grade payment solutions,...

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Bolt CEO Says Shopper Identity Will Redefine Retail

May 21, 2024
It was former GE chairman and management guru Jack Welch who once said: “You can’t grow long-term if you can’t eat short-term. Anybody can manage short. Anybody can manage long. Balancing those two things is what management is.” The FinTech category over the past year is living proof of that lesson. Some companies have proven […]

PYMNTS Summer Series: One-Click Checkout Wants to Go Native

August 18, 2022
Like the Holy Grail or unicorns (the mythical creature, not high valuation startups), one-click buy button functionality is the long-sought magic solution to unlocking billions of dollars in eCommerce transactions...

Bolt CEO: Commerce Identity, Checkout Operating System Makes One-Click Checkout Ubiquitous

March 17, 2022
Right up there with the dream of single sign-on for all is universal one-click checkout, updated for the digital first shopper who wants that experience to follow them wherever they...

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Checkout.com Parent Company Reduces Losses by Cutting Expenses

January 02, 2025
U.K.-based Checkout Ltd., the parent company of Checkout.com, reduced its loss from operating activities from $138 million in 2022 to $8 million in 2023. This improvement was driven by a decrease in expenses, as its total revenue declined year over year, the company said in its annual financial statements for the year ended Dec. 31, 2023, which […]

Bolt Technology Hiring Managers for eScooter Rentals Launch in US

May 07, 2024
Estonian company Bolt Technology OU is reportedly looking to hire managers to launch eScooter rentals in several cities in the United States. The firm posted job listings on LinkedIn last week seeking general...

Bolt and Checkout.com Team for Frictionless Commerce

March 18, 2024
Checkout technology company Bolt has launched a partnership with payments solutions provider Checkout.com. The collaboration makes Bolt Checkout.com’s “exclusive one-click checkout provider” with Checkout.com becoming “Bolt’s preferred payment partner,” the companies said in a Monday...

EU Nixes Provisional Agreement on Reclassification of Gig Workers

December 22, 2023
European Union (EU) member states have rejected a provisional deal aimed at reclassifying millions of gig workers as employees. Officials from Spain, the current holder of the EU’s rotating presidency,...