Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Wordline’s support of Google Pay and Apple Pay through its payment terminals in Germany. Singapore’s Scoot budget airline will allow customers to make payments through PayNow, Nepal’s Khalti has rolled out an...
Turns out scooters may be slowing to a crawl. In the wake of the continued controversy over bike and scooter “littering,” one major proving ground — the city of San Francisco — has granted permits to only two dockless, bike-renting companies. The permits have gone...
June 13, 2019
Bird has announced its acquisition of electric vehicle company Scoot. Together, the companies will offer riders more vehicles equipped with the latest technology advancements for the sharing market, and provide services in more communities. “We are thrilled to welcome Scoot to the Bird ecosystem, and look forward to working with the Scoot team as we […]
