CHECKOUT.COM EXPANDS INTO IN-PERSON PAYMENTS

Summary from the TLDR Fintech newsletter

After 14 years focused purely on online payments, Checkout.com is moving into in-store payments, citing demand from enterprise merchants who want its online acquiring performance in physical stores. The offering is software-led and device-agnostic, so merchants can keep their existing terminals, and online plus in-person run through one acquiring relationship with the same Unified Payments API, contract, and settlement. Mollie (350K+ merchants) is the launch partner, keeping control of its hardware and customer experience while running on Checkout.com's acquiring rails.