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Lodgify launches payment tool and finance platform
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Rental management platform Lodgify has added new tools built to help hosts and property managers get paid and access capital.
TrustedStays and Katanox partner to open up supply for corporates
Reading Time: 2 minutesNetherlands / UK: Amsterdam-based travel accommodation distribution and fintech platform, Katanox, has partnered with TrustedStays, an industry booking platform for professional short-term rentals.
Velo Payments buys Yapstone to deliver seamless payments
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Velo Payments, a California-based payment service for banks, payment facilitators and payors, has announced that it will acquire short-term rental payment processing platform Yapstone.
Booking.com set for expedited fee probe by watchdog in Hungary
Reading Time: 3 minutesHungary: The Hungarian competition watchdog [GVH] is set to launch an expedited probe against Booking.com due to debts owned to hosts and other property owners in the country.
Nubank to enter travel category with Hopper partnership
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada / LatAm: Brazilian neobank and digital financial services platform, Nubank, is making its first step into the travel category by partnering with Canadian online travel agency and app, Hopper.
Topkey notches $5.2m in seed funding round
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Topkey, a financial operating system for short-term rental property managers, has announced that it has raised $5.2 million in seed round funding.
Guesty enters payments market with launch of GuestyPay
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS / Israel: Property management platform Guesty has announced the launch of its native payment processing offer, GuestyPay.
Planet acquires Avantio to enter vacation rental sector
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK / Spain: Integrated software, payment and technology solutions provider, Planet, has acquired management software and services provider, Avantio, to enter the vacation rental sector.
Jetstream partners with Stripe to revolutionise payment processing
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCanada: All-in-one technology platform Jetstream Hospitality Solutions has announced that it has partnered with online payment platform Stripe.
Flywire announced as RockSTRz webinar series sponsor
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: ShortTermRentalz is delighted to confirm global payments-enablement and software company, Flywire, as the series sponsor for the upcoming RockSTRz webinar series when it returns next week. Flywire’s sponsorship gets underway for the next RockSTRz webinar on Tuesday 29 June [4pm BST], with a session dedicated to ‘The challenges and opportunities facing the short-term rental […]