Hospitality

Restaurants and hotels run their whole business through a handful of software tools, which is why I see hospitality as one of the busiest verticals for embedded payments and lending. Coverage of hospitality platforms such as Mews, allO, SIDES and Metro FS, and the providers they partner with.

SIDES launches SIDES Capital with Stripe for restaurants on SIDES Pay

SIDES launches SIDES Capital with Stripe: revenue-based financing for SIDES Pay restaurants, as Lieferando, Wolt and allO run their own.

By Lars Markull

/ 13 Oct 2026

SIDES launches SIDES Capital with Stripe for restaurants on SIDES Pay

Dojo and YouLend pass £2bn in merchant funding as Dojo adds a second lender

Dojo and YouLend have passed £2bn in UK merchant funding, while Dojo also runs Liberis. Why two similar lenders, and how Teya and eBay use a second lender differently.

By Lars Markull

/ 24 Sep 2026

How a Restaurant Platform Makes Most of its Revenue from Financial Services, with Cancan Liu from allO

Cancan Liu, co-founder of allO, on why every financial product at the restaurant platform started with a customer asking for something.

By Lars Markull

/ 17 Sep 2026

How a Restaurant Platform Makes Most of its Revenue from Financial Services, with Cancan Liu from allO

Hotel software provider Mews receives its own e-money licence

Mews receives an e-money licence from De Nederlandsche Bank, becoming a regulated entity behind its hotel payments and lending.

By Lars Markull

/ 12 Aug 2026

Hotel software provider Mews receives its own e-money licence

UK Restaurant Software Ubsidi Turns Its Platform Into a Financial Hub

UK restaurant platform Ubsidi adds spend cards and cash accounts via Stripe, with 40% adoption and lending likely next.

By Lars Markull

/ 9 Mar 2026

UK Restaurant Software Ubsidi Turns Its Platform Into a Financial Hub

Vox AI Adds Payment Terminals to Drive-Thru Voice Ordering

Vox AI partners with Adyen to add payment terminals at drive-thru speaker towers. How the voice AI provider is embedding payments into QSR automation.

By Lars Markull

/ 2 Jan 2026

Vox AI Adds Payment Terminals to Drive-Thru Voice Ordering

Austrian POS provider ready2order launches embedded lending with finmid

Austrian POS provider ready2order launches embedded lending with finmid. Where does it sit between fintech and vertical SaaS?

By Lars Markull

/ 8 Dec 2025

Austrian POS provider ready2order launches embedded lending with finmid

HotelRunner Launches Ruby: Travel-Native Embedded Finance for B2B Payments

HotelRunner launches Ruby, travel-native embedded finance infrastructure for B2B payments. The platform handles cross-border settlements and targets $4B in transactions.

By Lars Markull

/ 3 Nov 2025

HotelRunner Launches Ruby: Travel-Native Embedded Finance for B2B Payments

Mews Promotes Existing Hotel Financing Solution via YouLend Partnership

Mews re-emphasizes hotel financing solution with YouLend, offering UK hotels £3k-£1M funding with revenue-based repayment for property improvements and upgrades.

By Lars Markull

/ 8 Sep 2025

Mews Promotes Existing Hotel Financing Solution via YouLend Partnership

Following Toast’s footsteps: European allO Launches Embedded Lending for Restaurants

European restaurant software allO launches embedded lending with Finmid offering up to €200K revenue-based financing. Following Toast's playbook in fragmented market.

By Lars Markull

/ 12 May 2025

German Wholesaler Metro Shuts Down B2B Financial Services After 25,000 Customer Milestone

German wholesaler Metro shuts down Financial Services after reaching 25,000 B2B customers. Why retailers struggle to create compelling value with embedded banking.

By Lars Markull

/ 14 Mar 2025

Hilton launches debit cards but partners with a consumer fintech startup

Hilton launches detached debit cards in UK with fintech Currensea instead of traditional BaaS providers. Why this surprising partnership choice matters for embedded finance strategy.

By Lars Markull

/ 30 Sep 2024

Hilton launches debit cards but partners with a consumer fintech startup